Barely Significant
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A note on trader Sharpe Ratios.

PLoS One · 2009 · PMC2776986 · PMID 19946367

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highly significantp<0.001actually significant
The risk variable was highly significant (p<0.001); as was years of experience (p = 0.004); but 2D∶4D was not (p = 0.911). 2D∶4D was, however, correlated with risk in a simple regression (n = 47, r = −.43, p = 0.001.

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approached significancep = 0.08so close (0.05 < p ≤ 0.1)
The correlation between the traders' 2D∶4D and their Sharpe Ratios, however, while displaying the expected sign, only approached significance at the 5% level (n = 47, r = −0.26, p = 0.08).

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