Here’s a medical math question for you dealing with percentages?
If my test negative test for a particular disease was 97% accurate, and (considering the fact that my exposure is unknown) the disease is only carried by about 0.6% percent of the population, what does that make my overall percentage chance that I am not infected by this disease?
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About 99.98%. Rather than "accuracy," sensitivity and specificity are usually used, so you know more what to expect.
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there's a 3% chance the test is wrong and you are actually positive.
the chance you are positive without taking the test is 0.6%.
So, the chance that you are positive 0.6% AND the test is wrong, 3% is 0.6 times 3 or 1.8% chance that you are positive givent the information at hand.
If this is not a probability test for school then just get retested in a few months and if still negative, you can sleep well.
i think you are okay dude. your test said 97% negative there you go.