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CHAPTER 7
Probability Basics
Notes
Making Hard Decisions with DecisionTools, 3rd Ed. assumes that students have had some introduction to
probability. In Chapter 7, probability basics are presented and examples worked out in order to strengthen
the student’s understanding of probability and their ability to manipulate probabilities. The focus is on
manipulations that are useful in decision analysis. Bayes’ theorem of course is useful for dealing with
problems involving information, and the “law of total probability” is pertinent when we discuss probability
decomposition in Chapter 8. The use of PrecisionTree to perform Bayesian calculations (“flipping the
tree”) is discussed in the last section of this chapter.

Of particular note in Chapter 7 is the topic of conditional independence. This concept plays a central role in
the development of probability models in decision analysis. The nature of the role is particularly obvious in
the construction of influence diagrams; the absence of an arc between two chance nodes that may be
connected through other nodes is an indication of conditional independence. Care should be taken in the
construction of influence diagrams to identify conditional independence. Each statement of conditional
independence means one less arc, which means less probability assessment or modeling.

At the same time that conditional independence is important for modeling in decision analysis, it is most
likely a new concept for students. Probability and statistics courses teach about marginal independence, a
special case of conditional independence in which the condition is the sure outcome. However, students
sometimes have difficulty with the idea that a common conditioning event can be carried through all
probabilities in a calculation as is the case in conditional independence. In addition, the intuition behind
conditional independence often is new to students; if I already know C, then knowing B will not tell me any
more about A.

This chapter also includes an online supplement on covariance and correlation. The solutions to the
problems in the online supplement are included at the end of this chapter.

Topical cross-reference for problems

Bayes’ theorem 7.14, 7.21, 7.28, 7.30, AIDS
Conditional independence 7.23, 7.23,7.28, 7.34
Conjunction effect 7.24, 7.25
Linear transformations 7.18, 7.19, 7.20
PrecisionTree 7.14, 7.21, 7.30
Sensitivity analysis 7.32, 7.33, AIDS
Simpson’s paradox Decision Analysis Monthly, Discrimination
and the Death Penalty
Two-way sensitivity analysis 7.33
Texaco-Pennzoil 7.29

Solutions
7.1. We often have to make decisions in the face of uncertainty. Probability is a formal way to cope with
and model that uncertainty.

7.2. An uncertain quantity or random variable is an event that is uncertain and has a quantitative outcome
(time, age, $, temperature, weight, . . . ). Often a non-quantitative event can be the basis for defining an
uncertain quantity; specific non-quantitative outcomes (colors, names, categories) correspond to
quantitative outcomes of the uncertain quantity (light wavelength, number of letters, classification number).
Uncertain quantities are important in decision analysis because they permit us to build models that may be
subjected to quantitative analysis.

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 —
7.3. P(A and B) = 0.12 P( B ) = 0.35

— 0.12
P(A and B ) = 0.29 P(B | A) = 0.41 = 0.293

0.12
P(A) = 0.41 P(A | B) = 0.65 = 0.185

– |— 0.06
P(B) = 0.65 P(A B ) = 0.35 = 0.171

— – and B)
7.4. P(A or B) = P(A and B) + P(A and B ) + P(A
= 0.12 + 0.53 + 0.29 = 0.94

or P(A or B) = P(A) + P(B) - P(A and B)

= 0.41 + 0.65 - 0.12 = 0.94

or P(A or B) – and —
= 1 - P(A B ) = 1 - 0.06 = 0.94

7.5.
A and B A and B A and B

A
B

From the diagram, it is clear that

—
P(A) = P(A and B) + P(A and B )
and
– and B).
P(B) = P(A and B) + P(A

— – and B) because of property 2. Thus,

But P(A or B) clearly equals P(A and B) + P(A and B ) + P(A
— – and B)
P(A or B) = P(A and B) + P(A and B ) + P(A
= P(A) + P(B) - P(A and B).

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7.6.a. Joint. P(left-handed and red-haired) = 0.08
b. Conditional P(red-haired | left-handed) = 0.20
c. Conditional P(Cubs win | Orioles lose) = 0.90
d. Conditional P(Disease | positive) = 0.59
e. Joint P(success and no cancer) = 0.78
f. Conditional P(cancer | success)
g. Conditional P(food prices up | drought)
h. Conditional P(bankrupt | lose crop) = 0.50
i. Conditional, but with a joint condition: P(lose crop | temperature high and no rain)
j. Conditional P(arrest | trading on insider information)
k. Joint P(trade on insider information and get caught)

7.7. For stock AB, E(Return of AB) = 0.15(-2%) + 0.50(5%) + 0.35(11%) = 6.1%. Similarly, E(Return of
CD) = 5.0%, and E(Return of EF) = 9.0%. These are needed to calculate the variances and standard
deviations.

Var(Return of AB) = 0.15(-2% - 6.1%)2 + 0.50(5% - 6.1%)2 + 0.35(11% - 6.1%)2

= 0.15(-0.02 – 0.061)2 + 0.50(0.05 – 0.061)2 + 0.35(0.11 – 0.061)2 = 0.0019

Thus, the standard deviation of the return on AB is √0.0019 = 0.043 = 4.3%.

Similarly, Var(Return of CD) = 0.0003 and the standard deviation of the return on CD is 1.8%. Also,
Var(Return of EF) = 0.0243 and the standard deviation of the return on EF is 15.6%.

7.8.
A A

B 0.2772 0.1450 0.4222

B 0.1428 0.4350 0.5778

0.42 0.58 1
– ) = 1 - P(A) = 1 - 0.42 = 0.58
P(A) = 0.42 is given, so P(A

—
P( B | A) = 1- P(B | A) = 1 - 0.66 = 0.34

— – – ) = 1 - 0.25 = 0.75
P( B | A ) = 1- P(B | A

– ) P(A
P(B) = P(B | A) P(A) + P(B | A – ) = 0.66(0.42) + 0.25(0.58) = 0.4222

—
P( B ) = 1 - P(B) = 1- 0.4222 = 0.5778

P(A and B) P(B|A)P(A) 0.66(0.42)

P(A | B) = P(B) = P(B) = 0.4222 = 0.6566

– | B) = 1 - P(A | B) = 1 - 0.6566 = 0.3434

P(A

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 — —
— P(A and B ) P( B |A)P(A) 0.34(0.42)
P(A | B ) = — = — = 0.5778 = 0.2471
P( B ) P( B )

– |—
P(A
—
B ) = 1 - P(A | B ) = 1 - 0.2471 = 0.7529

– ) = 1 - P(A) = 1 - 0.10) = 0.90

7.9. P(A

—
P( B | A) = 1 - P(B | A) = 1 - 0.39 = 0.61

— – – ) = 1 - 0.39 = 0.61
P( B | A ) = 1 - P(B | A

– ) P(A
P(B) = P(B | A) P(A) + P(B | A – ) = 0.39(0.10) + 0.39(0.90) = 0.39

—
P( B ) = 1- P(B) = 1 - 0.39 = 0.61

– ) = 0.39.
At this point, it should be clear that A and B are independent because P(B) = P(B | A) = P(B | A
— – ) = P(A – |—
– | B) = P(A
Thus, P(A) = P(A | B) = P(A | B ) = 0.10, and P(A B ) = 0.90. (Actually, the fact that
A and B are independent can be seen in the statement of the problem.)

