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#7: Post edited by user avatar DNB‭ · 2021-08-19T00:30:23Z (about 3 years ago)
  • How would you vaticinate to $-w_k$ from both sides of $w_{k + 1} = \dfrac{w_k - (1 - p)w_{k - 1}}{p}$??
  • How would you vaticinate to $-w_k$ from both sides of $w_{k + 1} = \dfrac{w_k - (1 - p)w_{k - 1}}{p}$?
  • This question appeared on my pop quiz last week. I got 0%. I achieved everything until the green equation, then I didn't know how to proceed. After reading this solution, I see that you must isolate $pw_{k + 1}$ and move $w_k$
  • to the right.
  • $\color{limegreen}{w_k = pw_{k + 1} + (1- p)w_{k - 1}} \iff pw_{k + 1} = w_k - (1 - p)w_{k - 1}$.
  • Then you must divide the equation by p.
  • $w_{k + 1} = \dfrac{w_k - (1 - p)w_{k - 1}}{p}$
  • Finally, you must subtract ${\color{red}{-w_k}}$ from both sides!
  • $w_{k + 1} {\color{red}{-w_k}} = \dfrac{1\color{red}{-p}}{p}(w_k - w_{k - 1})$
  • These steps eluded me, are too tricky, and appear to come of the blue! Can you please naturalize (make natural) them? How would you progonosticate this algebra?
  • ![Image alt text](https://math.codidact.com/uploads/T3RVSWWjW1cbX3T5a99HgNYY)
  • Tsitsiklis, *Introduction to Probability* (2008 2e), p 63.
  • This question appeared on my pop quiz last week. I got 0%. I achieved everything until the green equation, then I didn't know how to proceed. After reading this solution, I see that you must isolate $pw_{k + 1}$ and move $w_k$
  • to the right.
  • $\color{limegreen}{w_k = pw_{k + 1} + (1- p)w_{k - 1}} \iff pw_{k + 1} = w_k - (1 - p)w_{k - 1}$.
  • 1. Then you must divide the equation by p.
  • $w_{k + 1} = \dfrac{w_k - (1 - p)w_{k - 1}}{p}$
  • 2. Finally, you must ${\color{red}{-w_k}}$ from both sides!
  • $w_{k + 1} {\color{red}{-w_k}} = \dfrac{1\color{red}{-p}}{p}(w_k - w_{k - 1})$
  • These steps eluded me, are too tricky, and appear to come of the blue! Can you please naturalize (make natural) them? How would you progonosticate this algebra?
  • ![Image alt text](https://math.codidact.com/uploads/T3RVSWWjW1cbX3T5a99HgNYY)
  • Tsitsiklis, *Introduction to Probability* (2008 2e), p 63.
#6: Post edited by user avatar DNB‭ · 2021-08-19T00:29:58Z (about 3 years ago)
  • How would you vaticinate to $-w_k$ from both sides of $w_k = pw_{k + 1} + qw_{k - 1}$?
  • How would you vaticinate to $-w_k$ from both sides of $w_{k + 1} = \dfrac{w_k - (1 - p)w_{k - 1}}{p}$??
#5: Post edited by user avatar DNB‭ · 2021-08-19T00:28:35Z (about 3 years ago)
  • How would you vaticinate to subtract $-w_k$ from both sides of $w_k = pw_{k + 1} + qw_{k - 1}$?
  • How would you vaticinate to $-w_k$ from both sides of $w_k = pw_{k + 1} + qw_{k - 1}$?
#4: Post edited by user avatar DNB‭ · 2021-08-11T08:17:44Z (about 3 years ago)
  • This question appeared on my pop quiz last week. I got 0%. I did everything until the equality in green, and I didn't know how to proceed. After reading this solution, I see that you must isolate $pw_{k + 1}$ and move $w_k$
  • to the right.
  • $\color{limegreen}{w_k = pw_{k + 1} + (1- p)w_{k - 1}} \iff pw_{k + 1} = w_k - (1 - p)w_{k - 1}$.
  • Then you must divide the equation by p.
