21.1: A Simple Example (Section 20.3)
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bayes_df = data.frame(prior=NA,
likelihood=NA,
marginal_likelihood=NA,
posterior=NA)
bayes_df$prior <- 1/1000000
nTests <- 3
nPositives <- 3
sensitivity <- 0.99
specificity <- 0.99
bayes_df$likelihood <- dbinom(nPositives, nTests, 0.99)
bayes_df$marginal_likelihood <-
dbinom(
x = nPositives,
size = nTests,
prob = sensitivity
) * bayes_df$prior +
dbinom(
x = nPositives,
size = nTests,
prob = 1 - specificity
) *
(1 - bayes_df$prior)
bayes_df$posterior <-
(bayes_df$likelihood * bayes_df$prior) /
bayes_df$marginal_likelihood