Suppose it is known that 1% of the population have a certain kind of cancer. It is also known that a test for this kind of cancer is positive in 99% of the people who have it but is also positive in 2% of the people who do not have it. What is the probability that a person who tests positive has cancer of this type?
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- Probability of testing positive given that a person has cancer: 0.99 - Probability of testing positive given that a person does not have cancer: 0.02 - Probability of having cancer: 0.01 - Probability of not having cancer: 0.99 Show more…
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