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Example: Among men in a certain age group, incidence of lung cancer is said to be 2 in 100. A certain test will show a positive reaction in 99% of such men who actually have lung cancer but also in.1% of such men who do not have lung cancer. In what proportion of men in this age group does the test show a positive reaction? If the test shows a positive reaction in such a man, what is the probability that he has lung cancer?
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Nguyen, H.T., Rogers, G.S. (1989). Bayes’ Rule. In: Fundamentals of Mathematical Statistics. Springer Texts in Statistics. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-1013-9_10
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