document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1122002>Question 1122002</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A decision maker subjectively assigned the following probabilities to the four outcomes of an experiment: P(E1) = .10, P(E2) = .15, P(E3) = .40, and P(E4) = .20. Are these probability assignments valid? Explain. </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #738091 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Alex.33><B>Alex.33(110)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-09.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Alex.33><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=Alex.33><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=738091\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> If there are JUST four outcomes of the experiment, it's invalid. Because .1+.15+.4+.2=.85, which is not equal to 1.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "This is beacuse since the experiment has occurred, the possibility of getting an outcome, which equals the sum of all four kinds of outcomes' possibilities, should be one.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "If there are other outcomes, it will be valid JUST if the sum of the possibilities of other outcomes is .15, but otherwise it will be invalid. </SPAN>\n" );
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