A Risky Outcome's Expected Value Is

question 5

Multiple Choice

A risky outcome's expected value is:

• A) the value of the most likely outcome.
• B) the mid-point of the extreme (high and low) possible values.
• C) the degree of dispersion of the possible outcomes.
• D) the sum of the products of the probabilities of all outcomes and their values.
• E) the equally-weighted average of all outcomes.

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