In a certain region of the country if is known from past experience that the probability of selecting an adult over 40 years of age with cancer is 0.05. If the probability of a doctor correctly diagnosing a person with cancer as having the disease is 0.78 and the probability of incorrectly diagnosing a person without cancer as having the disease is 0.06, a) What is the probability that a person is diagnosed as having cancer? b) What is the probability that a person diagnosed as having cancer actually has the disease?

Q: he probability that the selected applicant either passes to academic requirements or does not pass…

A: Given:     Work Experience standards      yes  No  Total Academic Achievement Standards  yes…

Q: What can you say about nature of probability?

A: The probability refers to the chances of an event to occur. It is nominal in nature and can never be…

Q: Under what circumstances it would be helpful to identify the probability of an event

A: For identify the probability of an event the circumstances have to explain.

Q: Describe the concept of Probability?

A:

Q: what is the probability that a person who could give up her cell phone could also give up

A: Answer is  0.31

Q: What is the probability of obtaining pink or brown followed by green?

A: Given ,First spinner is having three different colours pink, blue, brown.Second spinner is having…

Q: There's a rare disease that occurs in 1% of the population. There's a test that yields positive…

A: From the given information, Consider, D be the event that shows the population having rare disease.…

Q: Bank tellers in a certain bank make errors in entering figures in their ledgers at a rate of 0.8…

A: Given,a rate of errors per page =0.8no.of errors per 5 pages(λ) = 5×0.8=4X=no.of errors per 5…

Q: Suppose a baseball player's batting average is .325. What is the probability that in the next 100…

A: Let X denotes number times player hit ball.  It is given that player's batting average is 0.325.…

Q: The probability that it will rain on a given day is 0.23. What is the probability that it will not…

A: The probability that it will rain on a given day is 0.23 P(Rain) = 0.23 We know that , complement of…

Q: If the probability that an event does no occur is 0.3 determine the probability that the event…

A:

Q: The probability of an event is 12/27. What are the odds in favor of the event? What are the odds…

A: From the provided information, The probability of an event (p) = 12/27

Q: Why is it wrong to say that in a toss of a coin, the probability of getting a head is 1/2?

A: #Why is it wrong to say that in a toss of a coin, the probability of getting a head is 1/2?

Q: What meaning is given to the probability of an event by the frequentist interpretation of…

A: The most frequent interpretation of probability:The probability of an event is obtained as the ratio…

Q: probability of drawing a heart card from a standard deck of playing cards?

A: there are 4 suits of cards, each suit have 13 cards

Q: A low probability value indicates a large effect. True False

A: Misconception: A low probability value indicates a large effect.

Q: What is probability?

A: The chance of occurrence of an event is the probability of that event.

Q: Suppose the probability of a IRS audit is 2.1% for U.S. taxpayers who file form 1040 and who earned…

A:

Q: If the probability of being hit by lightning is 1 in 1,000,000, what is the probability of not…

A: Given that , P (being hit by lightning) = 1/1000000 =0.000001

Q: What does the mean of a probability disturbution represent?

A: Any random variable can assume several values and there is a probability associated with each value.…

Q: Explain application of probability in social science.

A: The concept of probability is especially useful when one has selected a sample from the population…

Q: Describe the difference between theoretical probability and experimental probability of an event…

A: Introduction: It is required to differentiate between theoretical probability and experimental…

Q: The national center for health statistics has found that there is a 5.01% chance that an american…

A: There is 5.01% chance that an American citizen will die from an accident.

Q: Suppose that the probability of rain tomorrow is 0.4 What are the odds in favor of rain tomorrow?

A:

Q: What is probability and why would one want to find the probability of an event that has not occurred…

A: What is probability and why would one want to find the probability of an event that has not occurred…

Q: What is the probability of randomly selecting someone whose heart rate either below 60 or above 90?

A: Population mean,  = 76Population standard deviation, σ = 5

Q: Find the probability of an event E if the odds for E is equal to the odds against

A: Odds of an event:The odds an event is given by the ratio of the probability of the event to its…

Q: what is the probability of an event that must happen?

A: The event that must happen is called as sure event or certain event.

Q: If you roll 1 six sided die, what is the probability that you roll a 3? (Express your answer as a…

A: What is Probability: When we perform a random experiment, we can expect more than one possible…