Dallas is planning to buy a new computer. He will not buy a computer that has a processor speed that is less than 2.0 GHz, and he will not buy a computer that does not have at least a 40GB hard drive. The decision strategy that Dallas is using is referred to as
A) a purely additive decision strategy.
B) a weighted decision strategy.
C) the availability heuristic.
D) elimination by aspects.

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Dallas is using the elimination by aspects decision strategy because he has set minimum thresholds for two important attributes (processor speed and hard drive capacity) and is eliminating options that do not meet those thresholds. This is a way to simplify the decision-making process and narrow down options.

Dallas Is Planning to Buy a New Computer