CHAPTER 1: Statistics and Data
CHAPTER 1: Statistics and Data
CHAPTER 1: Statistics and Data
a. 3 steps to do statistics :
1. Find the right data
2. Use the appropriate tool
3. Interpret the number
b. 2 branches of statistics :
1. Descriptive = summary of data set
2. Inferential = extracting useful information using sample to know
population.
Why do we use sample?
- Expensive (sensus penduduk)
- Impossible (battery, blood)
c. 2 types of data :
1. Cross sectional = - many subject/categories
- at 1 period of time
2. Time series = - one subject
- overtime
Histogram Polygon
Terms in percentile :
25th = 1st quartile (Q1) 50th = 2nd quartile (Q2) = median 75th = 3rd quartile (Q3)
Boxplot : consists of the Q1, Q2 (median), Q3, smallest value, largest value à outlier à IQR
(interquartile range) :1,5 x Q1 and 1,5 x Q3
Detecting outliers
1.5 ×IQR, or 1.5 ×43.48 = 65.22. Outliers if :
Q1 –S > 65.22, or if L – Q3 > 65.22
Geometric Mean Return = Multiperiod
Measures of Dispersion
2. Mean Absolute Deviation : average of the difference of each observation from the mean.
The Sharpe ratio (reward to volatility ratio) : measure the extra return per unit of risk
Chebyshev’s Theorem
: For any data set, the proportion of observations that lie within k
standard deviations from the mean is at least 1- 1/k2 , where k is any number greater than 1.