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Are you REALLY sick? (false positives) - Numberphile

2016-03-28

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Bayes' Theorem applied to disease diagnosis. Featuring Lisa Goldberg from UC Berkeley Department of Statistics.

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Sickness and Stats (extra footage) by Numberphile2
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How Accurate Is the Test
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Probability of a Positive Test
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Probability That You'Re Sick Given a Positive Test
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