In: Statistics and Probability
A fashion designer wants to produce a new line of clothes. In the production of the clothes, expensive, medium-priced, or inexpensive materials can be used. The profit associated with each type of material depends upon economic conditions next year. Below you are given the payoff table.
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States of Nature |
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Decisions |
Economy Improves |
Economy Stays the Same |
Economy Gets Worse |
Expensive |
80,000 |
40,000 |
10,000 |
Medium |
40,000 |
60,000 |
70,000 |
Inexpensive |
10,000 |
30,000 |
60,000 |
Part a) Which decision would you make using the Hurwicz criterion? a = 0.70
part b) What is the value associated with that decision?