Evidence-based practice statistics worksheet with answers

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1.Easy
testdisease presentdisease absenttotalpositive234265499abnegative126515641cdtotal3607801140

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.

a = 234b = 265c = 126d = 515
Sp = %
2.Easy
testdisease presentdisease absenttotalpositive91454545abnegative1912261245cdtotal11016801790

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 = 91b = 454c = 19d = 1226
Acc = %
3.Medium
Se92%Sp85%LR+ = ?

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.

Se = 92%Sp = 85%
LR+ =
4.Medium
casesperson-yearsexposed824100not exposed182300

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.

exposed: 82/4100 PYnot exposed: 18/2300 PY
IRR =
5.Hard
p (%)PPV (%)15%PPV = ?100

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.

Se = 91%Sp = 90%p = 15%
PPV = %
6.Hard
p (%)PPV (%)30%PPV = ?100

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.

Se = 91%Sp = 87%p = 30%
PPV = %

Answer key

  1. 1. Sp = 66 %
  2. 2. Acc = 73.6 %
  3. 3. LR+ = 6.13
  4. 4. IRR = 2.56
  5. 5. PPV = 61.6 %
  6. 6. PPV = 75 %

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