BMS 302 BRAINSTORMING QUESTIONS

OBJECTIVES

1. The branch of statistics that deals with testing of hypothesis, making predictions using
data collected is called --------- a) inferential statistics b) descriptive statistics c) both a
and b d) comparative statistics
2. Variables whose values can be expressed numerically are called-------- a) quantitative b)
qualitative c) absolute d) continuous
3. Height of students in a class is a ------- a) quantitative b) discrete c) absolute d)
continuous
4. Chi –square test is always use to test; a) population mean b) population median c) test of
association d) none of these
5. For a group of data the class interval having maximum frequency is known as ------ a)
median class b) median c) modal class d) mode
6. The mean of the square deviation about mean of the data is ------- a) mean b) mode c)
variance d) none of these
7. The p-value is always ------- a) 0.5 b) 0.05 c) 0.1 d) 0.01
8. Measures of spread include the following except-------- a) variance b) dispersion c)
coefficient of variation d) range
9. Data levels include the following except--------- a) nominal b) ordinary c) interval d) ratio
10. The class interval for age in a particular study were 20-24, 25-29, 30-34,…. It was
observed that the C.I of 25-29 had the highest frequency of 11, where f1 = 1and f2 = 7,
the mode is -------- a) 33 b) 32 c) 29 d) 28
11. The apgar scores at 5 min for 12 respondents are as follows : 6, 8,7,9,7,9,7,9,5,9,5 and 9
a) mode is 9 b) mean is 7.5 c) median is 7.5 d) all of the above
12. The graph of cumulative distribution function gives ------ a) barchart b) line graph c)
ogive d) histogram
13. Continuous variables are also called ------- a) categorical b) discrete c) quantitative d)
qualitative
14. The ESR found to be 3,4,5,4,2,4,5 and 3 in 8 normal individuals has a variance of ------
a) 1.06 b) 1.04 c) 1.02 d) 1.07
15. When tetanus affects a new born infants, it has been observed that only 10% recover. In
a random sample of 5 new born infants affected by tetanus, what is the probability that
most 3 recover? a) 0.00045 b) 0.99954 c) 0.0046 d) 0.00001
16. ------- is use for comparing the means of a continuous variable in 2 non-independent
samples a) 2-sample t-test b) paired t-test c) 1-sample t- test d) ANOVA
17. If Tcal is > Tcritical we ------- a) accept the H0 b) reject the H0 c) both a and b d) none of
the above
18. If p is < 0.05, we may infer that ------ a) the sample mean and the population mean are the
same b)the sample mean and the population mean are different c) the mean is 0 d) the SD
is 1
19. -------- is use to determine the degree of association of categorical variable a) correlation
b) regression c) chi2 test d) ANOVA
20. The line of regression is given by: a) y = a+bx b) y= b+ ax c) y= mx+c d) y= mc +x
21. ---------- is use to measure the strength of association between 2 continuous variable a)
correlation b) logistic regression c) correlation coefficient d) karl pearson
22. One of these is not a non-parametric test a) logistic regression b) mann whitney c) karl
pearson product moment d) spearman correlation coefficient
23. If r = 0, then x and y are ------- a) positively correlated b) negatively correlated c) no
linear relationship d) none of the above
24. If εx=485 , εy=464 , εx 2=39739 , εy 2=36354 , εxy=37511 find the value of y at the line
of regression when x is 100 a) 199 b) 77 c) 99 d) 66
25. Find the spearman correlation coefficient if ε D2 is 42 and n is 12 a) 0.878 b) 0.853 c)
