SOLUTION: Suppose that the reliability of a test for hepitisus is specified as follows. Of the people with hepatitis 96% have a positive reaction and 4% have a negative reacti0on, of the peo

Question 465186: Suppose that the reliability of a test for hepitisus is specified as follows. Of the people with hepatitis 96% have a positive reaction and 4% have a negative reacti0on, of the people free of hepititis, 95% have a negative reaction and 5% have a positive reation. From a large population of witch 0.05% of the people have hepititis , A PERSON IS SELECTED AT RANDOM AND IS GIVEN THE TEST IS POSITIVE, WHAT IS THE PROBABILITY THAT THE PERSON ACTUALLY HAS HEPITITIS?
Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
duplicate
RELATED QUESTIONS
To see if there is a link between liver cancer and a hepatitis C infections, researchers... (answered by ikleyn)

The guidance system of a ship is controlled by a computer that has three major modules.... (answered by stanbon)

Consider the test for an illness. The test has a known reliability: i) When administered (answered by ikleyn)

The failure rate for a guided missile control system is 8 in 1,000. Suppose that a... (answered by ikleyn)

A drug test is accurate 96% of the time. If the test is given to 1900 people who have... (answered by VFBundy)

A drug test is accurate 96% of the time. If the test is given to 1900 people who have... (answered by ikleyn)

Consider the following system: (LO2).90.90Determine the probability that the system will... (answered by ikleyn)

Suppose that 5% of people in society are �nerds�. Professor R. U. Kidding has spent... (answered by lynnlo)