7.10.
a. P(Y = 2) = 0.4, but P(Y = 2 | X = -2) = P(Y = 2 | X = 2) = 1.0 and P(Y = 2 | X = 0) = 0

b. P(X= -2) = 0.2, but P(X = -2 | Y = 2) = 0.5 and P(X = -2 | Y = 0) = 0

c. X and Y are dependent. In fact, Y = |X|. But it is not a linear relationship, and the covariance relationship
does not capture this nonlinear relationship.

7.11. The influence diagram would show conditional independence between hemlines and stock prices,
given adventuresomeness:

Adventuresomeness

Hemlines Stock Prices

Thus (blatantly ignoring the clarity test), the probability statements would be P(Adventuresomeness),
P(Hemlines | Adventuresomeness), and P(Stock prices | Adventuresomeness).

7.12. In many cases, it is not feasible to use a discrete model because of the large number of possible
outcomes. The continuous model is a “convenient fiction” that allows us to construct a model and analyze
it.

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7.13.

B B

A 0.204 0.476 0.68

A 0.006 0.314 0.32

0.21 0.79 1

P(B and A) = P(B | A) P(A) = 0.30 (0.68) = 0.204

– ) = P(B | A
P(B and A – ) P(A
– ) = 0.02 (0.32) = 0.006

—
— P( B and A) 0.476
P( B | A) = P(A) = 0.68 = 0.70

— – ) 0.314
— – P( B and A
P( B | A )= –) = 0.32 = 0.98
P(A

– ) = 0.204 + 0.006 = 0.21

P(B) = P(B and A) + P(B and A

—
P( B ) = 1 - P(B) = 1 - 0.21 = 0.79

P(A and B) 0.204

P(A | B) = P(B) = 0.21 = 0.970

– | B) = 1 - P(A | B) = 1 - 0.970 = 0.030

P(A

—
— P(A and B ) 0.476
P(A | B ) = — = 0.79 = 0.603
P( B )

– |—
P(A
—
B ) = 1 - P(A | B ) = 1 - 0.603 = 0.397

7.14. P(offer) = 0.50

P(good interview | offer) = 0.95
P(good interview | no offer) = 0.75

P(offer | good interview) = P(offer | good)

P(good | offer) P(offer)

= P(good | offer) P(offer) + P(good | no offer) P(no offer)

0.95 (0.50)
= 0.95 (0.50) + 0.75 (0.50)

= 0.5588

See also “Problem 7.14.xlsx” for a solution using PrecisionTree.

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7.15. a. E(X) = 0.05 (1) + 0.45 (2) + 0.30(3) + 0.20(4)
= 0.05 + 0.90 + 0.90 + 0.80
= 2.65

Var(X) = 0.05 (1-2.65)2 + 0.45 (2-2.65)2 + 0.30(3-2.65)2 + 0.20(4-2.65)2

= 0.05 (2.72) + 0.45 (0.42) + 0.30(0.12) + 0.20(1.82)
= 0.728

σX = 0.728 = 0.853

b. E(X) = 0.13 (-20) + 0.58 (0) + 0.29(100)

= -2.60 + 0 + 29
= 26.40

Var(X) = 0.13 (-20 - 26.40)2 + 0.58 (0 - 26.40)2 + 0.29(100 - 26.40)2

= 0.13 (2152.96) + 0.58 (696.96) + 0.29(5416.96)
= 2255.04

σX = 2255.04 = 47.49

c. E(X) = 0.368 (0) + 0.632 (1) = 0.632

Var(X) = 0.368 (0 - 0.632)2 + 0.632 (1 - 0.632)2

= 0.368 (0.632)2 + 0.632 (0.368)2
= 0.368 (0.632) [0.632 + 0.368]
= 0.368 (0.632)
= 0.233
σX = 0.233 = 0.482

7.16. E(X) = (1 - p) (0) + p (1) = p

Var(X) = (1 - p) (0 - p)2 + p (1 - p)2

= (1 - p) p2 + p (1 - p)2
= (1 - p) p[p + (1 - p)]
= (1 - p) p
– | B) = 1, because the condition (B) is the same in each probability. Thus,
7.17. It is true that P(A | B) + P(A
—
these two probabilities are complements. However, the question is about P(A | B) + P(A | B ), which can
equal anything between 0 and 2. There is no requirement that these two probabilities add up, because the
—
conditions (B and B ) are different.

7.18. a. E(Revenue from A)

= $3.50 E(Unit sales)
= $3.50 (2000)
= $7000

Var(Revenue from A)
= 3.502 Var(Unit sales)
= 3.502 (1000)
= 12,250 “dollars squared”

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b. E(Total revenue)
= $3.50 (2000) + $2.00 (10,000) + $1.87 (8500)
= $42,895

Var(Total revenue)
= 3.502 (1000) + 2.002 (6400) + 1.872 (1150)
= 41,871 “dollars squared”

7.19. Let X1 = random number of breakdowns for Computer 1, and X2 = random number of breakdowns
for Computer 2.

Cost = $200 (X1) + $165 (X2)

E(Cost) = $200 E(X1) + $165 E(X2) = $200 (5) + $165 (3.6) = $1594

If X1 and X2 are independent, then

Var(Cost) = 2002 Var(X1) + 1652 Var(X2) = 2002 (6) + 1652 (7)

= 430,575 “dollars squared”

σCost = 430,575 “dollars squared” = $656.18

The assumption made for the variance computation is that the computers break down independently of one
another. Given that they are in separate buildings and operated separately, this seems like a reasonable
assumption.

7.20. The possible values for revenue are 100 ($3) = $300 and 300 ($2) = $600, each with probability 0.5.
thus, the expected revenue is 0.5 ($300) + 0.5 ($600) = $450. The manager’s mistake is in thinking that the
expected value of the product is equal to the product of the expected values, which is true only if the two
variables are independent, which is not true in this case.

