Prevalence (base rate)

The share of a group that has a condition before any test is done: P(condition).

The share that were is the prevalence, or base rate: P(cancer).
From Probability and Bayes, step “Probability as counting”

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Try prevalence (base rate) hands-on in the lesson Probability and Bayes, part of the The maths behind AI course.

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