0.991 d) 1.0
26. Linear regression is used to estimate ------- & -------- a) x and y b) a and b c) slope and
intercept d) gradient
27. Chi2 test is use for the following except------- a) proportion b) association c) correlation d)
goodness of fit
28. Given that N1 and N2 are the sample sizes of independent groups 1 and 2 respectively,
calculate the df…. a) 2 b) 1 c) 3 d)4
29. Given that the mean and SD of males and females hemoglobin levels are 14.56
± 0.98∧13.59 ± 1.51 respectively . The sample sizes for males and females are 14 and 11
respectively calculate the standard error ------ a) 1.83 b) 1.90 c) 2.21 d) 1.70
30. Quantitative variable is use to construct the following graphs except-------- a) bar chart b)
histogram c) ogive d) pie chart
31. Evaluate 8C5 a) 40 b) 336 c) 6720 d) 56
32. Calculate the C.O.V if the mean height and variance is 160cm and 100cm respectively. a)
62.5% b) 625% c) 6.25% d) 160%
33. The probability that a man will be alive in 35 years is 3/5, and the probability that his
wife will be alive in 35 years is 2/3. The probability that both will be alive is ------- a) 1/3
b) 2/5 c) 5/8 d) 1/5
34. A random variable for which there exists a discrete set of numerical values is -------- a)
random continuous b) discrete random c) random discrete d) continuous random
35. If the probability of going to church is 0.2088 and the probability of going to mosque is
0.1582. what is the probability of going to church and mosque. a) 0.3670 b) 0.0506 c)
0.8418 d) 0.7912
36. How many ways can you assign 5 nurses to 5 different a) 120 b)1 c) 25 d) 10
37. How many different groups of 3 can be selected from 7 people? a) 35 b) 840 c) 140 d) 21
38. A normal distribution can be converted into a standard normal distribution by: a)
replacing the sample with population b) subtracting mean and multiplying by SD c)
subtracting mean and dividing by SD d) subtracting SD and dividing by the mean
39. One of these is false about binomial distribution a) it is based on Bernoulli trial b) there
are fixed number of trials c) each trial has only 2 possible outcomes d) there are large
number of independent trials
40. A marksman hits a target 80% of the time. He fires 5 shots at the target. What is the
probability that exactly 3 shots hits the target? a) 0.20 b) 0.16 c) 0.30 d) 0.50
41. A coin is tossed 10 times. What is the probability that exactly 6 heads occur. a) 0.21 b)
0.20 c) 0.23 d) 0.15
42. The average number of traffic accidents on a certain section of highway is 2 per week .
find the probability of exactly 1 accident during a one-week period. a) 0.27 b) 0.91 c)
0.45 d) 0.17
43. 60% of the students in IIBM at MUET are male . what is the probability that a randomly
selected group of 25, there will be exactly 15 males? a) 0.20 b) 0.16 c) 0.25 d0 0.19
44. The return on investment is normally distributed with a mean of 10% and a SD of 5%.
What is the probability of losing money? a) 22.8% b) 2.28% c) 228% d) 0.228%
45. Properties of a normal curve include the following except------- a) symmetric about the
mean b) unimodal and continuous c) mean, mode and median are equal d) the total area is
100%
46. The test statistic that can be used with a sample size of 35 is ----- a⁎) z-test b) t-test c) f-
test d) ANOVA
47. In all research analysis it is not possible to study whole population, we always estimate
population parameters on the basis of: a) population information b) ⁎ sample population
