Decision Tree Examples

Decision Tree Examples

<p>MGMT464 Summer Risk Homework</p><p>1 Medical Clinic</p><p>A group of medical professionals is considering the construction of a private clinic. If the medical demand is high (that is, there is a favorable market for the clinics), the physicians could realize a net profit of $100,000. If the market is not favorable, they could lose $40,000. Of course, they don’t have to proceed at all, in which case there is no cost. In the absence of any market data, the best the physicians can guess is that there is a 50-50 chance the clinic will be successful.</p><p>The physicians have been approached by a market research firm that offers to perform a study of the market at a fee of $5,000. The market researchers claim their experience enables them to make the following statements: P (favorable market | favorable study) = 0.82 P (unfavorable market | favorable study) = 0.18 P (favorable market | unfavorable study) = 0.11 P (unfavorable market | unfavorable study) = 0.89 P (favorable research study) = 0.55 P (unfavorable research study) = 0.45</p><p>A. develop a decision tree B. What is the EVPI? How much might the physicians be willing to pay for a market study? C. Is it worth it?</p>

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