A test for ovarian cancer has a 4 percent rate of false positives and a 0 percent rate of false negatives. On average, 2 in every 1,000 American women over age 35 actually has ovarian cancer.   If a woman over 35 tests positive, what is the probability that she actually has cancer? Hint: Make a contingency table for a hypothetical sample of 100,000 women. (Round your answer to 5 decimal places.)

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A test for ovarian cancer has a 4 percent rate of false positives and a 0 percent rate of false negatives. On average, 2 in every 1,000 American women over age 35 actually has ovarian cancer.
 
If a woman over 35 tests positive, what is the probability that she actually has cancer? Hint: Make a contingency table for a hypothetical sample of 100,000 women. (Round your answer to 5 decimal places.)
  

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