Probability training: Preventing errors of reasoning in medicine and law
A new LMU study shows how students can better understand and interpret conditional probabilities. How trustworthy is a positive HIV test result? How probable is an actual infection when the test is positive? Even professionals often get such questions wrong, which can lead to misdiagnoses and unnecessary surgeries in practice. In a new study with […]
Probability training: Preventing errors of reasoning in medicine and law
A new LMU study shows how students can better understand and interpret conditional probabilities. How trustworthy is a positive HIV test result? How probable is an actual infection when the test is positive? Even professionals often get such questions wrong, which can lead to misdiagnoses and unnecessary surgeries in practice. In a new study with […]
