The spread in the annual prices of stocks selling for under $10 and the spread in prices

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The spread in the annual prices of stocks selling for under $10 and the spread in prices of those selling for over $60 are to be compared. The mean price of the stocks selling for under $10 is $5.25 and the standard deviation $1.52. The mean price of those stocks selling for over $60 is $92.50 and the standard deviation $5.28.
a. Why should the coefficient of variation be used to compare the dispersion in the prices?
b. Compute the coefficients of variation. What is your conclusion?

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Basic Statistics For Business & Economics

ISBN: 9781259268939

6th Canadian Edition

Authors: Douglas A. Lind, William G Marchal, Samuel A. Wathen, Carol Ann Waite

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