Evidence-based practice statistics worksheet with answers

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1.Easy
testdisease presentdisease absenttotalpositive92276368abnegative2816941722cdtotal12019702090

Practice exercise (made-up values, not clinical guidance). A new test was compared with the reference standard in a study (see the 2 × 2 table). Find the positive predictive value PPV as a percentage. Round to one decimal place.

a = 92b = 276c = 28d = 1694
PPV = %
2.Easy
testdisease presentdisease absenttotalpositive11538153abnegative5122127cdtotal120160280

Practice exercise (made-up values, not clinical guidance). A new test was compared with the reference standard in a study (see the 2 × 2 table). Find the accuracy Acc as a percentage. Round to one decimal place.

a = 115b = 38c = 5d = 122
Acc = %
3.Medium
Se85%Sp69%LR+ = ?

Practice exercise (made-up values, not clinical guidance). A test has a sensitivity of 85% and a specificity of 69%. Find the positive likelihood ratio LR+. Round to two decimal places.

Se = 85%Sp = 69%
LR+ =
4.Medium
testdisease presentdisease absenttotalpositive208119327abnegative52221273cdtotal260340600

Practice exercise (made-up values, not clinical guidance). A new test was compared with the reference standard in a study (see the 2 × 2 table). Find the positive likelihood ratio LR+. Round to two decimal places.

a = 208b = 119c = 52d = 221
LR+ =
5.Hard
p (%)PPV (%)0.5%PPV = ?100

Practice exercise (made-up values, not clinical guidance). A screening test has a sensitivity of 97% and a specificity of 86%. It is used in a population where the prevalence is 0.5%. Find the positive predictive value PPV as a percentage. Round to one decimal place.

Se = 97%Sp = 86%p = 0.5%
PPV = %
6.Hard
pre-test30%post-test?p′LR+

Practice exercise (made-up values, not clinical guidance). A patient has a pre-test probability of 30% for a disease. A test with sensitivity 93% and specificity 73% comes back positive. Find the post-test probability p′ of the disease as a percentage. Round to one decimal place.

pre-test 30%Se = 93%Sp = 73%positive
p′ = %

Answer key

  1. 1. PPV = 25 %
  2. 2. Acc = 84.6 %
  3. 3. LR+ = 2.74
  4. 4. LR+ = 2.29
  5. 5. PPV = 3.4 %
  6. 6. p′ = 59.6 %

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