A screening test for cancer has a low false positive rate and a low false...

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A screening test for cancer has a low false positive rate and a low false negative rate in that with careful use one finds the disease in 95 of the patients having it and only 5 of the patients not having it Assume that 4 of a certain population has the disease What is a the probability that a person who reacts positively to the test will in fact have the disease

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