Probabilities (General)

by romansh , Sunday, April 13, 2014, 01:00 (3660 days ago)

Here's a question
what is your immediate response?-Imagine you are in your doctor's office and she says, "well the results have come in from the tests and you may have that ailment we were discussing." You ask, "what is the false positive rate?" and she replies "five percent with no false negatives." You then ask "does that mean there is a ninety five percent chance that I have the ailment?"-What is her correct reply?-If you 'know' the correct answer please hold off anwering for a bit.