A test is developed to detect a disease in a country. According to the health authorities of this country, $7\%$ of the inhabitants are infected with this disease. Among infected individuals, $20\%$ test negative. Among healthy individuals, $1\%$ test positive.
A person is chosen at random from the population. We denote:
- $M$ the event: ``the person is infected with the disease'';
- $T$ the event: ``the test is positive''.
- Construct a probability tree modelling the proposed situation.
- a. What is the probability that the person is infected with the disease and that their test is positive? b. Show that the probability that their test is positive is 0.0653.
- It is known that the test of the chosen person is positive. What is the probability that they are infected? Give the result as an approximation to $10 ^ { - 2 }$ near.
- Ten people are chosen at random from the population. The size of the population of this country allows us to treat this sample as a draw with replacement. Let $X$ be the random variable that counts the number of individuals with a positive test among the ten people. a. What is the probability distribution followed by $X$? Specify its parameters. b. Determine the probability that exactly two people have a positive test. Give the result as an approximation to $10 ^ { - 2 }$ near.
- Determine the minimum number of people to test in this country so that the probability that at least one of these people has a positive test is greater than $99\%$.