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 predictive value NPV 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 new test was compared with the reference standard in a study (see the 2 × 2 table). Find the positive likelihood ratio LR+. Round to two decimal places.
Practice exercise (made-up values, not clinical guidance). A case-control study compares 130 patients with a disease (cases) and 190 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.
Practice exercise (made-up values, not clinical guidance). A screening test has a sensitivity of 93% and a specificity of 83%. It is used in a population where the prevalence is 5%. Find the negative predictive value NPV as a percentage. Round to one decimal place.
Practice exercise (made-up values, not clinical guidance). A treatment reduces the risk of an event by 26% in relative terms (RRR = 26%). In a patient group the risk without treatment (CER) is 38% over five years. Find the number needed to treat NNT for five years to prevent one event. Round up to a whole number of patients.
Answer key
- 1. NPV = 97.6 %
- 2. Acc = 67.1 %
- 3. LR+ = 9
- 4. OR = 0.4
- 5. NPV = 99.6 %
- 6. NNT = 11
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