company has a screening test for potential employees that has a false positive rate of 4% and a false negative rate of 2%. if 10% of the applicants are actually qualified for the job, what is the probability that a person who tests negative is actually qualified for the job?

company has a screening test for potential employees that has a false positive rate of 4% and a false negative rate of 2%. if 10% of the applicants are actually qualified for the job, what is the probability that a person who tests negative is actually qualified for the job?

A First Course in Probability (10th Edition)

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