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Quant Fund

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Quantitative Research

Multiple testing, out-of-sample discipline, capacity and decay. 1 question

Correlation, Causation and Spurious Signals

Medium

Quant research interviews probe statistical judgement over formula recall.

A researcher backtests 200 signals and finds one with a t-statistic of 2.5 predicting next-day returns. Should you trade it? Explain what's wrong and what you'd require instead.

Statistics · Quant Finance · ~11 minModel answer & graded attempt

Practise the Renaissance set under interview conditions.

Write your answer, get it graded on technical accuracy, completeness and communication, and see exactly which mechanic you missed.

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