Bayes' theorem word problem

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Damoo

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Wondering if anybody could clarify this problem for me.

6,100,561 population

3247 infected with disease

379 out of 2517 went to a theater and ate green popcorn and got disease.

Hospital reported that 47 out of 243 patients for the disease expressed a dietary preference for green popcorn.

FIND PR (disease|preference for green popcorn)
suggestion: use bayes' theorem.

With 3 different stats I don't know how to go about this. I know there is a difference between people who ate the popcorn and people who have a preference for it.

Anybody?

THanks!
 
Damoo said:
Wondering if anybody could clarify this problem for me.

6,100,561 population

3247 infected with disease

379 out of 2517 went to a theater and ate green popcorn and got disease.

Hospital reported that 47 out of 243 patients for the disease expressed a dietary preference for green popcorn.

FIND PR (disease|preference for green popcorn)
suggestion: use bayes' theorem.

With 3 different stats I don't know how to go about this. I know there is a difference between people who ate the popcorn and people who have a preference for it.

Anybody?

THanks!
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Please state the Bayes' theorem for us - defining all the variables in the statement.

Also

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