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MCS,PHD
Argosy University/ Phoniex University/
Nov-2005 - Oct-2011
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Phoniex University
Oct-2001 - Nov-2016
Focus Problem: Lie Detector Test In this problem, you are asked to solve part of the Focus . In his book Chances: Risk and Odds in Everyday Life, James Burke says that there is a 72% chance a polygraphtest (lie detector test) will catch a person who is, in fact, lying.Furthermore, there is approximately a 7% chance that the polygraph will falselyaccuse someone of lying.
(a) Suppose a person answers 90% of a long battery of questions truthfully. What percentage of the answers will the polygraph wrongly indicate are lies?
(b) Suppose a person answers 10% of a long battery of questions with lies. What percentage of the answers will the polygraph correctly indicate are lies?
(c) Repeat parts (a) and (b) if 50% of the questions are answered truthfully and 50% are answered with lies.
(d) Repeat parts (a) and (b) if 15% of the questions are answered truthfully and the rest are answered with lies.
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