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 specificity Sp as a percentage. Round to one decimal place.
Evidence-based practice statistics worksheet with answers
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.
Practice exercise (made-up values, not clinical guidance). A test has a sensitivity of 92% and a specificity of 85%. Find the positive likelihood ratio LR+. Round to two decimal places.
Practice exercise (made-up values, not clinical guidance). In a cohort study, exposed people contributed 4100 person-years with 82 new cases, and unexposed people 2300 person-years with 18 new cases. Find the incidence rate ratio IRR (exposed versus unexposed). Round to two decimal places.
Practice exercise (made-up values, not clinical guidance). A screening test has a sensitivity of 91% and a specificity of 90%. It is used in a population where the prevalence is 15%. Find the positive predictive value PPV as a percentage. Round to one decimal place.
Practice exercise (made-up values, not clinical guidance). A screening test has a sensitivity of 91% and a specificity of 87%. It is used in a population where the prevalence is 30%. Find the positive predictive value PPV as a percentage. Round to one decimal place.
Answer key
- 1. Sp = 66 %
- 2. Acc = 73.6 %
- 3. LR+ = 6.13
- 4. IRR = 2.56
- 5. PPV = 61.6 %
- 6. PPV = 75 %
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