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Testing the Probability Distribution of Financial Ratios

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Information Systems Architecture and Technology: Proceedings of 36th International Conference on Information Systems Architecture and Technology – ISAT 2015 – Part IV

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Abstract

The article presents the research results of normality distribution of financial ratios. Distributions are presented in the form of histograms and probability distribution density function of the ratios. The study normality of the ratios cover the period of five years. For businesses, the fallen was the period from one to five years before the bankruptcy. But for companies operating it was analogous period of five years in relation to undertakings fallen.

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Notes

  1. 1.

    See [5, 11, 27]; for more models.

  2. 2.

    Using the useful indicators can be investigated, among others, the causes of business failure, see [56–58].

  3. 3.

    The usefulness of these indicators was verified in many studies, including in [7, 23, 41].

  4. 4.

    Detailed information on the selection of financial indicators can be seen in [58].

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Tomczak, S.K., Wilimowska, Z. (2016). Testing the Probability Distribution of Financial Ratios. In: Wilimowska, Z., Borzemski, L., Grzech, A., Świątek, J. (eds) Information Systems Architecture and Technology: Proceedings of 36th International Conference on Information Systems Architecture and Technology – ISAT 2015 – Part IV. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 432. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-28567-2_7

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