Bonus Problem (+1pt) Bayes' Theorem became extremely "popular" during the CoViD-19 pandemic. A study published in late 2021 calculated the probability of a false negative RT-PCR test during the early stages of the disease to be approximately 58%. It has however a very high specificity of approximately 95%, meaning that the percentage of false positives is at 5%. Assuming that the positivity rate is an accurate measure of the true infected population, calculate the probability that a person selected at random has not contracted SARS-CoV-2, when their PCR test is negative, and the positivity rate is (a) 4% (b) 12%

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Bonus Problem (+1pt) Bayes' Theorem became extremely "popular" during the CoViD-19 pandemic. A
study published in late 2021 calculated the probability of a false negative RT-PCR test during the early
stages of the disease to be approximately 58%. It has however a very high specificity of approximately
95%, meaning that the percentage of false positives is at 5%. Assuming that the positivity rate is an
accurate measure of the true infected population, calculate the probability that a person selected at
random has not contracted SARS-CoV-2, when their PCR test is negative, and the positivity rate is
(a) 4%
(b) 12%
Transcribed Image Text:Bonus Problem (+1pt) Bayes' Theorem became extremely "popular" during the CoViD-19 pandemic. A study published in late 2021 calculated the probability of a false negative RT-PCR test during the early stages of the disease to be approximately 58%. It has however a very high specificity of approximately 95%, meaning that the percentage of false positives is at 5%. Assuming that the positivity rate is an accurate measure of the true infected population, calculate the probability that a person selected at random has not contracted SARS-CoV-2, when their PCR test is negative, and the positivity rate is (a) 4% (b) 12%
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