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sunny-dave | 21:21 Wed 29th Oct 2014 | ChatterBank
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... but very practical ones this time.


You are invited to go for a screening test for an illness - you have no symptoms.

About 1% of the screened group will have the illness.

The test is 99% accurate at diagnosing people who have the illness.

You get a 'positive' result.

How likely is it that you actually have the illness?


99%?

That's what many people think.


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The one with the spots ael
As my first post Woof, I can do much better than a mere 99% ;-)
Do you mean sock, Ael?......Or have you something in mind involving a sack and Doris?....☺
no, it was the conundrum with two sacks with different amounts of money in them and whether you should swap you original choice ... i'm going for a lie down
ff's thread, where one needs to know which is the most filled sack.
ps i only own black socks
Ah ...

... "The Joy of Sacks/Socks/Sex" ☺
the joy of jocks ?

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