About 8.3% of the American population has diabetes(both Type 1 and Type2). A com
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Question
About 8.3% of the American population has diabetes(both Type 1 and Type2). A combination of blood tests accurately diagnoses the disease 99.3% of the time. The test give false positive results for 1.2% of the people who do not have the disease.
What is the probability that the blood test show that a person does not have the disease?
a. 0.8298
b. 0.4406
c. 0.2311
d. 0.3500
What is the probability that a person does not have the disease, given that the test results were positive?
a. 0.3201
b. 0.0427
c. 0.1623
d. 0.1178
Explanation / Answer
b. 0.4406
d. 0.1178