Suppose the sensitivity of a diagnostic procedure to test whether a person has a particular disease is 95 %. A person who actually has the disease is tested for it using this procedure by two independent laboratories. (i) What is the probability that both test results will be positive? (ii) What is the probability that at least one of the two test results will be positive?

Suppose the sensitivity of a diagnostic procedure to test whether a person has a particular disease is 95 %. A person who actually has the disease is tested for it using this procedure by two independent laboratories. (i) What is the probability that both test results will be positive? (ii) What is the probability that at least one of the two test results will be positive?

A First Course in Probability (10th Edition)

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Author:Sheldon Ross

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Chapter1: Combinatorial Analysis

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