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Consider the following to answer the question(s) below:
A farm owner who grows summer vegetables (e.g. tomatoes) must decide whether to employ additional pickers this season. If he does, he could hire either migrant workers or local teenagers who need summer employment. The migrant workers are more experienced, faster, but more expensive. Although the teenagers will work for less, they are not as experienced and tend to damage plants and produce. His profits, taking into account losses from unpicked perished or damaged produce, depend on whether there is a good or bad growing season. The payoffs are shown in the table below. Consider the following to answer the question(s) below: A farm owner who grows summer vegetables (e.g. tomatoes) must decide whether to employ additional pickers this season. If he does, he could hire either migrant workers or local teenagers who need summer employment. The migrant workers are more experienced, faster, but more expensive. Although the teenagers will work for less, they are not as experienced and tend to damage plants and produce. His profits, taking into account losses from unpicked perished or damaged produce, depend on whether there is a good or bad growing season. The payoffs are shown in the table below.   -Using the maximax approach, which action should the farm owner choose?
-Using the maximax approach, which action should the farm owner choose?


Definitions:

Rejected

In statistical hypotheses testing, the term refers to the conclusion to not accept the null hypothesis based on the evidence provided by the data.

Alternative Hypothesis

A statement that contradicts the null hypothesis and indicates what the researcher expects to find.

Type II Error

A statistical error that occurs when a false null hypothesis is not rejected.

Alternative Hypothesis

A statement in hypothesis testing that proposes a relationship between variables or indicates a statistically significant effect, contrasting with the null hypothesis.

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