Question

In a type of probability, analysis is to calculate the odds score for one event OR a second event, or of a series of events. In this case, the odds scores are _______

(a) multiplied

(b) subtracted

(c) added and multiplied

(d) added

I had been asked this question in an internship interview.

The doubt is from Bayesian Statistics in chapter Sequence Alignment of Bioinformatics

Answer 1

Right option is (d) added

To explain: An example is the calculation of the odds score for a given sequence alignment using a series of alternative PAM scoring matrices. The alignment scores are calculated in log odds units and then converted into odds scores.