Conrad is considering the purchase of a laptop computer. He has decided that he will not spend more than $1,200, the computer must weigh no more than 4 pounds, and battery life must be at least 4 hours. He has similar minimum requirements for a few other criteria he is using to evaluate alternatives. If an alternative does not meet all of these minimum requirements, he will not consider it further. Which decision rule is Conrad using?
A) conjunctive
B) disjunctive
C) lexicographic
D) elimination-by-aspects
E) compensatory

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The conjunctive decision rule is frequently used to reduce the size of the information processing task to some manageable level.

Conrad Is Considering the Purchase of a Laptop Computer