Suppose a test for detecting a certain rare disease has been perfected that is capable of discovering the disease in 97% of all afflicted individuals. Suppose further that when it is tried on healthy individuals, 5% of them are incorrectly diagnosed as having the disease. Finally, suppose that when it is tried on individuals who have certain other milder diseases, 10% of them are incorrectly diagnosed. It is known that the percentages of individuals of the three types being considered here in the populations at large are 1%, 96%, and 3%, respectively. Calculate the probability that an individual, selected at random from the population at large and tested for the rare disease, actually has the disease if the test indicates he is so afflicted.

Suppose a test for detecting a certain rare disease has been perfected that is capable of discovering the disease in 97% of all afflicted individuals. Suppose further that when it is tried on healthy individuals, 5% of them are incorrectly diagnosed as having the disease. Finally, suppose that when it is tried on individuals who have certain other milder diseases, 10% of them are incorrectly diagnosed. It is known that the percentages of individuals of the three types being considered here in the populations at large are 1%, 96%, and 3%, respectively. Calculate the probability that an individual, selected at random from the population at large and tested for the rare disease, actually has the disease if the test indicates he is so afflicted.

A First Course in Probability (10th Edition)

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Author:Sheldon Ross

Publisher:Sheldon Ross

Chapter1: Combinatorial Analysis

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