Refer to Table 5.4. If outcomes 1 and 2 are equally likely at Job A, and if at Job B the $20 outcome occurs with probability .1, and the $50 outcome occurs with probability .9, then

A) Job A is safer because the difference in the probabilities is lower.
B) Job A is riskier only because the expected value is lower.
C) Job A is riskier because the standard deviation is higher.
D) Job B is riskier because the difference in the probabilities is higher.
E) There is no definite way given this information to tell how risky the two jobs are.

C

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