A study reported that in 2007 the mean and median net worth of American families were $556,300
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a. Is the distribution of net worth for these families likely to be symmetric, skewed to the right, or skewed to the left? Explain.
b. During the Great Recession of 2008, many Americans lost wealth due to the large decline in values of assets such as homes and retirement savings. In 2009, reported mean and median net worth were reported as $434,782 and $91,304. Why do you think the difference in decline from 2007 to 2009 was larger for the mean than the median?
Distribution
The word "distribution" has several meanings in the financial world, most of them pertaining to the payment of assets from a fund, account, or individual security to an investor or beneficiary. Retirement account distributions are among the most...
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Statistics The Art And Science Of Learning From Data
ISBN: 9780321755940
3rd Edition
Authors: Alan Agresti, Christine A. Franklin
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