In a large city, 8% of the inhabitants have contracted a particular disease. A test for this
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In a large city, 8% of the inhabitants have contracted a particular disease. A test for this disease is positive in 80% of people who have the disease and is negative in 80% of people who do not have the disease. What is the probability that a person for whom the test result is positive has the disease?
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Statistics For Business And Economics
ISBN: 9781292436845
10th Global Edition
Authors: Paul Newbold, William Carlson, Betty Thorne
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