A study of the impact of seeking a second opinion about a medical condition is described in a paper Based on a review of a

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A study of the impact of seeking a second opinion about a medical condition is described in a paper Based on a review of a certain number of patient initiated second opinions the paper state Second opinions often resulted in changes in diagnosis 13 8 treatment 36 4 or changes in both 9 6 Consider the following two events D second opinion results in a change in diagnosis T second opinion results in a change in treatment a What are the values of P D P T and P D n T P D 0 138 P T 0 364 P Dn T 0 096 b Use the given probability information to set up a hypothetical 1 000 table with columns corresponding to D and not D and rows corresponding to T and not T Change in Diagnosis D No Change in Diagnosis not D Change in Treatment 7 No Change in Treatment not T Total 96 42 138 268 594 862 364 d What is the probability that a second opinion results in a change in diagnosis or a change in treatment 0 452 X 636 c What is the probability that a second opinion results in neither a change in diagnosis nor a change in treatment 0 548 X Total MY M 1 000

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