7.21. Notation: “Pos” = positive

“Neg” = negative
“D” = disease
—
“ D ” = no disease

— —
P(Pos) = P(Pos | D) P(D) + P(Pos | D ) P( D )
= 0.95 (0.02) + 0.005 (0.98)
= 0.0239

P(Neg) = 1 - P(Pos) = 1 - 0.0239 = 0.9761

P(Pos | D) P(D) 0.95 (0.02)

P(D | Pos) = P(Pos) = 0.0239 = 0.795

P(Neg | D) P(D) 0.05 (0.02)

P(D | Neg) = P(Neg) = 0.9761 = 0.0010

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 Disease
(0.795) Probability Table
Test
positive
(0.0239) No disease
(0.205) Pos Neg

D 0.0190 0.0010 0.02

Disease
Test (0.0010)
negative D 0.0049 0.9751 0.98
(0.9761)
No disease
(0.9990) 0.0239 0.9761 1

7.22. Test results and field results are conditionally independent given the level of carcinogenic risk.
Alternatively, given the level of carcinogenic risk, knowing the test results will not help specify the field
results.

7.23. P(TR+ and FR+ | CP high) = P(TR+ | FR+ and CP high) P(FR+ | CP high)

= P(TR+ | CP high) P(FR+ | CP high)

The second equality follows because FR and TR are conditionally independent given CP. In other words,
we just multiply the probabilities together. This is true for all four of the probabilities required:

P(TR+ and FR+ | CP high) = 0.82 (0.95) = 0.779

P(TR+ and FR- | CP high) = 0.82 (0.05) = 0.041

P(TR- and FR- | CP low) = 0.79 (0.83) = 0.6557

P(TR- and FR+ | CP low) = 0.79 (0.17) = 0.1343

7.24. Students’ answers will vary considerably here, depending on their opinions. However, most will rate
h as more likely than f. Tversky and Kahneman (1982) (see reference in text) found that as many as 85% of
experimental subjects ranked the statements in this way, which is inconsistent with the idea of joint
probability (see the next question). Moreover, this phenomenon was found to occur consistently regardless
of the degree of statistical sophistication of the subject.

7.25. a. The students’ explanations will vary, but many of them argue on the basis of the degree to which
Linda’s description is consistent with the possible classifications. Her description makes her sound not
much like a bank teller and a lot like an active feminist. Thus, statement h (bank teller and feminist) is more
consistent with the description than f (bank teller). Tversky and Kahneman claim that the conjunction effect
observed in the responses to problem 7.25 stem from the representativeness heuristic. This heuristic is
discussed in Chapter 8 of Making Hard Decisions with DecisionTools.

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b.

Bank
teller
Feminist

Bank teller and feminist

P(Bank teller and feminist) = P(Feminist | Bank teller) P(Bank teller). Since P(Feminist | Bank teller) must
be less than or equal to one, P(Bank teller and feminist) must be less than or equal to P(Bank teller). The
area for the intersection of the two outcomes cannot be larger than the area for Bank teller.

c. The friend is interpreting h as a conditional outcome instead of a joint outcome. Statement h clearly is a
joint outcome, because both outcomes (bank teller and feminist) occur.

7.26. To start, we need some labels. Let us say that we have chosen Door A. The host has opened Door B,
revealing the goat, and Door C remains closed. The question is whether we should switch to C. The
decision rule is simple: switch if the probability of the car being behind Door C is greater than the
probability that5 it is behind A. Let “Car C” denote the outcome that the car is behind C, and likewise with
the goats and the other doors. We want to calculate P(Car C | Goat B). Use Bayes theorem:

P(Car C | Goat B) =
P(Goat B | Car C) P(Car C)
P(Goat B | Car A) P(Car A) + P(Goat B | Car B) P(Car B) + P(Goat B | Car C) P(Car C)

The prior probabilities P(Car A), P(Car B), and P(Car C) are all equal to 1/3. For the conditional
probabilities, the key is to think about the host’s behavior. The host would never open a door to reveal the
car. Thus, P(Goat B | Car C) = 1 and P(Goat B | Car B) = 0. Finally, what if the car is behind A? What is
P(Goat B | Car A)? In this case, we assume that the host would randomly choose B or C, so
P(Goat B | Car A) = 0.5. Plug these numbers into the formula to get:

1 (1/3) 2
P(Car C | Goat B) = 0.5 (1/3) + 0 (1/3) + 1 (1/3) = 3

Thus, you should always switch when the host reveals the goat!

Here’s another way to think about it: You had a one-third chance of getting the correct door in the first
place. Thus, there is a two-thirds chance that the goat is behind B or C. By showing the goat behind B, the
host has effectively shifted the entire two-thirds probability over to Door C.

Still another way to think about the problem: If you played this game over and over, one-third of the time
the car would be behind A, and two-thirds of the time it would be behind one of the other doors. Thus, two-
thirds of the time, the host shows you which door the car is not behind. If you always switch to the door
that the host did not open, you will find the car 2/3 of the time. The other 1/3 the car is behind the door you
chose in the first place.

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This question was asked of Marilyn Vos Savant, the person with the highest recorded I.Q. Her published
answer was correct, but it created quite a stir because many people (including PhDs) did not understand
how to solve the problem.

7.27. The host is proposing a decision tree that looks like this:

Keep
x

0.5
Switch x/2

0.5 2x

But this is not correct. Suppose that x is equal to $100. Then the host is saying that if you swap, you have
equally likely chances at an envelope with $200 and an envelope with $50. But that’s not the case! (If it
were true, you would definitely want to switch.)

Labeling the two envelopes A and B, the contestant correctly understands that the decision tree is as
follows:

A has x (0.5)
x
Keep A
B has x (0.5)
x/2

A has x (0.5)
x/2
Switch to B
B has x (0.5)
x

The two decision branches are equivalent from the point of view of the decision maker.

7.28. The solution is a straightforward application of Bayes’ theorem. For any 𝐴𝑖 and 𝐵𝑗 , for 1 ≤ 𝑖 ≤ 𝑛 and
1 ≤ 𝑗 ≤ 𝑚, we are given that 𝑃 �𝐴𝑖 �𝐵𝑗 � = 𝑃(𝐴𝑖 ). By Bayes’ theorem:

𝑃 �𝐴𝑖 �𝐵𝑗 �𝑃(𝐵𝑗 ) 𝑃 ( 𝐴𝑖 )𝑃(𝐵𝑗 )

𝑃�𝐵𝑗 �𝐴𝑖 � = = = 𝑃�𝐵𝑗 �.
𝑃(𝐴𝑖 ) 𝑃(𝐴𝑖 )
This is what we were to show.

