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 absenttotalpositive12235157abnegative38675713cdtotal160710870

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 = 122b = 35c = 38d = 675
Acc = %
2.Easy
testdisease presentdisease absenttotalpositive241143384abnegative119267386cdtotal360410770

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 = 241b = 143c = 119d = 267
p = %
3.Medium
testdisease presentdisease absenttotalpositive22468292abnegative46272318cdtotal270340610

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 = 224b = 68c = 46d = 272
LR− =
4.Medium
casescontrolsexposed6480abnot exposed156390cd

Practice exercise (made-up values, not clinical guidance). A case-control study compares 220 patients with a disease (cases) and 470 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 = 64b = 80c = 156d = 390
OR =
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 74% and specificity 84%. The prevalence of the disease is 28%. How many positive results n₊ are expected in total?

N = 10 000p = 28%Se = 74%Sp = 84%
n₊ =
6.Hard
pre-test5%post-test?p′LR+

Practice exercise (made-up values, not clinical guidance). A patient has a pre-test probability of 5% for a disease. A test with sensitivity 95% and specificity 83% comes back positive. Find the post-test probability p′ of the disease as a percentage. Round to one decimal place.

pre-test 5%Se = 95%Sp = 83%positive
p′ = %

Answer key

  1. 1. Acc = 91.6 %
  2. 2. p = 46.8 %
  3. 3. LR− = 0.21
  4. 4. OR = 2
  5. 5. n₊ = 3224
  6. 6. p′ = 22.7 %

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