QUESTION 1
PART A Rows will represent Fund Type and columns will show 5 year average return ,accordingly.
Fund type 0-9.99 10-19.99 20-29.99 30-39.99
DE 1 25 1 0
FI 9 1 0 0
IE 0 2 3 2
Total 10 28 4 2
Part B
5 Year average return Frequency
0-9.99 10
10-19.99 28
20-29.99 4
30-39.99 2
40-49.99 0
50-59.99 1
Total 45
Part D
Answer: From the margin of crosstabulation, we can find frequency distributions
Part E
Answer: It seems that there is connection between the fund type and the average return over the past five years since freq
In addition, The International Equity funds has higher returns and Fixed Income funds has lower returns.
Question 2
Part 1 Rows will represent Fund Type and columns will show Expense ratio ,accordingly.
Fund type 0.25-0.49 0.50-0.74 0.75-0.99 1.00-1.24
DE 2 3 5 10
FI 6 3 0 0
IE 0 1 2 4
Total 8 7 7 14
Part 2 For finding percent frequency, we should multiple relative frequency of each class with 100
Expense ratio Frequency Percent frequency
0.25-0.49 8 (8/45)*100=17.78
0.50-0.74 7 15.56
0.75-0.99 7 15.56
1.00-1.24 14 31.11
1.25-1.49 9 20
Total 45 100%
Part 3
Answer: From the table, we can see that mostly Domestic Equity and International Equity have larger expense ratio than th
Part 4
Fund Type Net Asset Value 5-Year Average Return (%) 5-Year Average return is on the h
DE 28.88 12.39
IE 14.37 30.53
FI 10.73 3.34
DE 24.94 10.88 80
DE 46.39 11.32 70
IE 25.52 24.95 60
DE 16.92 15.67
50
Net Asset
DE 50.67 16.77
40
DE 36.58 18.14
30
DE 35.73 15.85
DE 15.29 17.25 20
DE 24.32 17.77 10
DE 13.47 17.23 0
FI 12.51 4.31 0
DE 31.86 18.23
DE 73.11 17.99
FI 12.58 4.41
IE 48.39 23.46
DE 45.6 13.5
FI 8.6 2.76
DE 39.85 14.4
FI 10.95 4.63
DE 49.81 16.7
DE 23.59 12.46
DE 32.26 12.81
IE 54.83 12.31
DE 15.3 15.31
FI 10.56 5.14
DE 17.44 15.16
IE 27.86 32.7
DE 31.92 15.33
DE 40.37 9.51
FI 10.68 13.57
DE 26.27 23.68
IE 53.89 51.1
DE 22.46 16.91
IE 24.07 15.91
DE 37.53 15.46
FI 12.1 4.31
DE 24.42 13.41
IE 23.71 21.77
FI 10.37 4.25
FI 15.68 2.37
DE 32.58 17.01
DE 35.41 13.98
Part 5
Answer: From the drawn scatter diagram is it obtained that trendline is going upwards. Therefore, 5-Year Average returns
average return ,accordingly.
40-49.99 50-59.99 Total
0 0 27
0 0 10
0 1 8
0 1 45
Part C
Fund type Frequency
DE 27
FI 10
IE 8
Total 45
ver the past five years since frequency is not roughly the identical in each row or in each column of the crosstabulation.
ower returns.
e ratio ,accordingly.
1.25-1.49 Total
7 27
1 10
1 8
9 45
5-Year Average Return (%)
0 10 20 30 40 50 60
5 Year average
rosstabulation.