A certain disease has an incidence rate of 0.7%. If the false negative rate is 8% and the false positive rate is 2%, compute the probability that a person who tests positive actually has the disease. Give your answer accurate to at least 3 decimal places
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7% means that 0.7% of the population has the disease. - The false negative rate of 8% means that 8% of the people who have the disease will test negative. - The false positive rate of 2% means that 2% of the people who do not have the disease will test Show more…
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