You can think of accounting for the base rate as equivalent to using the actual numbers.
How many women have cancer and test positive? 0.8 probability 0.01 population. How many women don’t have cancer and test positive? 0.096 probability 0.99 population.
You can think of accounting for the base rate as equivalent to using the actual numbers.
How many women have cancer and test positive? 0.8 probability 0.01 population. How many women don’t have cancer and test positive? 0.096 probability 0.99 population.