Logo
Home Study Material Contact Search
AI Chat FREE
  1. computer science
  2. programming
  3. bayes' theorem- drug screening the national fluffe

Bayes' Theorem- drug screening The national flufferball association decides to implement a drug screening procedure to test...

90.2K

Verified Solution

Question

Programming

Bayes' Theorem- drug screening

The national flufferball association decides to implement a drugscreening procedure to test its athletes for illegal performanceenhancing drugs. 3% of the professional flufferball playersactually use performance enhancing drugs. A test for the drugs hasa false positive rate of 2% and a false negative rate of 4%. Inother words, a person who does not take the drugs will testpositive with probability 0.02. A person who does take the drugswill test negative with probability 0.04. A randomly selectedplayer is tested and tests positive. What is the probability thatshe really does take performance enhancing drugs?

Answer & Explanation Solved by verified expert
4.4 Ratings (759 Votes)
Please    See Answer
Get Answers to Unlimited Questions

Join us to gain access to millions of questions and expert answers. Enjoy exclusive benefits tailored just for you!

Membership Benefits:
  • Unlimited Question Access with detailed Answers
  • Zin AI - 3 Million Words
  • 10 Dall-E 3 Images
  • 20 Plot Generations
  • Conversation with Dialogue Memory
  • No Ads, Ever!
  • Access to Our Best AI Platform: Flex AI - Your personal assistant for all your inquiries!
Become a Member

Other questions asked by students

Chemistry
1.2K views

12.      Predict the direction of the equilibrium shift when temperature is decreased in the following reactions: a.         C2H2 (g)...

Medical Sciences
1.2K views

How does a nerve stimulate a muscle to contract? What occurs in a muscle cell in...

Physics
1.2K views

6 Draw the image in the following mirror I

Physics
1.2K views

Two objects placed at some finite distance repel each other then Both must be positively...

Physics
1.2K views

9 A mass is released from a height h and its time of fall t...

Basic Math
1.2K views

A test of significance with a = 0.05 results in a p-value of 0.1. What...

Calculus
1.2K views

Let f x x 8 Evaluate the following limits T lim Z 8 lim f...

Algebra
1.2K views

Write the coordinates of the poin

Algebra
1.2K views

The management of a firm wishes to check on the opinions of its workers Before...

Algebra
1.2K views

Use the matrix below to perform the indicated operations A 2 A A 100 0...

Accounting
1.2K views

Schell Company manufactures automobile fioor mats. It currently has two product lines, the Standard and...

Finance
1.2K views

The large computer company you work for just purchased a leading headphone manufacturer. As part...