This Figure Displays the Choices Being Made by Two Coffee

question 26

Multiple Choice

This figure displays the choices being made by two coffee shops: Starbucks and Dunkin Donuts.Both companies are trying to decide whether or not to expand in an area.The area can handle only one of them expanding,and whoever expands will cause the other to lose some business.If they both expand,the market will be saturated,and neither company will do well.The payoffs are the additional profits (or losses) they will earn.
According to the figure shown,if Starbucks expands in the market,then Dunkin Donuts should:

• A) also expand their business.
• B) not expand.
• C) give an ultimatum.
• D) None of these statements is true.

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Definitions:

Probability

The measure of the likelihood that a particular event will occur, expressed as a number between 0 and 1.

Standard Error

Indicates the standard deviation of the sampling distribution of a statistic, most commonly the mean.

Standard Deviation

A quantification of how much a group of values diverges or spreads out.

Confidence Interval

An expanse of measurable outcomes, derived from sample analysis, foreseen to incorporate the hidden value of a population attribute.