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A medical test for a disease has a 95% accuracy. The disease affects one person in a thousand. You test positive. What are the chances you have the disease?
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Is the disease spread by that blo0dy plane?! 0.1% or 1 in 1000. Now mods, please close this thread!"B.A." Baracus: "Talk to me, talk sense so I can talk back. Not all this jibberjabber like breaking the peace and all that."
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2^x+{95}=50/50Comment
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Dunno give it to that plane and lets see what happens
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Is it spread by conveyer belt__________________
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Every 20 positive test one will be a false positive so if you test positive you have a 1/20 chance of being clear.Originally posted by flounderbout View PostA medical test for a disease has a 95% accuracy. The disease affects one person in a thousand. You test positive. What are the chances you have the disease?
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None of you even close yet. Yoshie closest to the right thinking though.Comment
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19/1it's in me shed, mate.Comment
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1 in 5 chance of having it.If its not broke don't fix it.Comment
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19:1 chance of having the disease
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Bugger - didn't see page 2 !Life is too important to take seriously !Comment
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Hmmmm.
The chance you have the disease is 1 in 1000.
It doesn't matter if the test is accurate or not.Comment
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Nope, all wrong.
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