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问题如下:
An analyst is examining the monthly returns for two funds over one year. Both funds’ returns are non-normally distributed. To test whether the mean return of one fund is greater than the mean return of the other fund, the analyst can use:
选项:
A. a parametric test only.
B. a nonparametric test only.
C. both parametric and nonparametric tests.
解释:
B is correct.
There are only 12 (monthly) observations over the one year of the sample and thus the samples are small. Additionally, the funds’ returns are non-normally distributed. Therefore, the samples do not meet the distributional assumptions for a parametric test. The Mann–Whitney U test (a nonparametric test) could be used to test the differences between population means
我记得视频中讲test参数的都可以用参数检验,如果是test排序、符号等问题的才需要非参数检验。这道题是不是虽然提到了mean,但是本质是要看mean的大小(也就是类似排序或者符号)所以要用非参数检验?