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Bayes' Theorem In Layman Terms

praveenr on August 28, 2023

DEFINITION Bayes' Theorem states that the conditional probability of an event, based on the occurrence of another event, is equal to the...
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Sri Vishnuvardhan A

Nice article @praveenr2998 .

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praveenr

Thanks @vishnuswmech

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thssgani

"If a person takes this diagnostic test and the result is Positive there is an 85% chance that the person has a malignant tumor and that's scary, right?" - bro shouldn't this statement be like: If a person having a malignant tumor, takes this diagnostic test, there is only 85% chance that the result will be positive. because the given event is having the tumor and the probability of having the results positive is being calculated i.e., P(True Positives) = 85% which means P(false negatives) = 15%

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Thanks for the feedback bro, I have rephrased it.