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 absenttotalpositive89315404abnegative3110551086cdtotal12013701490

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 sensitivity Se as a percentage. Round to one decimal place.

a = 89b = 315c = 31d = 1055
Se = %
2.Easy
testdisease presentdisease absenttotalpositive17914193abnegative31326357cdtotal210340550

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 = 179b = 14c = 31d = 326
PPV = %
3.Medium
testdisease presentdisease absenttotalpositive175304479abnegative5513861441cdtotal23016901920

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 = 175b = 304c = 55d = 1386
LR− =
4.Medium
casescontrolsexposed41270abnot exposed99330cd

Practice exercise (made-up values, not clinical guidance). A case-control study compares 140 patients with a disease (cases) and 600 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 = 41b = 270c = 99d = 330
OR =
5.Hard
pre-test25%post-test?p′LR+

Practice exercise (made-up values, not clinical guidance). A patient has a pre-test probability of 25% for a disease. A test with sensitivity 90% and specificity 75% comes back positive. Find the post-test probability p′ of the disease as a percentage. Round to one decimal place.

pre-test 25%Se = 90%Sp = 75%positive
p′ = %
6.Hard
pre-test15%post-test?p′LR−

Practice exercise (made-up values, not clinical guidance). A patient has a pre-test probability of 15% for a disease. A test with sensitivity 84% and specificity 80% comes back negative. Find the post-test probability p′ of the disease as a percentage. Round to one decimal place.

pre-test 15%Se = 84%Sp = 80%negative
p′ = %

Answer key

  1. 1. Se = 74.2 %
  2. 2. PPV = 92.7 %
  3. 3. LR− = 0.29
  4. 4. OR = 0.51
  5. 5. p′ = 54.5 %
  6. 6. p′ = 3.4 %

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