When a patient goes to hospital with chest pains, doctors must quickly make a decision about whether
Question:
When a patient goes to hospital with chest pains, doctors must quickly make a decision about whether the patient is having a heart attack. Their decision has to be based on a few visible symptoms, none of which are conclusive. Define the sample space
Ω = {patients with chest pains}, and event H = {patient is having a heart attack}.
Which of the following calculations would you use to support the doctors in their decision?
a. Use the partition theorem to find the probability of H by partitioning across symptoms.
b. Find the conditional probability of H given the observed symptoms, based on outcomes from previous patients.
c. Use Bayes’ theorem to find the probability that a heartattack patient has the symptoms present.
d. Find the intersection probability for H and the observed symptoms.
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Mathematics And Statistics For Science
ISBN: 9783031053177
1st Edition
Authors: James Sneyd, Rachel M. Fewster, Duncan McGillivray