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On probability, statistics and journalism

Friday, September 23, 2011

Tweet This should pose a good teaser for any working reporter and news editor who uses percentages of chance on a day-to-day basis. If a woman is given a positive screening result after a mammogram, which is bad, what is the probability that she does not have cancer? Answer: 91 percent. Why is this? Cambridge University professor [...]

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