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A person is trying to decide if he or she should buy a lottery ticket. The ticket costs $2.00. If the ticket is a winner,the prize would be $1,000. Knowing that winning $1,000 is not a certain outcome (state of nature) ,the person finds that the probability of winning is 0.001. Based on this information,the following payoff table can be constructed: A person is trying to decide if he or she should buy a lottery ticket. The ticket costs $2.00. If the ticket is a winner,the prize would be $1,000. Knowing that winning $1,000 is not a certain outcome (state of nature) ,the person finds that the probability of winning is 0.001. Based on this information,the following payoff table can be constructed:   What is the decision that uses a maximin approach? A) Buy B) Don't buy C) Lose D) Win What is the decision that uses a maximin approach?


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Snowball Sampling

A recruitment technique in research where existing study subjects recruit future subjects from among their acquaintances, creating a "snowball" effect.

Availability Sampling

A non-probability sampling technique where samples are selected based on their availability or ease of access.

Probability Sampling

A sampling method in which every member of the population has a known, non-zero chance of being selected.

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