+ Sometimes events can interact with each other. + We would like to have the language to talk about a scenario in which evidence that one event has occurred can alter our understanding of the probability of another event occurring. + We would also like to develop the mathematical tools to quantify exactly how much that probability changes. +
-
- Let
+ Let
- An experiment consists of rolling a fair 6-sided die two times.
- Let
+ An experiment consists of rolling a fair 6-sided die two times.
+ Let
- Let
+ Let
+ Diagnostic tests for diseases aren't perfect. + When a test comes back positive or negative, a patient will want to understand the (conditional) probability that they have or don't have the disease based on the evidence (the diagnostic test result). +
+ +
+ The
+ Introducing event notation, let
+ Bayes' Theorem expresses the relationship between a conditional probability
+
+ For example, if a patient sees a positive diagnostic test result, they might try to calculate:
+
+ Let's consider
+
+ We're still missing a crucial piece of information:
+ There isn't always one single number that's reasonable to use as the prior probability.
+ For example, in a diagnostic testing situation, the
+ A 50-year old woman with no symptoms is screened for breast cancer and tests positive. + If the prevalence of breast cancer for women in her age group is 1% and the particular screening process used has a sensitivity of 90% and a specificity of 91%, what is the probability that the woman has breast cancer given her positive result? +
+
+ Let
+ In each of the following scenarios with given events
- Diagnostic tests for diseases aren't perfect.
- When a test comes back positive or negative, a patient will want to understand the (conditional) probability that they have or don't have the disease based on the evidence (the diagnostic test result).
+ An experiment consists of rolling a fair die two times.
+ Let
- The
- Introducing event notation, let
- Bayes' Theorem expresses the relationship between a conditional probability
-
- For example, if a patient sees a positive diagnostic test result, they might try to calculate:
- Let's consider
-
- We're still missing a crucial piece of information:
- A 50-year old woman with no symptoms is screened for breast cancer and tests positive. - If the prevalence of breast cancer for women in her age group is 1% and the particular screening process used has a sensitivity of 90% and a specificity of 91%, what is the probability that the woman has breast cancer given her positive result? -
-
+
- Let
- In each of the following scenarios with given events
- An experiment consists of rolling a fair die two times.
- Let
+ Let
- An experiment consists of flipping a fair coin three times.
- Let
- A diagnostic test is developed to detect a disease present in 3.2% of the population.
- For a patient who has the disease, the test will accurately give a positive result 65% of the time.
- When the patient does not have the disease, the test will accurately give a negative result 99.9% of the time.
+
- For a patient who receives a positive test, what is the probability they have the disease? -
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-- For a patient who receives a negative test, what is the probability they do not have the disease? -
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-- The idea of conditional probability is that knowledge of one event can change our understanding of the probability of another. - But it's also important to understand when this is not the case. -
++ The idea of conditional probability is that knowledge of one event can change our understanding of the probability of another. + But it's also important to understand when this is not the case. +
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- Events
+ Events
- The equation
+ The equation
- In
+ In
- Now consider the event
+ Now consider the event
- An experiment consists of rolling a fair die two times.
- Let
+ An experiment consists of rolling a fair die two times.
+ Let
- An experiment consists of flipping a fair coin three times.
- Let
+
- Let
+ An experiment consists of flipping a fair coin three times.
+ Let
+
+ Let
+ Now