Answer to Question #26951 in Statistics and Probability for mulyagonja francis

Question

a researcher has invented a way of testing for anti-toxins in food and finds that they are there when they are there in reality. the probability of achieving this is 0.00184. the probability of identifying rightly that no anti-toxins exist is 0.972. the probability of identifying rightly that the anti-toxins are there is 0.964. what is the occurrence of anti-toxins in the food that the researcher is testing? would you advise him to continue with this test? give reasons for your answer.