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ILMIYA INSTITUTE OF NURSING BIOSTATISTICS Test 2 Unit Descriptive Statistics

1. What is true for descriptive statistics; a. Organization & displaying of data b. Drawing inferences for population c. Hypothesis testing d. Calculation p-value 2. Which scale of measurement has an absolute zero? a. Nominal b. Ordinal c. Interval d. Ratio 3. The variable which is influenced by the intervention of the researcher is called: a. Independent b. Dependent c. Discrete d. Extraneous 4. A variable which has some chance or probability of its occurrence is known as; a. Simple variable b. Qualitative variable c. Quantitative variable d. Random variable 5. Pulse rate or weight of patient are known as; a. Nominal data b. Continuous data c. Discrete data d. Random variable 6. The sum of the absolute deviation about mean for the values: 2, 4, 6, 8, and 10 is always:
a. Not equal to zero b. 2 c. 10 d. Not possible. 7. The mean of a data is defined as: a. The sum of the values is multiplied by the numbers of the values b. The sum of the values divided by the numbers of the values c. Divide every value by a constant number. d. The square of values is divided by the numbers of the values. 8. The mean, median and mode the given values: 42, 42, 42, 42, 42, 42, are a. Mean=42, median=44, mode=46 b. 12 c. The same value d. 0 9. Following all are true for mean EXCEPT; a. Applicable for continuous data b. Not applicable for qualitative data c. Do not affect by extraneous values d. Affected by each value in data set 1

10. The most frequent occurring observation is

a. Mean b. Median c. Mode d. SD 11. All of the following are true for measure of dispersion except; a. Mean b. Range c. Inter-quartile range a. Variance 12. First step in calculating median is;

a. b. c. d.

Calculate range Arrange data Count the data None of these

13. When n is an odd number then median is defined as;

a. Middle value b. Median of two middle values c. Sum of the values d. Most repeated value 14. For a group data the class interval having maximum frequency is known as a. Median class b. Mode c. Median d. Model class 15. The squire of the standard deviation is the: a. Variance. b. Standard error c. Z-score d. Variance

16. Lack of symmetry is called a. Absolute dispersion b. Skewness c. Relative dispersion 17. If right tail is longer than left tail then distribution is called a. None of these b. Positively Skewed c. Negatively Skewed 18. If 2=m4m22<3, the distribution is called a. Platykurtic b. Leptokurtic c. Mesokurtic d. Normal 19. If mean is 25 and standard deviation is 5 then C.V (Coefficient of variation) is a. 20% b. 25% c. 100% d. D a. None of these

20. In Mesokurtic distribution a. 432 b. 4<32 c. 4=32 d. 4>32 21. If the third moment about mean is zero then distribution is a. Mesokurtic b. Positively skewed c. Symmetrical d. Negatively skewed 22. -------- is used to compare the variation or dispersion in two or more sets of data even though they are measured in different units. a. Standard Deviation b. Range c. Mean Deviation d. Coefficient of Variation 23. For Mesokurtic curve of the distribution, 2 is a. 3 b. >3 c. <3 d. None of these 24. The first moment about means is always a. None of these b. 1 c. Negative d. Zero 25. Second moment about mean is a. Variance b. Mean c. Coefficient of Variation d. None of these e. Standard Deviation 26. The Coefficient of Skewness is always zero for --------- distribution a. None of these b. Symmetrical c. Skewed 27. Quartile Coefficient of skewness lies between a. 0 and 1 b. None of these c. -1 and +1 d. -1 and 0 28. The degree of peakedness is called a. Kurtosis b. Dispersion c. Symmetry d. Skewness 29. In uni-model distribution, if mode is less than mean a. Positively Skewed b. Negatively Skewed c. Symmetrical d. Normal
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30. --------- is used to criterion of consistency i.e for consistence performance a. Mean Deviation b. Standard Deviation c. Range d. Coefficient of Variation

BIOSTATISTICS Subjective question

Q. No 1: Following data taken from a survey conducted in a school of nursing regarding their blood group. a) Construct frequency table. b) Draw Bar graph A O O B A O B B AB A O B O AB A A O B O A O O B A O B B AB A O B O AB A B A A O O B A O B B AB A O B Q. No 2: Calculate Mean, Median and Mode of the following data 6 4 3 7 10 9 11 12 8 5 4 3 8 15 12 6 5 4 10 4 Q. No 3: Calculate variance and Range of the following data 12 8 6 18 14 16 9 13 Q. No 4 (a): Sketches a stem and leaf plot for the temperatures of different cities. 12 15 26 33 18 8 3 12 44 56 62 20 66 35 49 40 51 50 80 82 68 65 59 61 57 50 62 61 70 7 19 28 29 69 64 67 70 62 65 65 73 76 73 76 87 80 82 83 79 79 71 80 77 77 12 Q. No 5 (a) : Write down the properties of the normal distribution? Q. No 5 (b) : Construct a tree diagram and sample space when three coins are tossed together. Q. No 6: Define Following terms a) Biostatistics b) Nominal Scale c) Standard Deviation d) Probability e) Normal Distribution