Brett Is Trying to Decide Which Graduate Schools He Will

question 21

Multiple Choice

Brett is trying to decide which graduate schools he will apply to. He is making up a list of all the positive and negative aspects he feels are associated with 100 different schools, and he plans to send applications to the 10 schools that score the highest when he adds up all the positive points and subtracts all the negative points. What type of decision strategy is Brett using?

• A)elimination by aspects
• B)expected value strategy
• C)holistic strategy
• D)purely additive strategy

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