A new, inexpensive skin test is devised for detecting tuberculosis. To evaluate the test before it is

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A new, inexpensive skin test is devised for detecting tuberculosis. To evaluate the test before it is used, a medical researcher randomly selects 1,000 people. Using precise but more expensive methods, it is found that 8% of the 1,000 people tested have tuberculosis. Now each of the 1,000 subjects is given the new skin test, and the following results are recorded: The test indicates tuberculosis in 96% of those who have it and in 2% of those who do not. Based on these results, what is the probability of a randomly chosen person having tuberculosis given that the skin test indicates the disease? What is the probability of a person not having tuberculosis given that the skin test indicates the disease? (That is, what is the probability of the skin test giving a false positive result ?)

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Finite Mathematics For Business Economics Life Sciences And Social Sciences

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Authors: Raymond Barnett, Michael Ziegler, Karl Byleen, Christopher Stocker

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