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Odd Lotter

What is 'Odd Lotter' An individual investor who buys securities, usually stocks, in odd lots. This is the opposite of someone who...

Odd Lot

What is an 'Odd Lot' An odd lot is an order amount for a security that is less than the normal unit...

Random Factor Analysis

What is 'Random Factor Analysis' A statistical analysis performed to determine the origin of random data figures collected. Random factor analysis is...
Random Walk Theory

Random Walk Theory

What is the 'Random Walk Theory' The random walk theory suggests that stock price changes have the same distribution and are independent of each other,...

Random Variable

What is a 'Random Variable' A random variable is a variable whose value is unknown or a function that assigns values to...

Sampling Error

DefinitionIn statistics, sampling error is incurred when the statistical characteristics of a population are estimated from a subset, or sample, of that population. Since...

Sampling

What is 'Sampling' Sampling is a process used in statistical analysis in which a predetermined number of observations are taken from a...

Sample Selection Bias

DefinitionIn statistics, sampling bias is a bias in which a sample is collected in such a way that some members of the intended population...

Stochastic Oscillator

DefinitionIn technical analysis of securities trading, the stochastic oscillator is a momentum indicator that uses support and resistance levels. Dr. George Lane developed this...
sampling distribution

Sampling Distribution

What is a sampling distribution A sampling distribution is a function that shows how a statistic varies across different samples of data drawn from a...

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