问题如下:
Suppose you wish to test whether the default rate of bonds that are rated as investment grade by S&P is the same as the default rate on bonds rated as investment grade by Fitch. What are the null and alternative hypotheses? What data would you need to test the null hypothesis?
选项:
解释:
The null is that the IG (investment grade) default rate is the same for S&P rated firms as it is for Fitch-rated firms. If Si are default indicators for S&P rated firms, and Fi are default indicators for Fitch-rated firms, then the null is
which states that the mean values are the same.
The null can be equivalently expressed as
The alternative is
or equivalently
The data required to test this hypothesis would be binary random variables where 1 indicates that an IG bond defaulted and 0 if it did not within a fixed time frame (e.g., a quarter).
请问,解答中的SI和Fi是什么意思?
另外,老师说要把真实想证实的内容放在Ha,这道题目中真实想证实的内容是他们两家评级公司评出的债券违约率是相等的。这样的话,Ha:Us=Uf呀。。。。为什么现在是相反的呢?