Consider the Following Payoff Table with Amounts in $ Millions

question 29

Multiple Choice

Consider the following payoff table with amounts in $ millions. If you are using Hurwicz and decide d₃,then the coefficient of optimism,α,is ______.

• A)undetermined;there is not enough information to find the answer
• B)unfeasible;there is no value of α that would make you choose d₃
• C)larger than 0.85
• D)less than 0.83

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