  • $w_{k + 1} = \dfrac{w_k - (1 - p)w_{k - 1}}{p}$
  • Finally, you must subtract ${\color{red}{-w_k}}$ from both sides!
  • $w_{k + 1} {\color{red}{-w_k}} = \dfrac{1\color{red}{-p}}{p}(w_k - w_{k - 1})$
  • These steps eluded me, are too tricky, and appear to come of the blue! Can you please naturalize (make natural) them? How would you progonosticate this algebra?
  • ![Image alt text](https://math.codidact.com/uploads/T3RVSWWjW1cbX3T5a99HgNYY)
  • Tsitsiklis, *Introduction to Probability* (2008 2e), p 63.
  • This question appeared on my pop quiz last week. I got 0%. I achieved everything until the green equation, then I didn't know how to proceed. After reading this solution, I see that you must isolate $pw_{k + 1}$ and move $w_k$
  • to the right.
  • $\color{limegreen}{w_k = pw_{k + 1} + (1- p)w_{k - 1}} \iff pw_{k + 1} = w_k - (1 - p)w_{k - 1}$.
  • Then you must divide the equation by p.
  • $w_{k + 1} = \dfrac{w_k - (1 - p)w_{k - 1}}{p}$
  • Finally, you must subtract ${\color{red}{-w_k}}$ from both sides!
  • $w_{k + 1} {\color{red}{-w_k}} = \dfrac{1\color{red}{-p}}{p}(w_k - w_{k - 1})$
  • These steps eluded me, are too tricky, and appear to come of the blue! Can you please naturalize (make natural) them? How would you progonosticate this algebra?
  • ![Image alt text](https://math.codidact.com/uploads/T3RVSWWjW1cbX3T5a99HgNYY)
  • Tsitsiklis, *Introduction to Probability* (2008 2e), p 63.
#3: Post edited by user avatar DNB‭ · 2021-08-11T08:14:32Z (about 3 years ago)
  • What did I bungle in calculating $P(D|+)$ with the Odds form of Bayes's Theorem?
  • How would you vaticinate to subtract $-w_k$ from both sides of $w_k = pw_{k + 1} + qw_{k - 1}$?
  • Abbreviate D for Disease and + for a positive test. In [Prateek Karkare (Bachelor's, Masters, from Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay](https://www.linkedin.com/in/prateekkarkare/?originalSubdomain=in)'s [example](https://medium.com/x8-the-ai-community/a-simple-introduction-to-naive-bayes-23538a0395a), P(D) = 0.001, and P(+|D) = 0.99. I revised his explanation and chart.
  • If there are 100,000 people, 100 people are diseased disease and the rest 99,900 are healthy. If these 100 sufferers get tested, $\color{green}{99}$ would test positive and $\color{red}{1}$ test negative. But what we overlook is that if the 99,900 healthy get tested, 1% (that is $\color{#e68a00}{999}$) will test false positive.
  • If you test positive, then for you to be diseased, you must be $1$ of the $\color{green}{99}$ diseased people who tested positive. The total number of persons who tested positive is $\color{green}{99}+\color{#e68a00}{999}$. So the probability that you're diseased when you tested positive is $\dfrac{\color{green}{99}}{\color{green}{99}+\color{#e68a00}{999}} = 0.0901$.
  • ![Image alt text](https://math.codidact.com/uploads/BVJUMxaqF2vLa8iLt3u2fKPx)
  • I tried to compute this [with odds](https://arbital.com/p/bayes_rule/?l=693) in green, but why's my answer wrong?
  • >In the screened population, there's 1 sick patient for 4 [$\color{limegreen}{999}$] healthy patients. Sick patients are 3 [$\color{limegreen}{\dfrac{Pr(+|D)}{Pr(+|D^C)} = \dfrac{0.99}{0.01} = 99}$] times more likely to turn the tongue depressor black than healthy patients. $(1:4) \dot (3:1)=(3:4) \quad [\color{limegreen}{(1:999) \dot (99:1) = 1:111}]$ or 3 [$\color{limegreen}{1}$] sick patients to 4 [$\color{limegreen}{111}$] healthy patients among those that turn the tongue depressor black, corresponding to a probability of 3/7=43% [$\color{limegreen}{1/112 = 0.00893}$] that the patient is sick.
