Below you are given a profit payoff table involving two decision alternatives and three states of nature. The probability that s1 will occur is .2; the probability that s2 will occur is .6. The recommended decision based on the expected value criterion is

A) A. B) B. C) Both A and B are optimal. D) A third alternative is required for an optimal solution. A) A. B) B. C) Both A and B are optimal. D) A third alternative is required for an optimal solution.

Below you are given a profit payoff table involving three decision alternatives and three states of nature. The probability of occurrence of s1 is .1 and the probability of occurrence of s2 is .3. The recommended decision alternative based on the expected value is

A) A. B) B. C) C. D) Both A and B are optimal. A) A. B) B. C) C. D) Both A and B are optimal.

Exam 19: Decision Analysis

Below you are given a revenue payoff table involving three decision alternatives and two states of nature. The probability of the occurrence of state of nature s₁ is .4. The recommended decision based on the expected value criterion is

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Question 21

Below you are given a revenue payoff table involving three decision alternatives and two states of nature. The probability of the occurrence of state of nature s₁ is .4. The expected value of the best alternative equals

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Question 22

Below you are given a profit payoff table involving two decision alternatives and three states of nature. The probability that s₁ will occur is .2; the probability that s₂ will occur is .6. The recommended decision based on the expected value criterion is

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Question 23

The difference between the expected value of an optimal strategy based on sample information and the "best" expected value without any sample information is called the _____ information.

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Question 24

The probability of a state of nature that results after using Bayes' theorem to adjust the prior probability based on sample information is called _____ probability.

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Question 25

An intersection or junction point of a decision tree is called a(n)

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Question 26

Below you are given a profit payoff table involving three decision alternatives and two states of nature. The probability of occurrence of s₁ = .2. The expected value of perfect information is

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Question 27

A tabular presentation of the expected gain from the various options open to a decision maker is called

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Question 28

Below you are given a profit payoff table involving three decision alternatives and two states of nature. The probability of occurrence of s₁ = .2. The recommended decision alternative based on the expected value is

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Question 29

The process of revising prior probabilities to create posterior probabilities based on sample information requires using

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Question 30

Below you are given an income payoff table involving three decision alternatives and two states of nature. The probability of the occurrence of s₁ = .3. The expected value of the best alternative is

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Question 31

Below you are given a profit payoff table involving three decision alternatives and three states of nature. The probability of occurrence of s₁ is .1 and the probability of occurrence of s₂ is .3. The recommended decision alternative based on the expected value is

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Question 32

A graphic presentation of the expected gain from the various options open to the decision maker is called

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Question 33

New information obtained through research or experimentation that enables an updating or revision of the state-of-nature probabilities is _____ information.

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Question 34

For a decision alternative, the weighted average of the payoffs is known as

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Question 35

Below you are given a profit payoff table involving three decision alternatives and two states of nature. The probability of occurrence of s₁ = .2. The expected value of the best alternative is

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Question 36

In computing an expected value (EV), the weights are

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Question 37

Below you are given an income payoff table involving three decision alternatives and two states of nature. The probability of the occurrence of s₁ = .3. The recommended decision alternative based on the expected value is

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Question 38

Below you are given an income payoff table involving three decision alternatives and two states of nature. The probability of the occurrence of s₁ = .3. The expected value of perfect information is

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Question 39

The outcomes of uncontrollable future events that can affect the outcome of a decision are known as

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Exam 19: Decision Analysis

Below you are given a revenue payoff table involving three decision alternatives and two states of nature. ​ The probability of the occurrence of state of nature s1 is .4. The recommended decision based on the expected value criterion is

Below you are given a revenue payoff table involving three decision alternatives and two states of nature. ​ The probability of the occurrence of state of nature s1 is .4. The expected value of the best alternative equals

Below you are given a profit payoff table involving two decision alternatives and three states of nature. ​ The probability that s1 will occur is .2; the probability that s2 will occur is .6. The recommended decision based on the expected value criterion is

The difference between the expected value of an optimal strategy based on sample information and the "best" expected value without any sample information is called the _____ information.

The probability of a state of nature that results after using Bayes' theorem to adjust the prior probability based on sample information is called _____ probability.

An intersection or junction point of a decision tree is called a(n)

Below you are given a profit payoff table involving three decision alternatives and two states of nature. ​ The probability of occurrence of s1 = .2. The expected value of perfect information is

A tabular presentation of the expected gain from the various options open to a decision maker is called

Below you are given a profit payoff table involving three decision alternatives and two states of nature. ​ The probability of occurrence of s1 = .2. The recommended decision alternative based on the expected value is

The process of revising prior probabilities to create posterior probabilities based on sample information requires using

Below you are given an income payoff table involving three decision alternatives and two states of nature. ​ The probability of the occurrence of s1 = .3. The expected value of the best alternative is

Below you are given a profit payoff table involving three decision alternatives and three states of nature. ​ The probability of occurrence of s1 is .1 and the probability of occurrence of s2 is .3. The recommended decision alternative based on the expected value is

A graphic presentation of the expected gain from the various options open to the decision maker is called

New information obtained through research or experimentation that enables an updating or revision of the state-of-nature probabilities is _____ information.

For a decision alternative, the weighted average of the payoffs is known as

Below you are given a profit payoff table involving three decision alternatives and two states of nature. ​ The probability of occurrence of s1 = .2. The expected value of the best alternative is

In computing an expected value (EV), the weights are

Below you are given an income payoff table involving three decision alternatives and two states of nature. ​ The probability of the occurrence of s1 = .3. The recommended decision alternative based on the expected value is

Below you are given an income payoff table involving three decision alternatives and two states of nature. ​ The probability of the occurrence of s1 = .3. The expected value of perfect information is

The outcomes of uncontrollable future events that can affect the outcome of a decision are known as

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Below you are given a revenue payoff table involving three decision alternatives and two states of nature. The probability of the occurrence of state of nature s₁ is .4. The recommended decision based on the expected value criterion is

Below you are given a revenue payoff table involving three decision alternatives and two states of nature. The probability of the occurrence of state of nature s₁ is .4. The expected value of the best alternative equals

Below you are given a profit payoff table involving two decision alternatives and three states of nature. The probability that s₁ will occur is .2; the probability that s₂ will occur is .6. The recommended decision based on the expected value criterion is

Below you are given a profit payoff table involving three decision alternatives and two states of nature. The probability of occurrence of s₁ = .2. The expected value of perfect information is

Below you are given a profit payoff table involving three decision alternatives and two states of nature. The probability of occurrence of s₁ = .2. The recommended decision alternative based on the expected value is

Below you are given an income payoff table involving three decision alternatives and two states of nature. The probability of the occurrence of s₁ = .3. The expected value of the best alternative is

Below you are given a profit payoff table involving three decision alternatives and three states of nature. The probability of occurrence of s₁ is .1 and the probability of occurrence of s₂ is .3. The recommended decision alternative based on the expected value is

Below you are given a profit payoff table involving three decision alternatives and two states of nature. The probability of occurrence of s₁ = .2. The expected value of the best alternative is

Below you are given an income payoff table involving three decision alternatives and two states of nature. The probability of the occurrence of s₁ = .3. The recommended decision alternative based on the expected value is

Below you are given an income payoff table involving three decision alternatives and two states of nature. The probability of the occurrence of s₁ = .3. The expected value of perfect information is