Differences between distribution of performance of stock

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Q1) Financial planners often recommend international mutual funds to boost overall performance of the investor's portfolio. Year's performance figures for U.S stock funds and for international stock are given, in percentages.

Year	U.S. Stock Funds (X)	International Stock Funds
1983	21.77	27.73
1984	-1.2	-4.71
1985	28.52	44.44
1986	14.53	41.4
1987	1.17	7.02
1988	15.75	17.43
1989	25.09	21.98
1990	-6.11	-12.07
1991	36.67	12.51
1992	9.11	-4.48
1993	9.17	25.65

a) Compute mean, median, variance, standard deviation

b) Using part(a), explain to investor differences between distribution of performance figures for the 2 kinds of stock funds.

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