7.29
E(Payoff) = $4.56 billion (calculated previously)

Var(Payoff) = 0.2 (10.3 - 4.56)2 + 0.5 (5 - 4.56)2 + 0.3 (0 - 4.56)2

= 12.9244 billion-dollars-squared

σPayoff = 12.9244 = $3.5951 billion

7.30 . Let “+” indicate positive results, and “-” indicate negative results.
P(+) = P(+ | Dome) P(Dome) + P(+ | No dome) P(No Dome)
= 0.99 (0.6) + 0.15 (0.4)
= 0.654

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 P(+ | Dome) P(Dome)
P(Dome | +) = P(+ | Dome) P(Dome) + P(+ | No dome) P(No Dome)

0.99 (0.6)
= 0.99 (0.6) + 0.15 (0.4)

= 0.908

P(No Dome | +) = 1 - 0.908 = 0.092

We can now calculate the EMV for Site 1, given test results are positive:

EMV(Site 1 | +) = (EMV | Dome) P(Dome | +) + (EMV | No dome) P(No dome | +)

= ($52.50 K) 0.908 + (-$53.75 K) 0.092
= $42.725 K

[EMV|Dome and EMV|No dome have been calculated and appear in Figure 7.15.]

EMV(Site 1 | +) is greater than EMV(Site 2 | +). If the test gives a positive result, choose Site 1.

If the results are negative:

P(-) = 1- P(+)
= 1 - 0.654
= 0.346
P(- | Dome) P(Dome)
P(Dome | -) = P(- | Dome) P(Dome) + P(- | No dome) P(No Dome)

0.01 (0.6)
= 0.01 (0.6) + 0.85 (0.4)

= 0.017

P(No Dome | -) = 1 - 0.017 = 0.983

We can now calculate the EMV for Site 1, given test results are negative:

EMV(Site 1 | -) = (EMV | Dome) P(Dome | -) + (EMV | No dome) P(No dome | -)

= ($52.50 K) 0.017 + (-$53.75 K) 0.983
= -$51.944 K

EMV(Site 1 | -) is less than the EMV(Site 2 | -). If the test gives a negative result, choose Site 2.

7.31.

P(+ and Dome) = P(+ | Dome) P(Dome) = 0.99 (0.60) = 0.594.

P(+ and Dome and Dry) = P(Dry | + and Dome) P(+ and Dome)

But P(Dry | + and Dome) = P(Dry | Dome) = 0.60. That is, the presence or absence of the dome is what
matters, not the test results themselves. Therefore:

P(+ and Dome and Dry) = 0.60 (0.594) = 0.356

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Finally,

P(Dome and + and Dry)

P(Dome | + and Dry) = P(+ and Dry)

But

P(+ and Dry) = P(+ and Dry | Dome) P(Dome) + P(+ and Dry | No dome) P(No dome)

and
P(+ and Dry | Dome) = P(Dry | + and Dome) P(+ | Dome)
= P(Dry | Dome) P(+ | Dome)
= 0.6 (0.99)

P(+ and Dry | No dome) = P(Dry | + and No dome) P(+ | No dome)

= P(Dry | No dome) P(+ | No dome)
= 0.85 (0.15)

Now we can substitute back in:

P(+ and Dry) = 0.6 (0.99) (0.6) + 0.85 (0.15) (0.4) = 0.407

and

0.356
P(Dome | + and Dry) = 0.6 (0.99) (0.6) + 0.85 (0.15) (0.4)

= 0.874.

7.32. EMV(Site 1) = p(52.50) + (1 - p)(-53.75)

Set this equal to EMV( Site 2) = 0, and solve for p:

p(52.50) + (1 - p)(-53.75) = 0

52.50 p + 53.75 p = 53.75

53.75
p = 52.50 + 53.75

= 0.5059.

If 0.55 < P(Dome) < 0.65, then the optimal choice for the entire region is to drill at Site #1.

7.33. Choose Site 1 if

EMV(Site 1) > EMV(Site 2)

q(52.50) + (1 - q) (-53.75) > p(-200) + (1-p) (50)

q > -2.3529 p + 0.9765

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 q = P(Dome at Site 1)

1.00
0.9765

0.75
Site 1

0.50

0.25 Site 2

p = P(Dry at Site 2)
0
0.25 0.50 0.75 1.00
0.4150

7.34. P(FR pos) = P(FR pos | CP High) P(CP High) + P(FR pos | CP Low) P(CP Low)
= 0.95 (0.27) + 0.17 (0.73)
= 0.3806

P(FR + | TR +) = P(FR + | CP High and TR +) P(CP High | TR +)

+ P(FR + | CP Low and TR +) P(CP Low | TR +)

But FR and TR are conditionally independent given CP, so

P(FR + | CP High and TR +) = P(FR + | CP High) = 0.95

and

P(FR + | CP Low and TR +) = P(FR + | CP Low) = 0.17

We can calculate P(CP High | TR +) using Bayes’ theorem:

P(TR + | CP High) P(CP High)

P(CP High | TR +) = P(TR + | CP High) P(CP High) + P(TR + | CP Low) P(CP Low)

0.82 (0.27)
= 0.82 (0.27) + 0.21 (0.73)

= 0.5909.

Therefore

P(CP Low | TR +) = 1 - P(CP High | TR +) = 1 - 0.5909 = 0.4091.

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Substitute back to obtain

P(FR + | TR +) = 0.95 (0.5909) + 0.17 (0.4091) = 0.6309.

It is important to note that P(FR + | TR +) ≠ P(FR +) = 0.3806. Thus, the two are not fully independent,
even though they are conditionally independent given CP. Another way to say it is that conditional
independence does not necessarily imply regular (marginal) independence.

7.35 Students have a hard time understanding what they are to show here, as it seems obvious, but there is
some algebra required to show the return of portfolio is the weighted average of the individual returns. The
trick for this problem is that you need to break the portfolio weights down into the number of shares and
stock prices. Specifically, using the notation below, the weight, 𝑤𝐴𝐵 , satisfies:

𝑛𝐴𝐵 𝐴𝐵𝑃𝑟𝑖𝑐𝑒0
𝑤𝐴𝐵 =
𝑛𝐴𝐵 𝐴𝐵𝑃𝑟𝑖𝑐𝑒0 + 𝑛𝐶𝐷 𝐶𝐷𝑃𝑟𝑖𝑐𝑒0 + 𝑛𝐸𝐹 𝐸𝐹𝑃𝑟𝑖𝑐𝑒0

Let “Port0” be the initial price of the portfolio and “Port1” be the value of the portfolio after one period. To
calculate the ending value of the portfolio, we need to know how many shares of each stock we own
because the ending value is the sum of number of shares times ending stock value. Let 𝑛𝐴𝐵 , 𝑛𝐶𝐷 , and 𝑛𝐸𝐹 be
the numbers of shares of sticks AB, CD, and EF in the portfolio. Thus, “Port0” and “Port1” satisfy:

