Statistics: The Art and Science of Learning from Data (4th Edition)
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ISBN: 9780321997838
Author: Alan Agresti, Christine A. Franklin, Bernhard Klingenberg
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 9.4, Problem 51PB
Detecting prostate cancer Refer to the previous exercise about medical diagnoses. A New York Times article (February 17, 1999) about the PSA blood test for detecting prostate cancer stated: “The test fails to detect prostate cancer in 1 in 4 men who have the disease.”
- a. For the PSA test, explain what a Type I error is and explain the consequence to a man of this type of error.
- b. For the PSA test, what is a Type II error? What is the consequence to a man of this type of error?
- c. To which type of error does the
probability of 1 in 4 refer? - d. The article also stated that if you receive a positive result, the probability that you do not actually have prostate cancer is 2/3. Explain the difference between this and the conditional probability of a Type I error, given that you do not actually have prostate cancer.
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Statistics: The Art and Science of Learning from Data (4th Edition)
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