RELIABILITY OF MEDICAL TESTS A medical test has been designed to detect the presence of a certain disease. Among people who have the disease, the probability that the disease will be detected by the test is
a. If the test administered to an individual is positive, what is the probability that the person actually has the disease?
b. If an individual takes the test twice and the test is positive both times, what is the probability that the person actually has the disease? (Assume that the tests are independent.)
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