𝑃𝑜𝑟𝑡0 = 𝑛𝐴𝐵 𝐴𝐵𝑃𝑟𝑖𝑐𝑒0 + 𝑛𝐶𝐷 𝐶𝐷𝑃𝑟𝑖𝑐𝑒0 + 𝑛𝐸𝐹 𝐸𝐹𝑃𝑟𝑖𝑐𝑒0

𝑃𝑜𝑟𝑡1 = 𝑛𝐴𝐵 𝐴𝐵𝑃𝑟𝑖𝑐𝑒1 + 𝑛𝐶𝐷 𝐶𝐷𝑃𝑟𝑖𝑐𝑒1 + 𝑛𝐸𝐹 𝐸𝐹𝑃𝑟𝑖𝑐𝑒1

Therefore, return of the portfolio, 𝑅𝑃 , is

𝑃𝑜𝑟𝑡1 − 𝑃𝑜𝑟𝑡0
𝑅𝑃 =
𝑃𝑜𝑟𝑡0
𝑛𝐴𝐵 𝐴𝐵𝑃𝑟𝑖𝑐𝑒1 + 𝑛𝐶𝐷 𝐶𝐷𝑃𝑟𝑖𝑐𝑒1 + 𝑛𝐸𝐹 𝐸𝐹𝑃𝑟𝑖𝑐𝑒1 − (𝑛𝐴𝐵 𝐴𝐵𝑃𝑟𝑖𝑐𝑒0 + 𝑛𝐶𝐷 𝐶𝐷𝑃𝑟𝑖𝑐𝑒0 + 𝑛𝐸𝐹 𝐸𝐹𝑃𝑟𝑖𝑐𝑒0 )
=
𝑛𝐴𝐵 𝐴𝐵𝑃𝑟𝑖𝑐𝑒0 + 𝑛𝐶𝐷 𝐶𝐷𝑃𝑟𝑖𝑐𝑒0 + 𝑛𝐸𝐹 𝐸𝐹𝑃𝑟𝑖𝑐𝑒0

𝑛𝐴𝐵 (𝐴𝐵𝑃𝑟𝑖𝑐𝑒1 − 𝐴𝐵𝑃𝑟𝑖𝑐𝑒0 ) + 𝑛𝐶𝐷 (𝐶𝐷𝑃𝑟𝑖𝑐𝑒1 − 𝐶𝐷𝑃𝑟𝑖𝑐𝑒0 ) + 𝑛𝐸𝐹 (𝐸𝐹𝑃𝑟𝑖𝑐𝑒1 − 𝐸𝐹𝑃𝑟𝑖𝑐𝑒0 )

=
𝑛𝐴𝐵 𝐴𝐵𝑃𝑟𝑖𝑐𝑒0 + 𝑛𝐶𝐷 𝐶𝐷𝑃𝑟𝑖𝑐𝑒0 + 𝑛𝐸𝐹 𝐸𝐹𝑃𝑟𝑖𝑐𝑒0

𝑛𝐴𝐵 (𝐴𝐵𝑃𝑟𝑖𝑐𝑒1 − 𝐴𝐵𝑃𝑟𝑖𝑐𝑒0 ) +𝑛𝐶𝐷 (𝐶𝐷𝑃𝑟𝑖𝑐𝑒1 − 𝐶𝐷𝑃𝑟𝑖𝑐𝑒0 )

= +
𝑛𝐴𝐵 𝐴𝐵𝑃𝑟𝑖𝑐𝑒0 + 𝑛𝐶𝐷 𝐶𝐷𝑃𝑟𝑖𝑐𝑒0 + 𝑛𝐸𝐹 𝐸𝐹𝑃𝑟𝑖𝑐𝑒0 𝑛𝐴𝐵 𝐴𝐵𝑃𝑟𝑖𝑐𝑒0 + 𝑛𝐶𝐷 𝐶𝐷𝑃𝑟𝑖𝑐𝑒0 + 𝑛𝐸𝐹 𝐸𝐹𝑃𝑟𝑖𝑐𝑒0
𝑛𝐸𝐹 (𝐸𝐹𝑃𝑟𝑖𝑐𝑒1 − 𝐸𝐹𝑃𝑟𝑖𝑐𝑒0 )
+
𝑛𝐴𝐵 𝐴𝐵𝑃𝑟𝑖𝑐𝑒0 + 𝑛𝐶𝐷 𝐶𝐷𝑃𝑟𝑖𝑐𝑒0 + 𝑛𝐸𝐹 𝐸𝐹𝑃𝑟𝑖𝑐𝑒0

𝑛𝐴𝐵 𝐴𝐵𝑃𝑟𝑖𝑐𝑒0 (𝐴𝐵𝑃𝑟𝑖𝑐𝑒1 − 𝐴𝐵𝑃𝑟𝑖𝑐𝑒0 )

=
𝑛𝐴𝐵 𝐴𝐵𝑃𝑟𝑖𝑐𝑒0 + 𝑛𝐶𝐷 𝐶𝐷𝑃𝑟𝑖𝑐𝑒0 + 𝑛𝐸𝐹 𝐸𝐹𝑃𝑟𝑖𝑐𝑒0 𝐴𝐵𝑃𝑟𝑖𝑐𝑒0
+𝑛𝐶𝐷 𝐶𝐷𝑃𝑟𝑖𝑐𝑒0 (𝐶𝐷𝑃𝑟𝑖𝑐𝑒1 − 𝐶𝐷𝑃𝑟𝑖𝑐𝑒0 )
+
𝑛𝐴𝐵 𝐴𝐵𝑃𝑟𝑖𝑐𝑒0 + 𝑛𝐶𝐷 𝐶𝐷𝑃𝑟𝑖𝑐𝑒0 + 𝑛𝐸𝐹 𝐸𝐹𝑃𝑟𝑖𝑐𝑒0 𝐶𝐷𝑃𝑟𝑖𝑐𝑒0
𝑛𝐸𝐹 𝐸𝐹𝑃𝑟𝑖𝑐𝑒0 (𝐸𝐹𝑃𝑟𝑖𝑐𝑒1 − 𝐸𝐹𝑃𝑟𝑖𝑐𝑒0 )
+
𝑛𝐴𝐵 𝐴𝐵𝑃𝑟𝑖𝑐𝑒0 + 𝑛𝐶𝐷 𝐶𝐷𝑃𝑟𝑖𝑐𝑒0 + 𝑛𝐸𝐹 𝐸𝐹𝑃𝑟𝑖𝑐𝑒0 𝐸𝐹𝑃𝑟𝑖𝑐𝑒0

