Past exam of the mathematics course of the year 1 of the natural sciences course of the University of Cambridge 2005 Paper 1 3 a Solution Created 2026-10-18 Updated 2026-10-20
Let mean that the tested person is guilty and mean a positive match. Under the specified model, , and . Bayes' theorem givesThe posterior probability for a unique source after a positive test depends on the number of alternative possible sources as well as the false-positive probability. In particular, the false-positive probability is not the probability of innocence conditional on a positive match.