You have a blood test for a rare disease that occurs by chance in 1 person in 100,000. If you have the disease, the test will report that you do with probability 0.95 (and that you do not with probability 0.05). If you do not have the disease, the test will report a false positive with probability 0.001. If the test says you do have the disease, what is the probability that you actually have the disease?

You have a blood test for a rare disease that occurs by chance in 1 person in 100,000. If you have the disease, the test will report that you do with probability 0.95 (and that you do not with probability 0.05). If you do not have the disease, the test will report a false positive with probability 0.001. If the test says you do have the disease, what is the probability that you actually have the disease?

A First Course in Probability (10th Edition)

10th Edition

ISBN:9780134753119

Author:Sheldon Ross

Publisher:Sheldon Ross

Chapter1: Combinatorial Analysis

Section: Chapter Questions

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