= 𝑤𝐴𝐵 𝑅𝐴𝐵 + 𝑤𝐴𝐵 𝑅𝐴𝐵 + 𝑤𝐴𝐵 𝑅𝐴𝐵

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Case Study: Decision Analysis Monthly

May: P(Renew) = P(Renew | Gift) P(Gift) + P(Renew | Promo) P(Promo)

+ P(Renew | Previous) P(Previous)

= 0.75 (0.70) + 0.50 (0.20) + 0.10 (0.10)

= 0.6350

June: P(Renew) = 0.85 (0.45) + 0.60 (0.10) + 0.20 (0.45)

= 0.5325

There is good news because the proportion of renewals in each category increased from May to June.
However, as indicated by Calloway, the overall proportion has indeed decreased because the mix of gift,
promotional, and previous subscriptions has changed along with the increase in proportion renewed. The
overall decrease should indeed be looked at as bad news in a sense. If the editors can project the future mix
of expiring subscriptions, they will be able to make an educated guess as to whether the trend is toward an
overall increase or decrease in subscriptions. (This problem is an example of Simpson’s paradox.)

Case Study: Screening for Colorectal Cancer

1. We know that P(Blood) = 0.10 from the text: “...10% had blood in their stools.” These 10% underwent
colonoscopy, and 2.5% of those actually had cancer, which gives us P(Cancer | Blood) = 0.025. Thus,
P(Cancer and Blood) = 0.025 (0.10) = 0.0025. Finally, we know that “... approximately 5 out of 1000” had
no blood but did develop cancer. This gives P(No Blood and Cancer) = 0.005.

With these numbers, we can construct the complete probability table. The probabilities that we already
have are indicated in bold:

Cancer No Cancer
Blood 0.0025 0.0975 0.10
No Blood 0.0050 0.8950 0.90
0.0075 0.9925 1.00

P(Cancer | Blood) = 0.025 as indicated above. We can calculate P(Cancer | No Blood) = 0.005/0.90 =
.0056.

2. The expected cost of the policy is 60 million ($10) + 0.10 (60 million) ($750) = $5.1 billion. the
expected number of people who must undergo colonoscopy is 6 million. And the number of people who
have colonoscopy done needlessly is 0.975 (6 million) = 58.5 million.

3. If we save 3 lives per thousand, then out of 60 million people tested we would expect to save 60 million
times 3/1000 or 180,000 lives. The total cost, ignoring the time value of money, would be $5.1 billion times
13, or $66.3 billion. Divide cost by number of lives to get the cost per life: $368,333 per life saved.

4. This is a tough question, but we face such questions constantly. On one hand, a lot of people are
inconvenienced needlessly by this screening procedure. On the other hand, the cost of $368,333 is a
relatively low figure. Economic analyses of the value of a life typically give a figure in the neighborhood of
$4 million.

However, this analysis is not complete. The real issue is that the colonoscopy procedure itself can lead to
complications and misinterpretations, and hence it is itself a risky procedure. A complete analysis would
have to take this into account. Doing so will increase the overall cost of the screening policy. Moreover, we
have put no dollar figures on the inconvenience, concern, and worry that so many people must go through
needlessly.

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Case Study: AIDS
1. P(Inf | ELISA+)

P(ELISA+ | Inf) P(Inf)

=P(ELISA+ | Inf) P(Inf) + P(ELISA+ | Not Inf) P(Not Inf)

0.997 (0.0038)
= 0.997 (0.0038) + 0.015 (1 - 0.0038)

= 0.20.

2.
P( Inf|ELISA+)
NY drug 1
users 0.98
0.9
RI gays 0.8
0.73 0.7
0.6
0.5
0.4
0.3
NJ recruits 0.2
0.13 0.1
0
0 0.05 0.1 0.15 0.2 0.25 0.3 0.35 0.4

P( Inf)

3. P(Inf | ELISA-)

P(ELISA- | Inf) P(Inf)

=P(ELISA- | Inf) P(Inf) + P(ELISA- | Not Inf) P(Not Inf)

0.003 (0.0038)
= 0.003 (0.0038) + 0.985 (1 - 0.0038)

= 0.0000116.

0.8

0.6

0.4

0.2
P(Inf | ELISA -

0
0.50 0.60 0.70 0.80 0.90 1.00

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4. P(Inf | WB+, ELISA+)

P(WB+ | Inf, ELISA+) P(Inf | ELISA+)

= P(WB+ | Inf, ELISA+) P(Inf | ELISA+) + P(WB+ | Not Inf, ELISA+) P(Not Inf | ELISA+)

We have the values for specificity, sensitivity, false positive rate, and false negative rate for the Western
Blot from the text of the case. As indicated in the problem, all of these figures are conditioned on a positive
ELISA result:

P(WB+ | Inf, ELISA+) = 0.993

P(WB- | Inf, ELISA+) = 0.007
P(WB+ | Not Inf, ELISA+) = 0.084
P(WB- | Not Inf, ELISA+) = 0.916.

Likewise, we calculated P(Inf | ELISA+) in question 1:

P(Inf | ELISA+) = 0.20

P(Not Inf | ELISA+) = 0.80

Thus, we have

P(Inf | WB+, ELISA+)

0.993 (0.20)
= 0.993 (0.20) + 0.084 (0.80)

= 0.75.

We can also calculate

P(Inf | WB-, ELISA+)

P(WB- | Inf, ELISA+) P(Inf | ELISA+)

= P(WB- | Inf, ELISA+) P(Inf | ELISA+) + P(WB- | Not Inf, ELISA+) P(Not Inf | ELISA+)

0.007 (0.20)
= 0.007 (0.20) + 0.916 (0.80)

= 0.00193.

Note that in using P(Inf | ELISA+) = 0.20, we are implicitly using as a prior P(Inf) = 0.0038.

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5.

1.00
P(Inf | ELISA+, WB+

0.80

0.60

0.40

0.20

0.00
0.00 0.05 0.10 0.15 0.20 0.25 0.30 0.35 0.40 0.45 0.50

1.00

0.80

0.60

P(Inf | ELISA+, WB-

0.40

0.20

0.00
0.00 0.20 0.40 0.60 0.80 1.00

6. Students’ answers will vary considerably here. The question itself provides some guidance for
identifying the costs associated with false negatives and false positives. Clearly, a false positive could lead
an individual to unnecessary psychological distress. At a societal level, a high false positive rate could lead
to an unduly high level of expenditures on the disease. On the other hand, false negatives could have severe
social impact as infected individuals could spread the disease unknowingly.

