Below You Are Given a Payoff Table Involving Two States

question 31

Short Answer

Below you are given a payoff table involving two states of nature and two decision alternatives. The probability of the occurrence of S₁ is 0.3.
a.Compute the expected value for each decision. Which decision is the best?
b.Compute the expected value of perfect information.

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