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Bayes' Theorem Calculator

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How a positive test result should update your belief

About the rare disease example: Most people guess ~99% here because the test seems so accurate — but the disease is so rare that most positive results are still false positives. That's base-rate neglect.
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Posterior Probability P(H|E)
Numerator = P(E|H) × P(H): = 0
Denominator (term 1) = P(E|H) × P(H): = 0
Denominator (term 2) = P(E|¬H) × (1 − P(H)): = 0
Denominator = term 1 + term 2: 0 + 0 = 0
Posterior = Numerator ÷ Denominator: