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kamilo84

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Screening tests (e.g., AIDS testing) are evaluated on the probability of a false negative or a false positive, and both of these are:
 a. conditional probabilities
  b. probability of the intersection of two events
  c. probability of the union of two events
  d. marginal probabilities
  e. probability of dependent events

Question 2

A chi-square test of independence with 10 degrees of freedom results in a test statistic of 19.25 . Using the chi-square table, the most accurate statement that can be made about the p-value for this test is that:
 a. p-value < 0.025.
  b. 0.025 < p-value < 0.05.
  c. 0.05 < p-value < 0.10.
  d. 0.10 < p-value < 0.20.



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Answer to Question 1

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Answer to Question 2

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