Please Help No Idea!!

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• Mar 7th 2008, 09:47 PM
jobear
Please Help No Idea!!
I HAVE NO IDEA ON THIS ONE IM SO LOST

A geologist is using seismographs to test for oil. It is found that if oil is present, the test gives a positive result 95% of the time, and if oil is not present, the test gives a positive result 2% of the time. Oil is actually present in 1% of the cases tested. If the test shows positive, what is the probability that oil is present??????

(solved in either a tree diagram, contingency table or proper formula and substitution)

PLEASE HELP!!!
• Mar 7th 2008, 10:16 PM
mr fantastic
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Originally Posted by jobear
I HAVE NO IDEA ON THIS ONE IM SO LOST

A geologist is using seismographs to test for oil. It is found that if oil is present, the test gives a positive result 95% of the time, and if oil is not present, the test gives a positive result 2% of the time. Oil is actually present in 1% of the cases tested. If the test shows positive, what is the probability that oil is present??????

(solved in either a tree diagram, contingency table or proper formula and substitution)

PLEASE HELP!!!

You need to get Pr(oil|+ve).

A tree diagram is the easiest approach to take.

Start with the oil:

/oil (0.01)
\no oil (0.99)

and then add the +ve test and -ve test branches for each.

You should get as the answer:

$\frac{(0.01)(0.95)}{(0.01)(0.95) + (0.99)(0.02)} = .......$

Alternatively, you can chew on what the good Captain has said at your double post.