Level I CFA® Program Prep (2023) – Quantitative Methods

Time Value of Money
6 Nuggets | 1 Quiz
Interest Rates
Future Value of a Single Cashflow
Present Value of a Single Cashflow
Financial Calculator
Series of Cashflows
Annuities
QUIZ: Time Value of Money
Organising, Visualising, and Describing Data
6 Nuggets | 1 Quiz
Data Types and Data Organisation
Summarising and Visualising Data
Measures of Central Tendency
Measures of Dispersion
Skewness and Kurtosis in Returns Distributions
Covariance and Correlation
QUIZ: Organising, Visualising, and Describing Data
Probability Concepts
6 Nuggets | 1 Quiz
Definitions in Probability Concepts
Joint Probability and Total Probability Rule
Expected Values and Variance
Portfolio Return and Variance, Covariance and Correlation
Bayes’ Formula
Principles of Counting
QUIZ: Probability Concepts
Common Probability Distributions
3 Nuggets | 1 Quiz
Discrete Random Variables
Continuous Random Variables
Monte Carlo Simulation
QUIZ: Common Probability Distributions
Sampling and Estimation
4 Nuggets | 1 Quiz
Sampling and Central Limit Theorem
Point and Interval Estimates
Resampling Methods
Biases in Sampling
QUIZ: Sampling and Estimation
Hypothesis Testing
5 Nuggets | 1 Quiz
Hypothesis Testing Procedure
Hypothesis Tests Concerning the Mean
Hypothesis Tests Concerning Variance
Hypothesis Tests Concerning Correlation
Test of Independence Using Contingency Tables
QUIZ: Hypothesis Testing
Intro to Linear Regression
4 Nuggets | 1 Quiz
Simple Linear Regression
Measures of Goodness-of-Fit
Hypothesis Tests on Slope Coefficient
Functional Forms for Simple Linear Regression
QUIZ: Intro to Linear Regression
Discounted Cash Flow (removed from curriculum)
3 Nuggets | 1 Quiz
NPV and IRR
Portfolio Return Measurement
Money Market Yields
QUIZ: Discounted Cash Flow
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Measures of Central Tendency

Level I CFA® Program Prep (2023) – Quantitative Methods Organising, Visualising, and Describing Data Measures of Central Tendency
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