Question:

A dog allergy test for people has a 97.5% accuracy rate.

Last updated: 7/28/2022

A dog allergy test for people has a 97.5% accuracy rate.

A dog allergy test for people has a 97.5% accuracy rate. Only 2% of the population has an allergy to dogs (actually it is much smaller than that!). Hint: Use a group of 100,000 people who've taken this test and the information provided to complete a table to answer the following question: If you tested negative, what is the probability you have a dog allergy? (Round your probability to the nearest thousandth of a percent!) Probability = ___________ %