The phrase "a sure option" is grammatically correct and can be used in written English.
It means a choice or alternative that is dependable, reliable, or certain. Example: "Investing in stocks is always a risky venture, but purchasing government bonds is a sure option for a stable return on investment."
For those still determined to feel the weight of the fruit in their own palms, a sure option is Cascade Mountain Winery in Amenia.
To manipulate valence, we multiplied all outcome amounts by −1 to produce 56 loss trials (i.e., all outcomes ≤0, and a sure option of −4).
For each trial in the present study, participants considered whether to accept a lottery or reject it in favour of a sure option; when the lottery contains losses this could induce participants to avoid it.
But cutting the deficit, fast and far, is a surer option than government spending programmes.
HARDSHIP includes a "not sure" option and applies a rule that "not sure" implies absence of the symptom.
A 'not sure' option was also offered for all items; this was positioned to the right of the 6-point scale (rather than as a mid-point) and was separated by a vertical dotted line to minimize the chance of people using it because they wanted to avoid thinking about the question.
In the current series of experiments, we examined whether age differences in risk seeking are more likely to emerge when choices include a certain option (a sure gain or a sure loss).
The specific items were ranked on 5-item Likert scales, ranging from "Not Important At All" to "Very Important" for the medicine and specialty questions, and a 6-point Likert scale ranging from "Completely Disagree" to "Completely Agree," with "Neither Agree nor Disagree" as a central anchor, and an additional "Not sure" option, for the matrix of primary care attitudinal statements.
Not a priority Respondents were also given a ' Do not know/Not sure' option if they did not feel comfortable rating the priority.
For each probability and expected value, we used a staircase procedure in which the magnitude of the sure option was adjusted dependent on the choice in the previous trials, converging on the certainty equivalent (or indifference point between the risky and sure choices) after six successive choices.
