Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2014 iii Paper 33 6 b ii Solution Created 2026-10-03 Updated 2026-10-06
Let mean membership in the structural-zero component. Under the fitted zero-inflated Poisson regression, , whereas . By Bayes theorem, the posterior structural-zero probability isUsing the printed predictions for this patient givesThe fitted conditional probability is about . It is larger than the prior fitted structural-zero probability , because observing no episodes increases the probability of latent membership in that component. The interpretation “never at risk” is the model's structural class; an observed six-month zero alone does not identify the class with certainty.