  • This question appeared on my pop quiz last week. I got 0%. I did everything until the equality in green, and I didn't know how to proceed. After reading this solution, I see that you must isolate $pw_{k + 1}$ and move $w_k$
  • to the right.
  • $\color{limegreen}{w_k = pw_{k + 1} + (1- p)w_{k - 1}} \iff pw_{k + 1} = w_k - (1 - p)w_{k - 1}$.
  • Then you must divide the equation by p.
  • $w_{k + 1} = \dfrac{w_k - (1 - p)w_{k - 1}}{p}$
  • Finally, you must subtract ${\color{red}{-w_k}}$ from both sides!
  • $w_{k + 1} {\color{red}{-w_k}} = \dfrac{1\color{red}{-p}}{p}(w_k - w_{k - 1})$
  • These steps eluded me, are too tricky, and appear to come of the blue! Can you please naturalize (make natural) them? How would you progonosticate this algebra?
  • ![Image alt text](https://math.codidact.com/uploads/T3RVSWWjW1cbX3T5a99HgNYY)
  • Tsitsiklis, *Introduction to Probability* (2008 2e), p 63.
#2: Post edited by user avatar DNB‭ · 2021-08-10T06:25:51Z (about 3 years ago)
  • Abbreviate D for Disease and + for a positive test. In [Prateek Karkare (Bachelor's, Masters, from Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay](https://www.linkedin.com/in/prateekkarkare/?originalSubdomain=in)'s [example](https://medium.com/x8-the-ai-community/a-simple-introduction-to-naive-bayes-23538a0395a), P(D) = 0.001, and P(+|D) = 0.99. I revised his explanation and chart.
  • If there are 100,000 people, 100 people are diseased disease and the rest 99,900 are healthy. If these 100 sufferers get tested, $\color{green}{99}$ would test positive and $\color{red}{1}$ test negative. But what we overlook is that if the 99,900 healthy get tested, 1% (that is $\color{#e68a00}{999}$) will test false positive.
  • If you test positive, then for you to be diseased, you must be $1$ of the $\color{green}{99}$ diseased people who tested positive. The total number of persons who tested positive is $\color{green}{99}+\color{#e68a00}{999}$. So the probability that you're diseased when you tested positive is $\dfrac{\color{green}{99}}{\color{green}{99}+\color{#e68a00}{999}} = 0.0901$.
  • ![Image alt text](https://math.codidact.com/uploads/BVJUMxaqF2vLa8iLt3u2fKPx)
  • I tried to analyse this [with odds](https://arbital.com/p/bayes_rule/?l=693) in green, but my answer's wrong. What did I flub?
  • >In the screened population, there's 1 sick patient for 4 [$\color{limegreen}{999}$] healthy patients. Sick patients are 3 [$\color{limegreen}{\dfrac{Pr(+|D)}{Pr(+|D^C)} = \dfrac{0.99}{0.01} = 99}$] times more likely to turn the tongue depressor black than healthy patients. $(1:4) \dot (3:1)=(3:4) \quad [\color{limegreen}{(1:999) \dot (99:1) = 1:111}]$ or 3 [$\color{limegreen}{1}$] sick patients to 4 [$\color{limegreen}{111}$] healthy patients among those that turn the tongue depressor black, corresponding to a probability of 3/7=43% [$\color{limegreen}{1/112 = 0.00893}$] that the patient is sick.
  • Abbreviate D for Disease and + for a positive test. In [Prateek Karkare (Bachelor's, Masters, from Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay](https://www.linkedin.com/in/prateekkarkare/?originalSubdomain=in)'s [example](https://medium.com/x8-the-ai-community/a-simple-introduction-to-naive-bayes-23538a0395a), P(D) = 0.001, and P(+|D) = 0.99. I revised his explanation and chart.
