...10 points thank you? Anyone here taken a data analysis class and have statgraphics? Need some help.. 10 points thank you?
1) Estimate the stock beta for Apple Inc. (ticker: AAPL) using Simple Linear Regression, with the S&P 500 index (^GSPC) as the measure for the market. For your analysis, download monthly data from January 1, 1996 to September 30, 2010 at finance.yahoo.com. Write down the estimated regression equation. What is the stock beta for Apple Inc.? Is Apple stock more risky or less risky than the market?
2) Suppose an international airline at San Francisco International Airport has 1 seat left on a international flight and 2 passengers have yet to show up. These 2 passengers have different mailing addresses and do not appear to be related. From historical data the airline has collected, there is a 4 in 5 chance that a passenger who books a seat will arrive to claim it. Employing the multiplication rule, the gate attendant can conclude there is a _______________ chance she will have to deal with an unhappy customer. The chance that neither customer will show up and the plane will have to fly with an empty seat is ___________________. The chances that either both passengers or neither passenger will show up is _______________________ . Show all calculation below.
1) Estimate the stock beta for Apple Inc. (ticker: AAPL) using Simple Linear Regression, with the S&P 500 index (^GSPC) as the measure for the market. For your analysis, download monthly data from January 1, 1996 to September 30, 2010 at finance.yahoo.com. Write down the estimated regression equation. What is the stock beta for Apple Inc.? Is Apple stock more risky or less risky than the market?
2) Suppose an international airline at San Francisco International Airport has 1 seat left on a international flight and 2 passengers have yet to show up. These 2 passengers have different mailing addresses and do not appear to be related. From historical data the airline has collected, there is a 4 in 5 chance that a passenger who books a seat will arrive to claim it. Employing the multiplication rule, the gate attendant can conclude there is a _______________ chance she will have to deal with an unhappy customer. The chance that neither customer will show up and the plane will have to fly with an empty seat is ___________________. The chances that either both passengers or neither passenger will show up is _______________________ . Show all calculation below.