Table A.2 Use the Following to Answer the Questions Below

question 27

Multiple Choice

Table A.2
Use the following to answer the questions below.
A company that is introducing a new product has to choose between four different manufacturing methods, referred to as methods A, B, C and D. Depending on the demand for the product, they forecast different levels of expenses for the year (values are in thousands) . The company has identified three possible states of nature for economic growth, and named them High, Medium, and Low.

-Using the information in Table A.2, which alternative is best in accordance with a decision criterion of Laplace?

• A) A
• B) B
• C) C
• D) D

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Definitions:

Anchoring And Adjustment

A cognitive bias in which an individual relies too heavily on an initial piece of information (anchor) to make subsequent judgments or decisions.

Availability

The state of being readily obtainable or accessible when needed or desired.

Projection

A psychological defense mechanism where an individual attributes their own unacceptable thoughts, feelings, or motives onto someone else.

Representativeness

A cognitive heuristic in decision-making, where the similarity of objects or events is used to infer the probability of an event or the categorization of an object.