  • If there are 100,000 people, 100 people are diseased disease and the rest 99,900 are healthy. If these 100 sufferers get tested, $\color{green}{99}$ would test positive and $\color{red}{1}$ test negative. But what we overlook is that if the 99,900 healthy get tested, 1% (that is $\color{#e68a00}{999}$) will test false positive.
  • If you test positive, then for you to be diseased, you must be $1$ of the $\color{green}{99}$ diseased people who tested positive. The total number of persons who tested positive is $\color{green}{99}+\color{#e68a00}{999}$. So the probability that you're diseased when you tested positive is $\dfrac{\color{green}{99}}{\color{green}{99}+\color{#e68a00}{999}} = 0.0901$.
  • ![Image alt text](https://math.codidact.com/uploads/BVJUMxaqF2vLa8iLt3u2fKPx)
  • I tried to compute this [with odds](https://arbital.com/p/bayes_rule/?l=693) in green, but why's my answer wrong?
  • >In the screened population, there's 1 sick patient for 4 [$\color{limegreen}{999}$] healthy patients. Sick patients are 3 [$\color{limegreen}{\dfrac{Pr(+|D)}{Pr(+|D^C)} = \dfrac{0.99}{0.01} = 99}$] times more likely to turn the tongue depressor black than healthy patients. $(1:4) \dot (3:1)=(3:4) \quad [\color{limegreen}{(1:999) \dot (99:1) = 1:111}]$ or 3 [$\color{limegreen}{1}$] sick patients to 4 [$\color{limegreen}{111}$] healthy patients among those that turn the tongue depressor black, corresponding to a probability of 3/7=43% [$\color{limegreen}{1/112 = 0.00893}$] that the patient is sick.
#1: Initial revision by user avatar DNB‭ · 2021-08-10T06:25:17Z (about 3 years ago)
What did I bungle in calculating $P(D|+)$ with the Odds form of Bayes's Theorem?
Abbreviate D for Disease and + for a positive test. In [Prateek Karkare (Bachelor's, Masters, from Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay](https://www.linkedin.com/in/prateekkarkare/?originalSubdomain=in)'s [example](https://medium.com/x8-the-ai-community/a-simple-introduction-to-naive-bayes-23538a0395a), P(D) = 0.001, and P(+|D) = 0.99.  I revised his explanation and chart.

If there are 100,000 people, 100 people are diseased disease and the rest 99,900 are healthy. If these 100 sufferers get tested, $\color{green}{99}$ would test positive and $\color{red}{1}$ test negative. But what we overlook is that if the 99,900 healthy get tested, 1% (that is $\color{#e68a00}{999}$) will test false positive.
 
If you test positive, then for you to be diseased, you must be $1$ of the $\color{green}{99}$ diseased people who tested positive. The total number of persons who tested positive is $\color{green}{99}+\color{#e68a00}{999}$. So the probability that you're diseased when you tested positive is $\dfrac{\color{green}{99}}{\color{green}{99}+\color{#e68a00}{999}} = 0.0901$. 


![Image alt text](https://math.codidact.com/uploads/BVJUMxaqF2vLa8iLt3u2fKPx)

I tried to analyse this [with odds](https://arbital.com/p/bayes_rule/?l=693) in green, but my answer's wrong. What did I flub? 

>In the screened population, there's 1 sick patient for 4 [$\color{limegreen}{999}$] healthy patients. Sick patients are 3 [$\color{limegreen}{\dfrac{Pr(+|D)}{Pr(+|D^C)} = \dfrac{0.99}{0.01} = 99}$] times more likely to turn the tongue depressor black than healthy patients. $(1:4) \dot (3:1)=(3:4) \quad [\color{limegreen}{(1:999) \dot (99:1) = 1:111}]$ or 3 [$\color{limegreen}{1}$] sick patients to 4 [$\color{limegreen}{111}$] healthy patients among those that turn the tongue depressor black, corresponding to a probability of 3/7=43% [$\color{limegreen}{1/112 = 0.00893}$] that the patient is sick.