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Question Number 206514 by cortano21 last updated on 17/Apr/24
$$\:{In}\:{this}\:{covid}\:−\mathrm{19}\:{pandemic},\:{it}\:{is}\: \\ $$$$\:{known}\:{that}\:{are}\:\mathrm{5},\mathrm{667},\mathrm{355}\:{confirmed}\: \\ $$$$\:{cases}\:{out}\:{of}\:\mathrm{273},\mathrm{500},\mathrm{000}\:{in}\:{X}\:{country} \\ $$$$\:{population}\:{based}\:{WHO}.\: \\ $$$$\:{One}\:{of}\:{the}\:{equipment}\:{to}\:{test}\:{the} \\ $$$$\:{covid}−\mathrm{19}\:{is}\:{GeNose}\:{C}\mathrm{19}−{S}\:{developed} \\ $$$$\:{by}\:{UGM}.\:{GeNose}\:{C}\mathrm{19}−{S}\:{is}\:{a}\:{rapid} \\ $$$$\:{screening}\:{equipment}\:{for}\:{Sars}−{CoV}\mathrm{2} \\ $$$$\:{virus}\:{infection}\:{through}\:{the}\:{breath} \\ $$$$\:{of}\:{Covid}\:−\mathrm{19}\:{patient}\:.\:{It}\:{is}\:{claim} \\ $$$$\:{that}\:{the}\:{sensivity}\:{of}\:{the}\:{test}\:{is}\:\mathrm{0},\mathrm{90} \\ $$$$\:{that}\:{is},\:{if}\:{a}\:{person}\:{has}\:{the}\:{disease},\: \\ $$$$\:{then}\:{the}\:{probability}\:{that}\:{the}\:{diagnostic} \\ $$$$\:{blood}\:{test}\:{comes}\:{back}\:{positive} \\ $$$$\:{is}\:\mathrm{0},\mathrm{90}.\:{In}\:{addition}\:,\:{the}\:{specificity} \\ $$$$\:{of}\:{the}\:{test}\:{is}\:\mathrm{0},\mathrm{95},\:{i}.{e}\:{if}\:{a}\:{person}\: \\ $$$$\:{is}\:{free}\:{the}\:{disease},\:{then}\:{the}\:{probability} \\ $$$$\:{that}\:{the}\:{diagnostic}\:{test}\:{comes}\:{back} \\ $$$$\:{negative}\:{is}\:\mathrm{0},\mathrm{95}.\: \\ $$$$\:{Let}\:{D}\:{and}\:{H}\:{is}\:{the}\:{event}\:{that}\:{a}\: \\ $$$$\:{randomly}\:{selected}\:{individual}\:{has} \\ $$$$\:{the}\:{disease}\:{and}\:{disease}−{free}\: \\ $$$$\:\left({healty}\right),\:{respectively}. \\ $$$$\:{a}.\:{What}\:{is}\:{the}\:{positive}\:{predictive}\: \\ $$$$\:\:{value}\:{of}\:{the}\:{GeNose}\:{C}\mathrm{19}−{S}\:{test}? \\ $$$$\:\:{That}\:{is},\:{given}\:{that}\:{the}\:{blood}\:{test}\: \\ $$$$\:{is}\:{positive}\:{for}\:{disease},\:{what}\:{is}\:{the} \\ $$$$\:{probability}\:{that}\:{person}\:{actually}\:{has} \\ $$$$\:\:{the}\:{disease}?\: \\ $$$$\: \\ $$$$\:{b}.\:{If}\:{the}\:{doctor}\:{perfoms}\:{the}\:{test}\:{for} \\ $$$$\:{the}\:{second}\:{time}\:,\:{taking}\:{P}\left({D}\right)\:{equals} \\ $$$$\:{to}\:{the}\:{value}\:{of}\:{probability}\:{you} \\ $$$$\left.\:{obtained}\:{from}\:{part}\:{a}\right),\:{determine}\: \\ $$$$\:{the}\:{update}\:{positive}\:{predictive}\: \\ $$$$\:\:{value}\:{of}\:{the}\:{test}.\: \\ $$