TABLE 19-6 a Student Wanted to Find Out the Optimal Strategy to Strategy

question 210

Multiple Choice

TABLE 19-6
A student wanted to find out the optimal strategy to study for a Business Statistics exam. He constructed the following payoff table based on the mean amount of time he needed to study every week for the course and the degree of difficulty of the exam. From the information that he gathered from students who had taken the course, he concluded that there was a 40% probability that the exam would be easy.

-Which of the following is not a decision making criterion?

• A) Maximizing the expected monetary value of an action
• B) Minimizing the expected opportunity loss of an action
• C) Minimizing expected profit under certainty
• D) Maximizing the return-to-risk ratio

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Definitions:

Counterconditioning

A behavior therapy technique involving the conditioning of an undesirable behavior or response to a stimulus into a positive one.

Deep Relaxation

A state of profound rest and tranquility achieved through techniques like meditation, deep breathing, or progressive muscle relaxation, often used to reduce stress.

Systematic Desensitization

A behavioral therapy technique used to reduce phobias and anxiety through gradual exposure to the feared object or situation combined with relaxation exercises.

Anxiety-Triggering

Describes situations, events, or stimuli that induce anxiety.