c)estimation of samples d)we could not estimate parameters
48. When two dice and a single coin are tossed together then the total sample spaces will be:
a) 36 b) 24 c) 14 d) 72
49. The age of under five children at the U-5 ward in a OOUTH ; 1,3,4,4,3,1,2,3,2,1,0.5,4.
Calculate the mean a) ⁎ 2.38 b) 3.21 c) 1.22 d) 2.75
50. Calculate the median in (49) above a) 3 b) 2.5 c) 4 d) 11
51. The following are correct Apgar scores 6,8, 7,9,7,9,7,9,5 and 9 for 12 respondents
except
a). the mode is 9.0
b). the mean is 7.5
c). the median is 7.5
d). bi- modal exist in the data
52. two coins (probability of a head is ¾ and of a tail is ¼) are tossed once. The
probability of zero (0) head is
a. 1/8 b. 3/8 c. 9/16 d. 1/16
53. two coins (probability of a head is ¾ and of the tail is ¼ are tossed once. The
probability of 2 head is
a. 1/16 b. 9/16 c. 3/8 d. 3/16
54. regression analysis
a. is helpful in ascertaining relationship
b. can not provide means for adjustment of two set of variables
c. predicts the value of one variable corresponding to each level of a given of another
variable
d. can not be used to forecast a level of some of variables for new value of x
54. correlation analysis
a. is concerned with measuring the strength of the relationship between three variables
b. the product moment correlation can be defined as the average product of the paired z
score
c. we computed measures of correlation from a set of data we are not interested in
d. the Pearson moment correlation can be used on situation where direct quantitative
measurement is difficult
55. the no- parametric test include the following
a. t-test b. Pearson correlation coefficient test c. chi-square test d. f-test
56. regression coefficient
a. provides no information about the relationship of the predictor in the model
b. it is lesser than 1 when the association is positive
c. odds radius measures association between many variables in logistic regression
d. quantification of relationship uses the odds ratio in a logistic regression
57. in a study to show the trend of the relationship between two variable x and y. the
following data were given: n= 10, Σd2 -64. The correlation between the two variable is
a. – 0.61 b. 0.61 c. 0.38 d. 0.39
58. the characteristic of a normal distribution include the following except
a. it is symmetrical
b. it is distribution is theoretical
c. the total area under the curve is greater than 1.0
d. the mean, median and mode are equal
59. types of bar chart include the following except
a. multiple bar chart
b. simple bar chart
c. component bar chart
d. composite bar chart
60. which of the statement is correct?
a. regression analysis is otherwise called correlation coefficient
b. correlation is used for prediction of variable in the model or equation
c. regression analysis is used for prediction of variable in the model
d. regression takes the same figure with correlation value
61. in the comparison of means for two independent group when the sample N is large,
the test statistic used is
A. ci-square
b. z-test
c. unpaired t-test
d. ANOVA
62. given that the sample sizes N1, N2 are 190 and 185 respectively. The mean and
standard deviation for group one and two respectively is 148±44.03 and 151±49.04. the
test statistic is
a. 4.82 b. 23.20 c. 0.62 d. 3.00
63. given that the sample sizes N1, N2 are 190 and 185 respectively. the mean and
standard deviation for group one and two respectively is 148±44.03 and 151±49.04. the
standard error is:
a. 0.62 b. 23.20 c. 3.00 d. 4.82
64. which of these test statistics is used for three or more means:
a. chi-test b. ANOVA or F-TEST c. unpaired t-test d. z-test
65. in a 2×2 contingency table used to show association between variables in health study
the following data are obtained: cell A=36, B=31, C=22 and D=46. The expected
frequency in the cell C is
a. 28.788
b. 38.215
c. 38.785
d. 29.215
66. the degree of freedom of a chi-square in a contingency table of 4*3 is:
a. 8 b. 6 c. 9 d. 12
67. measure of dispersion is also called
a. measure of center
b. measure of difference
c. measure of spread
d. measure of percentile
68. the measure of central tendency that take every value in the data set as part of
calculation is
a. mode b. median c. standard deviation d. mean
69. the first step in the statistical treatment of data is to provide:
a. description statistic
b. inferential table
c. inferential statistic
d. statistical reference
70. test statistic to test for significant difference in two means between two independent
