You need to choose between two alternative programs for dealing with the outbreak of a deadly disease.
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a. Find the expected number of lives saved with each program.
b. Now you need to choose between program 3, in which 400 people will die, and program 4, in which there is a 1/3 chance that no one will die and a 2/3 chance that 600 people will die. Find the expected number of deaths with each program.
c. Explain why programs 1 and 3 are similar and why 2 and 4 are similar. (If you had to choose, would you be like most people and be risk averse in part a, choosing program 1, and risk taking in part b, choosing program 4?)
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Statistics The Art And Science Of Learning From Data
ISBN: 9780321755940
3rd Edition
Authors: Alan Agresti, Christine A. Franklin
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