The problem is "Twelve percent of the job applicants for a large company have recently smoked marijuana. The company gives all applicants a drug test. The test is not perfect. The test has a sensitivity of 98%- meaning that 98% of those who have recently smoked marijuana will test positive, the other 2% will test negative. The test has a specificity of 96%- meaning that if someone has not recently smoked marijuana, the test will correctly yield a negative test result 96% of the time." M = applicant has recently smoke marijuana C= applicant has not recently smoked marijuana (clean) X = positive test (test indicates that the person has not recently smoked marijuana recently) N= negative test (test indicates that the person has not recently smoke marijuana)  a. draw a tree diagram for this case   b. What proportion of the applicants get an incorrect test result? c. What proportion of the applicants test positive?

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The problem is "Twelve percent of the job applicants for a large company have recently smoked marijuana. The company gives all applicants a drug test. The test is not perfect. The test has a sensitivity of 98%- meaning that 98% of those who have recently smoked marijuana will test positive, the other 2% will test negative. The test has a specificity of 96%- meaning that if someone has not recently smoked marijuana, the test will correctly yield a negative test result 96% of the time."

M = applicant has recently smoke marijuana

C= applicant has not recently smoked marijuana (clean)

X = positive test (test indicates that the person has not recently smoked marijuana recently)

N= negative test (test indicates that the person has not recently smoke marijuana) 

a. draw a tree diagram for this case

 

b. What proportion of the applicants get an incorrect test result?


c. What proportion of the applicants test positive?

 

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