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sillymath2
3y ago
From a practical point of view, if the prior probability of the disease is low but the disease is mortal and there is a $0.1 test and $0.2 pill that cure the disease without having negative effects, I think that you should take the test and
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3y ago
Bayes' theorem is not enough, I think you have to weight how expensive is the test, what are the consequences of false positives and true positives. For example a low price test with almost zero both false positive and negative rate wh