Brett is trying to decide which graduate schools he will apply to.He is making up a list of all the positive and negative aspects he feels are associated with 100 different schools,and he plans to send applications to the 10 schools that score the highest when he adds up all the positive points and subtracts all the negative points.The decision strategy that Brett is using is referred to as
A) a purely additive strategy.
B) elimination by aspects.
C) a holistic strategy.
D) an expected value strategy.

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Brett is using a purely additive strategy to evaluate the graduate schools he will apply to. He is adding up all the positive points and subtracting all the negative points to arrive at a total score for each school. This is a purely additive strategy where the decision is based solely on the sum of the positive and negative points associated with each option.

Brett Is Trying to Decide Which Graduate Schools He Will