A certain disease has an incidence rate of \( 0.4 \% \). If the false negative rate is \( 5 \% \) and the false positive rate is \( 4 \% \), compute the probability that a person who tests positive actually has the disease. Give your answer accurate to at least 3 decimal places Question Melp: VIOEO Check.Answer
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4% means that 0.4% of the population has the disease. - The false negative rate of 5% means that 5% of the people who have the disease will test negative. - The false positive rate of 4% means that 4% of the people who do not have the disease will test Show more…
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