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Криворазбраните вероятности при тестове за наличие на зараза
Crowded Probabilities in Tests for the Presence of Infection

Author(s): Margarita Lambova, Vanya Stoyanova
Subject(s): Social Sciences, Economy, Education, National Economy, Supranational / Global Economy, Sociology, Vocational Education, Adult Education, Higher Education , State/Government and Education, Evaluation research, Crowd Psychology: Mass phenomena and political interactions, Family and social welfare, Demography and human biology, Economic development, Inclusive Education / Inclusion, Distance learning / e-learning
Published by: Национално издателство за образование и наука „Аз-буки“
Keywords: conditional probabilities; Bayes theorem; level of confidence; test for the presence of infection

Summary/Abstract: In the presentation, problems have been addressed in perception and popular delusions in the interpretation of information related to the level of confidence / uncertainty of tests by which the presence or absence of contamination is verified. The theoretical essence of the probabilities of a false positive and false negative result, as well as the level of confidence / uncertainty of the test results and on this basis there are assumptions about the perception of such information and possible misconceptions in its interpretation by society. Assumptions made are checked on the information based on a non-reporting survey. The results obtained reveal user difficulties in rationalizing and interpreting the data provided as well as when detecting logical links characteristic of such information

  • Issue Year: 64/2021
  • Issue No: 6
  • Page Range: 563-584
  • Page Count: 22
  • Language: Bulgarian