[Solution] The monthly stock returns for December 2009 of a group of NYSE/AMEX firms were obtained from the Center for Research in Security Prices (CRSP)


Question: The monthly stock returns for December 2009 of a group of NYSE/AMEX firms were obtained from the Center for Research in Security Prices (CRSP) at the University of Chicago. These returns are presented in Table 1.

  1. Construct a standardised histogram of the monthly stock return data (show all relevant calculations).
  2. Construct a boxplot of the monthly stock return data (show all relevant calculations).
  3. Using the histogram and the boxplot, describe the main characteristics of the distribution of returns. You may use any numerical descriptive statistics (such as the sample standard deviation, skewness, etc.) you deem useful to aid the interpretation.

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