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renzo156

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on: Jun 20, 2018
Of 50 women treated for breast cancer in the local cancer unit, 35 of them survived for at least 5 years. For a woman who has just been diagnosed with breast cancer, our best guess is that the probability that she will survive for 5 years is
 
  a. 35/50 = .70
  b. 15/35= .43
  c. 35/100 = .35
  d. we don't have enough information.

Question 2

Which of the following is NOT a way of setting probabilities?
 
  a. the analytic view
  b. the frequentistic view
  c. the subjective view
  d. the correlational view


Sweetkitty24130

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Reply #1 on: Jun 20, 2018
Answer to Question 1

A

Answer to Question 2

D


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