Dangerous new disease-mad eggplant disease

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A dangerous new disease, "Mad Eggplant Disease," has been discovered in the United States. Scientists believe that this disease affects 7% of the eggplant-eating population. As you regularly eat eggplant, you are naturally quite concerned. You decide to have yourself tested for Mad Eggplant Disease with a recently developed procedure with the following characteristics: Of people who have Mad Eggplant Disease, 95% test positive (hit rate) Of people who do not have Mad Eggplant Disease, 8% test positive (false alarm) To your chagrin, your test result comes back positive. What is the probability you have Mad Eggplant Disease? What is the sensitivity and specificity of the Eggplant Disease test?

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