Hi, The probability of false detection is: P(T+ | D-)=1-P(T+ | D+)=0.05. and I want to find the joint probability P(T+,D+)=P(T+|D+)*P(D+) Thank you for your reply, Sigalit.
On 8/13/07, Moshe Olshansky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi Sigalit, > > Do you want to find the probability P(T+ = t AND D+ = > d) for all the combinations of t and d (for ICU and > Reg.)? > Is the probability of false detection (when there is > no disease) always 0? > > Regards, > > Moshe. > > --- sigalit mangut-leiba <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > hello, > > I asked about this simulation a few days ago, but > > still i can't get what i > > need. > > I have 2 units: icu and regular. from icu I want to > > take 200 observations > > from binomial distribution, when probability for > > disease is: p=0.6. > > from regular I want to take 300 observation with the > > same probability: p=0.6 > > . > > the distribution to detect disease when disease > > occurred- *for someone from > > icu* - is: p(T+ | D+)=0.95. > > the distribution to detect disease when disease > > occurred- *for someone from > > reg.unit* - is: p(T+ | D+)=0.8. > > I want to compute the joint distribution for each > > unit: p(T+,D+) for icu, > > and the same for reg. > > I tried: > > > > pdeti <- 0 > > > > pdetr <- 0 > > > > picu <- pdeti*.6 > > > > preg <- pdetr*.6 > > > > dept <- c("icu","reg") > > > > icu <- rbinom(200, 1, .6) > > > > reg <- rbinom(300, 1, .6) > > > > for(i in 1:300) { > > > > if(dept=="icu") pdeti==0.95 > > > > if (dept=="reg") pdetr==0.80 > > > > } > > > > print(picu) > > > > print(preg) > > > > and got 50 warnings: > > > > the condition has length > 1 and only the first > > element will be used in: if > > (dept == "icu") pdeti == 0.95 > > the condition has length > 1 and only the first > > element will be used in: if > > (dept == "reg") pdetr == 0.8 > > > > I would appreciate any suggestions, > > > > thank you, > > > > Sigalit. > > > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > > > > ______________________________________________ > > R-help@stat.math.ethz.ch mailing list > > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > > PLEASE do read the posting guide > > http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, > > reproducible code. > > > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] ______________________________________________ R-help@stat.math.ethz.ch mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.