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One of society’s fundamental choices is to balance the rates of false positives and false negatives. If false
negatives are deemed much more serious than false positives, for example, then it would be appropriate to
develop tests that have a very high level of sensitivity.

It is appropriate to draw an analogy here with Type I and Type II errors in statistical hypothesis testing. The
probabilities of these errors (often labeled α and β, respectively), correspond to false positive and false
negative rates. When the probability of a Type I error is reduced by changing the decision rule (everything
else being equal), the probability of a Type II error increases.

Case Study: Discrimination and the Death Penalty

1. Let DP denote “Death Penalty,” DW “Defendant White,” and DB “Defendant Black.” From Table 7.5,

P(DP | DW) = 19/160 = 0.119

P(DP | DB) = 17/166 = 0.102

Based on these data, there appears to be little difference in the rate at which black defendants get the death
penalty.

2. Let VW and VB denote “Victim White” and “Victim Black,” respectively. Based on Table 7.6, for white
victims:

P(DP | DW, VW) = 19/151 = 0.126

P(DP | DB, VW) = 11/63 = 0.175

For black victims:

P(DP | DW, VB) = 0/9 = 0

P(DP | DB, VB) = 6/103 = 0.058

Now the interpretation is different. After disaggregating the data on the basis of victim race, blacks appear
to get the death penalty more frequently (by about 5 percentage points) than whites, regardless of the race
of the victim.

3. How do we resolve the apparent paradox? How could there be no difference between the overall rate of
death penalties (or even a slightly lower rate for blacks) with the aggregate data, but a clear difference — in
the opposite direction — with the disaggregate data?

This is an example of Simpson’s paradox. The problem is that the mix of victim races differs considerably
from white defendants to black defendants. There are so few black victims of whites that the low death-
penalty rate in this case (0) plays a very small role in calculating the overall death-penalty rate for whites.
Likewise, there are so many black victims of black defendants, so the relatively low death-penalty rate for
black defendant/black victim brings down the overall death-penalty rate for black victims.

The Decision Analysis Monthly case is another example of Simpson’s paradox.

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Chapter 7 Online Supplement: Solutions to Problems
7S.1. P(X=2, Y=10) = P(Y=10 | X=2) P(X=2) = 0.9 (0.3) = 0.27. Likewise,
P(X=2, Y=20) = P(Y=20 | X=2) P(X=2) = 0.1 (0.3) = 0.03
P(X=4, Y=10) = P(Y=10 | X=4) P(X=4) = 0.25 (0.7) = 0.175
P(X=4, Y=20) = P(Y=20 | X=4) P(X=4) = 0.75 (0.7) = 0.525
E(X) = 0.3(2) + 0.7(4) = 3.4
P(Y = 10) = P(Y=10 | X=2) P(X=2) + P(Y=10 | X=4) P(X=4) = 0.27 + 0.175 = 0.445
P(Y = 20) = 1-0.445 = 0.555
E(Y) = 0.445 (10) + 0.555 (20) = 15.55
Now calculate:
X Y X - E(X) Y - E(Y) (X-E(X))(Y-E(Y)) P(X, Y)
2 10 -1.4 -5.55 7.77 0.27
2 20 -1.4 4.45 -6.23 0.03
4 10 0.6 -5.55 -3.33 0.175
4 20 0.6 4.45 2.67 0.525

The covariance is the expected value of the cross products in the next-to-last column. To calculate it, use
the joint probabilities in the last column:

Cov(X, Y) = 0.27 (7.77) + 0.03 (-6.23) + 0.175 (-3.33) + 0.525 (2.67) = 2.73

Calculate the standard deviations by squaring the deviations in the third and fourth columns (for X and Y,
respectively), finding the expected value of the squared deviations, and finding the square root:

σX = 0.3 (-1.42) + 0.7 (0.62) = 0.917

σY = 0.445 (-5.552) + 0.555 (4.452) = 4.970

2.73
Thus, the correlation is ρXY = 0.917 (4.970) = 0.60.

7S.2. The basic setup for this problem is the same as it is for the previous problem. We already have the
joint probabilities, so we can start by calculating the expected values of X and Y:
(-2) + (-1) + 0 + 1 + 2
E(X) = 5 = 0

E(Y) = 0.2 (0) + 0.4 (1) + 0.4 (2) = 1.2

Thus, we have the following table:

X Y X - E(X) Y - E(Y) (X-E(X))(Y-E(Y))
-2 2 -2 0.8 -1.6
-1 1 -1 -0.2 0.2
0 0 0 -1.2 0
1 1 1 -0.2 -0.2
2 2 2 0.8 1.6

The covariance is the expected value of the numbers in the last column, each of which can occur with
probability 1/5. Calculating this expected value gives a covariance of zero. Likewise, the correlation equals
zero.

