A rare disease exists with which only 2 in 1000 isaffected. There is a test for the disease that a correct positive result (patientactually has the disease) occurs95%of the time while a false positive result(patient does not have the disease) occurs1%of the time. a) What is the prior distribution of the disease and the posterior distributionof the disease given the positive result?b) Is the test good? Explain that counter-intuitive result.

this excerpt is taken from the book “we shall not be moved : the women’s factory strike of 1909 “ and is written by joan dash. it is the story of the great strike when almost 30thousand women working in factories in america formed a union to fight unsafe working conditions, long working hours and miserable wages.

question: which best states the author’s purpose for including this information in the text?

answer: to challenge the reader’s ideas about a historical event

hi there, i would be interested to you with your test, may you add the questions and answer options.

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