Using Bayes’ Rule to Interpret Disease Screening Test Results

Disease screening tests aren't as simple to interpret as we might hope. We'll explore graphically and interactively how to interpret disease screening test results using Bayes' Rule. This will help us to calculate the probability of having a disease after a positive or negative screening test result.

Topics

  • screening tests
  • Bayes’ Rule
  • conditional probability
  • prevalence
  • specificity
  • sensitivity