Which of the following is most accurate in describing the problems of survivorship bias and backfill bias

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Which of the following is most accurate in describing the problems of survivorship bias and backfill bias in the performance evaluation of hedge funds?
a. Survivorship bias and backfill bias both result in upwardly biased hedge fund index returns.
b. Survivorship bias and backfill bias both result in downwardly biased hedge fund index returns.
c. Survivorship bias results in upwardly biased hedge fund index returns, but backfill bias results in downwardly biased hedge fund index returns.

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Investments

ISBN: 9780073530703

9th Edition

Authors: Zvi Bodie, Alex Kane, Alan J. Marcus

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