QUESTION 3 The data on closing stock prices at the end of the year for all firms

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QUESTION 3

The data on closing stock prices at the end of the year for all firms listed in S&P 500 is an example of which kind of historical information?

judgmental data

time series data

panel data

cross sectional data

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QUESTION 4

The data on daily stock prices of all firms listed in S&P 500 for the last one year is an example of which kind of historical information?

judgmental data

panel data

time series data

cross sectional data

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QUESTION 5

Forecasting the stock price of Microsoft based only on its historical prices is an example of which kind of forecasting technique?

judgmental forecasting

qualitative forecasting

univariate forecasting

multivariate forecasting

judgmental data

time series data

panel data

cross sectional data

Explanation / Answer

3. The data collected for a single time period considering all the firms is called cross-sectional data. It is a snap shot as it is presented for one particular time.

Thus, the data collected on closing stock prices of firms listed in S&P 500 at the end of the year is an example of cross-sectional data.

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