Inverse Probability/Examples/Disease
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Example of Inverse Probability
Finding the probability that a person has a particular disease, given that they have tested positive for it, is an exercise in inverse probability.
This may be solved using Bayes' Theorem if other relevant information is available.
Sources
- 2008: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (4th ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): inverse probability