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over. Not all felt that they could buy one, but those who did were
generous with them and it was not unusual to see a group
gathered around, peering over shoulders to look at the pictures
of groups or individuals, taken some time back, when the
camera men came out to the school.
Betty and Carolyn secured their copies among the first and
plumped down in seats in the auditorium at the close of school
to look at them. Mary Emma and Selma were standing behind
them, bending over with interest; and not far away Chet and
Budd were chuckling over a copy. Naturally, their own individual
pictures with their class were of first interest. “Oh, Betty!” cried
Mary Emma, “that isn’t half as pretty as you are, but it’s pretty
good after all! And look at mine—there—on the same page. Isn’t
that awful! I’m just smirking! Somebody had made me laugh and
I was trying to get over it and just smile a little.”
“Wait till you see mine,” said Carolyn, “before you shed tears. I’m
the crossest girl you ever saw, so far as mere looks are
concerned.”
“Why, Caroline, you just look serious. Of course, you usually
don’t, but what is a little thing like that?” This was Betty.
Exclamations and some laughter were the order of the next few
minutes. Some of the teachers looked “wonderful” and others
“you wouldn’t know at all.” But the book as a whole was
eminently satisfactory, with its individual recognitions and
personal history as well as the account of the year’s progress
and activities. Betty would add hers to the other two reposing at
home. One more would complete her high school record.
While they still looked at the book, Lucia Coletti opened the
central auditorium door and looked in searchingly. “Oh, here you
are, Betty. Peggy said that she thought you hadn’t left the
building yet. I’ve something important to tell you, Betty. Can you
come out to dinner with me? I can telephone home for you if
you will. I can get the telephone in the office now. They said I
could.”
Lucia’s voice was trembling with suppressed excitement, but the
girls, still engaged in the pages Betty was turning, did not notice.
Selma was talking to Mary Emma and some of the art work by
the students themselves was being commented upon.
Betty handed the book to Selma. “You can finish looking at it,
girls, and I’ll be in the hall as soon as I go to my locker a minute.
All right, Lucia. Telephone, or get Mother on the line for me, if
you like. I’d love to come.”
Betty fancied that there might be some development relative to
the Sevillas, now comfortably settled. But she was mistaken. As
the two girls left the high school building, Betty with her Star
under her arm, Lucia in the lowest tones told her that she had
received a telegram.
“It was telephoned out to school, addressed to me at Lyon High,
and the office telephoned to the home room, you know, to have
me stop after school. It isn’t signed by anything but an initial,
but it is from my father. It was sent from New York. Here it is.
You can read it in the car, but don’t say a word before the
chauffeur.”
“Then your father is coming!” said Betty in a surprised whisper.
“Yes. I want you, because Mother has been sick all day, just
worn out with all sorts of things, chiefly late hours and all the
things that are going on. She is really better than she was
yesterday, though. Now she might want me with her, and I must
have somebody there that knows, so that one of us can be ready
to—oh, well, with just the butler there he might send in a card
and Mother wouldn’t see him or something. And she’s got to!”
Betty laughed a little at Lucia’s determination. But it was a
matter of the most importance to her friend. “Good for you,
Lucia. And I imagine if they once see each other——”
Betty broke off, for they had reached the waiting car which so
often called for Lucia. She unfolded the piece of paper on which
the telegram had been copied down as dictated over the
telephone. “Coming. Beach house about six. Surprise. X.” The
periods were represented by the customary “stop.”
“I can’t imagine a certain person’s arriving anywhere that early
in the morning,” said Lucia, “so it’s tonight.”
“In that case, Lucia, I may not stay to dinner. I’d be a fifth
wheel, but oh, I’m so glad.”
It was no time before the girls were at the Murchison door. Betty
made herself at home in Lucia’s room while Lucia went to see
her mother, the “X” of the telegram, who was to be surprised.
Doubtless that was only intended as a public caution, designed
to prevent the telegram’s being relayed home.
Lucia came back in high spirits. “You ought to see my mother,”
said she. “She’s up and in the most adorable negligee you can
imagine. She may dress for dinner. Uncle is to be late. It couldn’t
happen better. Now if the ‘long-absent’ Count Coletti is only on
time! Mother was so mad at that in the paper once.”
Lucia’s dark eyes sparkled and her cheeks were hot. Betty said a
little prayer in her heart that her friend might not be
disappointed with the result. “Mother’s been desperately lonely
and restless lately and has been on the go nearly all the time,”
continued Lucia. “Come on; we’ll go downstairs and wait. You
must be right there and don’t stop keeping an ear open for the
door, if I’m called to Mother or for anything else. Sometimes the
housekeeper wants to see me if she can’t disturb Mother.”
This was all very thrilling. Lucia could not keep still or very far
away from the front window. At the sound of an automobile on
the drive, both girls went to the window. It might be Mr.
Murchison, of course, or almost anybody. But no. “It’s a taxi,”
Lucia tensely whispered.
On it came, stopping before the entrance. The driver descended
from his seat and opened the door. There was a little delay as
the passenger was paying before leaving the taxi. The driver was
receiving a bill, which must have included a good tip, from the
impressive manner and extreme courtesy which followed on the
part of the driver. He took out two grips and stood aside to let a
slight, distinguished-looking man pass him and go up the steps.
He followed, but Betty saw that the butler had opened the door
to go out.
Lucia had waited only to see who stepped from the taxi. She was
out into the hall, down the steps and in the arms of a surprised
father before one would have thought she could reach him. The
butler, too, was smiling and welcoming the count. “Why, he was
probably here when they were married,” thought Betty. “Of
course, but Lucia had never thought of it!”
Invited to have a share in this arrival, Betty felt quite justified as
she happily watched from the window seat, having a good view
from the windows that projected in a sort of rectangular recess
at the part of the room nearest the hall.
The door into the hall stood open, but Betty did not come into
sight as they entered from without. She wondered if there would
be any delay. Would the count go straight to his wife’s room?
What would happen? She could hear the rapid Italian in which
Lucia and her father were speaking. The butler spoke in his
accustomed low tones, but with some excitement, too. It was
being explained to him. Then up the stairs Lucia and her father
went, the butler following with the grips. It was probably the
intention to take the count to the proper guest room first, but a
door opened and the Countess Coletti asked, “Lucia, who came?”
as Lucia was in the lead of the silently coming party.
Then the countess caught sight of her husband. “Oh, my dear,
my dear!” And the rest was in Italian. In the tenderest of tones
the count was addressing his wife.
Lucia came rushing down the stairs to throw herself upon Betty
and cry. “Oh, I can’t help it, Betty!” she cried between little sobs.
“It is all right at last! She was glad to see him and he just
gathered her up in his arms! I think she is crying, too!”
It took Lucia only a few minutes to gain her self-possession and
explain further. “My father says he has come to ‘get us,’ as you
said, Betty, but he will stay a while if it is all right with Uncle to
let me finish my school. He told me that right away. But the main
thing was to find out whether Mother would receive him or not.
Of course, we could not mention that before the butler. He knew
my father. Wasn’t that nice?”
Betty was merely a happy spectator, but Lucia would not let her
go, and when at last, after she had been called to her mother’s
room for a small family reunion and had come back to Betty a
thoroughly happy girl again, she ran to meet her uncle, who
came in just then. “Oh Uncle!” she cried, “my father, the Count
Coletti, is here!” How proudly Lucia spoke, and there was a little
of question in her voice.
“Thank heaven!” replied her uncle, of whose reception of her
father she had been so doubtful. “It is high time! I hope he can
manage her. It’s beyond me.” But Betty knew that Mr. Murchison
was laughing as he spoke. “Tell him that we’ll kill the fatted calf.
Have you told the housekeeper?”
“I never thought of it, but the butler knows and he does
everything or sees to it, you know.”
And at dinner, when Betty had met the count and he had told
her that he already knew her as his daughter’s best friend, one
little speech of the countess amused her very much.
“Think, Buddy,” she said using the old term of her childhood for
her brother, “think, Buddy, what a social asset he’ll be while we
stay!” And with perfect understanding now, Count Coletti looked
at his wife and smiled with the rest.
In the course of the conversation, which consisted chiefly in
drawing out details of Count Coletti’s African experiences, it was
hinted that Lucia might return after a summer in Switzerland to
finish her course in the American high school. Betty modestly
expressed herself as hoping that she would, and the countess
said, “We shall see.”
Truly life was full of thrills to Betty Lee. There was still school to
be completed. Chet would get his diploma; and should she have
some little remembrance for Chet in honor of his graduation, or
not? She would ask her mother. One more year and she would
have a diploma, too! But first she had to be Betty Lee, senior.
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