Evidence-based practice statistics worksheet with answers

Free printable Evidence-based practice statistics worksheet: 6 problems from easy to exam level, with an answer key. Print it or save it as a PDF.

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1.Easy
testdisease presentdisease absenttotalpositive142271413abnegative18859877cdtotal16011301290

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 = 142b = 271c = 18d = 859
PPV = %
2.Easy
testdisease presentdisease absenttotalpositive79141220abnegative41229270cdtotal120370490

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 prevalence in the study p as a percentage. Round to one decimal place.

a = 79b = 141c = 41d = 229
p = %
3.Medium
casescontrolsexposed224192abnot exposed166428cd

Practice exercise (made-up values, not clinical guidance). A case-control study compares 390 patients with a disease (cases) and 620 people without it (controls). The table shows how many in each group were exposed to a risk factor. Find the odds ratio OR for the exposure. Round to two decimal places.

a = 224b = 192c = 166d = 428
OR =
4.Medium
testdisease presentdisease absenttotalpositive273214487abnegative3712161253cdtotal31014301740

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 negative likelihood ratio LR−. Round to two decimal places.

a = 273b = 214c = 37d = 1216
LR− =
5.Hard
testdisease presentdisease absenttotalpositive?negativetotal10 000

Practice exercise (made-up values, not clinical guidance). 10 000 people are screened with a test of sensitivity 70% and specificity 95%. The prevalence of the disease is 9%. How many false-positive results FP are expected?

N = 10 000p = 9%Se = 70%Sp = 95%
FP =
6.Hard
p (%)NPV (%)2%NPV = ?100

Practice exercise (made-up values, not clinical guidance). A screening test has a sensitivity of 83% and a specificity of 86%. It is used in a population where the prevalence is 2%. Find the negative predictive value NPV as a percentage. Round to one decimal place.

Se = 83%Sp = 86%p = 2%
NPV = %

Answer key

  1. 1. PPV = 34.4 %
  2. 2. p = 24.5 %
  3. 3. OR = 3.01
  4. 4. LR− = 0.14
  5. 5. FP = 455
  6. 6. NPV = 99.6 %

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