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presents methods for increasing precision by reducing the variance of Monte Carlo estimates. Chapter 5 discusses the application of deterministic quasi-Monte Carlo methods for numerical integration. Chapter 6 addresses the problem of discretization error that results from simulating discrete-time approximations to continuous-time models. The last three chapters address topics specific to the application of Monte Carlo methods in finance. Chapter 7 covers methods for estimating price sensitivities or

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MODULE 04 Cross-Cultural Competency Culture Culture is the pattern of action and the ways of perceiving, feeling, and thinking acquired growing up in a particular group of people Ethnocentrism Ethnocentrism is the attitude held by the members of a culture that theirs is the only true, right, and best way to view and act in the world. Cultural relativism Cultural relativism is the idea that human behavior, ideas, and emotions must be understood in the context of the whole culture in which they occur

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.................................................................................................. 23 Sample examination questions ..................................................................................... 23 Chapter 2: Risk and return: mean–variance analysis and the CAPM.................... 25 Aim of the chapter....................................................................................................... 25 Learning outcomes