Cancer Test Results

In this section, you'll find a simulated dataset on cancer test results for patients and whether they really have cancer. Explore cancer_test_data.csv in the Jupyter notebook to answer the following questions.

• How many patients are there in total?

• How many patients have cancer?

• How many patients do not have cancer?

• What proportion of patients have cancer?

• What proportion of patients don't have cancer?

• What proportion of patients with cancer test positive?

• What proportion of patients with cancer test negative?

• What proportion of patients without cancer test positive?

• What proportion of patients without cancer test negative?

QUIZ QUESTION::

Match the correct answer for each of the following questions.

ANSWER CHOICES:

2608

0.234

306

0.105

1739

589

0.895

0.562

2914

Question	Answer
How many patients are there in total?
How many patients have cancer?
How many patients do not have cancer?
What proportion of patients have cancer?
What proportion of patients don't have cancer?

SOLUTION:

Question	Answer
How many patients do not have cancer?	2608
How many patients have cancer?	306
What proportion of patients have cancer?	0.105
What proportion of patients don't have cancer?	0.895
How many patients are there in total?	2914

QUIZ QUESTION::

Match the correct answer for each of the following questions.

ANSWER CHOICES:

0.796

0.204

0.123

0.563

0.905

0.095

0.372

Question	Answer
What proportion of patients with cancer test positive?
What proportion of patients with cancer test negative?
What proportion of patients without cancer test positive?
What proportion of patients without cancer test negative?

SOLUTION:

Question	Answer
What proportion of patients without cancer test negative?	0.796
What proportion of patients without cancer test positive?	0.204
What proportion of patients with cancer test positive?	0.905
What proportion of patients with cancer test negative?	0.095