group is known as
a. paired t-test
b. unpaired t-test
c. chi-square
d. correlation coefficient
71. the standard error for a sample size of 49 with a standard deviation of 5 is
a. 0.102 b. 0.713 c. 0.714 d.1.401
72. which is true for this statement for the sample 3,5,6,8,9 the
a. median is 6
b. mean is 6
c. standard deviation is 2
d. sum is 30
73. the mean of pre and post observation are compared by a test statistic called
a. paired observation
b. dependent t-test
c. independent t-test
d. inferential table
74. which of the following are regarded as a continuous variable
a. gender
b. number of patients in a word
c. blood group
d. blood glucose
75. continuous variable are also called
a. categorical variable
b. discrete variable
c. quantitative variable
d. qualitative variable
76. one of the categories of statistics is
a. test statistics
b. standard deviation
c. coefficient of variation
d. inferential
77. given that n=25, tabulated or critical t-value at two tailed where p=0.05 level of
significance is
a. 2.40
b. 1.74
c. 2.04
d. 2.06
78. one of the categories or branches of statistic is
a. influential statistics
b. coefficient of variable statistic
c. descriptive statistics
d. is exclusively qualitative only
79. a variable is an entity that
A. can take up any numerical value
b. can be used to describe phenomena
c. is exclusively quantitative in nature
d. Is exclusively qualitative only
80. the following are parameter describing central tendency except
a. mode
b. median
c. variance
d. mean
81. the correlation coefficient for continuous and normally distributed data is
a. Pearson correlation coefficient
b. correlation and regression analysis
c. spearman rank correlation coefficient
d. correlation coefficient
82.given the following weight(kg) 57-61,62-66,67-71,72-76,77-81,82-86 the lower
boundary of the sixth class is
a. 82.0
b. 86.5
c. 82.5
d. 81.5
83. when tetanus affect newborn infant, it has observed that only 10%recover i.e. p=1/10
in a random sample of 5 newborn infant affect by tetanus, the probability that at most 3
recover is:
a. 0.00045
b. 0.99954
c. 0.00046
d. 0.00001
84. given that means and standard deviation of male and female hemoglobin level are
14.56 ±0.98 and 13.59±1.51 respectively. The sample size n1 for male and n2 for female
are 14 and 11 respectively, calculate t-value
a. 0.97
b. 0.53
c. 1.83
d.1.89
85.The scores of Naplex for 10 students are 75, 82, 90, 92, 67, 95, 110, 80, 82, 86. Find
the mode for the above data.
a. 75
b. 90
c. 86
d. 82.
86.The data that categories patients as males or females are known as:
a. Random data
b. Nominal data
c. Ordinal data
d. Interval data
87.Calculate the regression coefficients of the following data
x =1,2,3,4,5,6,7
y=9,8,10,12,11,13,14
a.0.929
b. 2.31
c.35.8
d.0.110
88. The number of children per family is an example of a ______ variable.
a. continuous
b. selective
c. discrete
d. dichotomous
89.For Spearman's rank correlation, if the correlation coefficient is 0.7 and then the value
of sample size 'n' is:
a.99
b. 20
c.10
d.990
e.None of the above
90.What is the interquartile range of this set of data 15 19 20 25 31 38 41?
a. 14
b.15.2
C.20
d.19
91.Find Karl Pearson's correlation coefficient
ifN=50, ∑X=75,∑Y=80,∑X2=130,∑Y2=140 and ∑XY=128.
a.110
b.0.55
c.150
d.2.5
92.The marks scored by the students of class 10 are 45, 39, 55, 63, 49, 92, and 79. Find
the range of the given dataset.
a.40
b.53
c.38
d.47
93.Find the range of the first 10 natural numbers.
a. 10
b.7
c.9
d.5
93.A garden contains 39 plants. The following plants were chosen at random, and their
heights were recorded in cm: 38, 51, 46, 79, and 57. Calculate their heights’ standard
deviation.
a.17
b.15.5
c.12
d.21
94.Find the men deviation from the mean for the following data set:57, 64, 43, 67, 49, 59,
44, 47, 61, 59

a. 20
b.7.4
c.15
d.9.7
95.Calculate the coefficient of variation for the following data :

Weight kg=0-20, 20-40, 40-60, 60-80, 80-100

Frequency=81, 40,66, 49,14
a.70%
b.86%
c.63.75%
d. 100%
96.Calculate the standard error of the given data:
y: 5, 10, 12, 15, 20
a.20
b.2.39
c.5.6
d.21.5
97.Calculate the coefficient of correlation of the following data by Spearman's rank
correlation method
X=19,24,12,23,19,16
Y=9,22,20,14,22,18
a.0.129
b.12.5
c.0.001
d. 2.3
98. What's the formula for spearman's rank__
99.To calculate Pearson product moment correlation coefficient the formula is ___
100. Please try and study your formula

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