All probabilities, unless otherwise indicated, will be rounded to $10^{-3}$ in this exercise.
A test was developed for the detection of the chikungunya virus. The laboratory manufacturing this test provides the following characteristics:
- the probability that an individual affected by the virus has a positive test is 0.999;
- the probability that an individual not affected by the virus has a positive test is 0.005.
An individual is chosen at random from this population. We call:
- $M$ the event: ``the chosen individual is affected by chikungunya''.
- $T$ the event: ``the test of the chosen individual is positive''.
The test is considered reliable when the probability that an individual with a positive test is affected by the virus is greater than 0.95.
Part A: Study of an example
- Give the probabilities $P_{M}(T)$ and $P_{\bar{M}}(T)$. ``In March 2005, the epidemic spread rapidly on the island of Réunion, with a major outbreak between late April and early June followed by persistence of viral transmission during the austral winter. In total, 270,000 people were infected out of a total population of 750,000 individuals''. At the end of 2005, the laboratory conducted a mass screening test of the population of the island of Réunion. In this part, the target population is therefore the population of the island of Réunion.
- Give the exact value of $P(M)$.
- Copy and complete the weighted tree.
- Calculate the probability that an individual is affected by the virus and has a positive test.
- Calculate the probability that an individual has a positive test.
- Calculate the probability that an individual with a positive test is affected by the virus.
- Can we estimate that this test is reliable? Argue.
Part B: Screening on a target population
In this part, we denote by $p$ the proportion of people affected by chikungunya virus in a target population. We seek here to test the reliability of this laboratory's test as a function of $p$.
- Copy, adapting it, the weighted tree from question A3 taking into account the new data.
- Express the probability $P(T)$ as a function of $p$.
- Show that $P_{T}(M) = \frac{999p}{994p + 5}$.
- For which values of $p$ can we consider that this test is reliable?
Part C: Study on a sample
During the epidemic, we assume that the probability of being affected by chikungunya on the island of Réunion is 0.36. We consider a sample of $n$ individuals chosen at random, assimilating this choice to a random draw with replacement. We denote by $X$ the random variable counting the number of infected individuals in this sample among the $n$ drawn. We assume that $X$ follows a binomial distribution with parameters $n$ and $p = 0.36$. Determine from how many individuals $n$ the probability of the event ``at least one of the $n$ inhabitants of this sample is affected by the virus'' is greater than 0.99. Explain the approach.