Hypothesis Testing: Exercises


3. Applying Chebyshev's Inequality. Chebyshev's inequality states that no more than 1k2 of the distribution's values can be more than k standard deviations away from the mean, for any k>1. In this exercise, you'll use Chebyshev's inequality to estimate the probability that a random variable deviates from its mean by more than 5 standard deviations.

You are given the formula P(|Xμ|kσ)1k2, where μ is the mean and σ is the standard deviation.

If the standard deviation of an asset's return is 10\%, what is the maximum probability of observing a return that is 20\% above or below the mean?



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