AL AZHAR UNIVERSITY INTRODUCTORY MID TERM TEST

Faculty of Applied Medical Sciences BIOSTATISTICS Time : 50 minutes

Number of Questions: 3

ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS:

QUESTION I:

Circle the correct answer of each of the following :

1- Quantitative data can be described by

(a) Bie chart (b) Boxplot (c) (a) and (b) (d) None of them

2- The cases and controls design considered as

(a) Experimental study (b) Observational study (c) (a) and (b) (d) None of them

3- Which of the following sampling techniques is a probability sample

(a) Snowball (b) Purposive (c) Cluster (d) Judgmental

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4- If the mean of the observations x1 ,..., x n is 50 and s  10 then  ( x i  50) is
i 1

(a) 60 (b) 0 (c) 50 (d) 10

5- The weight of a student in a class is a

(a) Discrete variable (b) Continuous variable (c) Qualitative variable (d) None of them

6- If the distribution is skewed to left then

(a) Mean = Median (b) Mean > Median (c) Mean < Median (d) Mode < Mean

7- Data can be obtained from the following resources

(a) Surveys (b) Experiments (c) (a) and (b) (d) None of them

8- The mean can be obtained for data measured by the following scale
(a) Ratio (b) Nominal (c) Ordinal (d) None of them

9- All of the following summary statistics affected by the outliers except

(a) Variance (b) Median (c) Mean deviation (d) Range

10- A measure that describe the population is called

(a) parameter (b) statistic (c) (a) and (b) (d) None of them

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QUESTION II:

1. Compare between the Cluster Sample and the Stratified Sample:

Cluster Sample Stratified Sample

2. How can you select a sample of 10 patients from 100 patients in a hospital, by using the
systematic sample.

QUESTION III:
The following table represents the distribution of age for 120 persons selected at random.

Interval 10-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-59 60-69 Total

Frequency 2 10 30 33 15 5 95
Relative frequency 1
Cumulative frequency 95

1- Calculate the relative and the cumulative frequency of the age, and fill it in the above table.

2- Construct a histogram of the age.

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3- Using the previous draw plot, construct a frequency polygon and describe the shape of
the frequency distribution.

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4- Construct an ogive for the given data

5- Use the ogive to find the median of the age.

6- Obtain the mean, mode, range, variance, standard deviation and coefficient of variation
of the age. (Interpret the value of the standard deviation).

Sem I, Session 2010/2011 3 December 2010

 ‫انتهث األسئلة‬
‫مع أطيب األمنيبت ببلتىفيق والنجبح‬
Note: You can recourse the following statistical lows and information:
2
 c f x 
N
 i 1 i i   2N 
 D1  , 2 i1 (x i   ) , 2 i1(xi  x )2
c
2
fx 
2 n
 xi f i  4  F2 
x Mode  L   C   s  s
i 1 i i n ,
Q2  L2    c2
 fi  D1  D2  N n- 1 n 1
 f2 
 

Sem I, Session 2010/2011 4 December 2010

AL AZHAR UNIVERSITY - GAZA INTRODUCTORY MID TERM TEST
Faculty of Applied Medical Sciences BIOSTATISTICS Time : 1 HOUR
Number of Questions: 3

ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS:

QUESTION I:

Circle the correct answer of each of the following statements :

1- A doctor measures the blood pressure for a certain student, followed by his father, mother and
siblings; the used sampling technique is known as
(a) Snowball (b) Purposive (c) Cluster (d) Judgmental

2- A systematic error in designing or conducting a study is defined as

(a) Variability (b) Bias (c) (a) and (b) (d) None of them

3- Suppose a data set is measured by the nominal scale; then following statistic can be obtained
(a) Mean (b) Median (c) Mode (d) Variance

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4- If the mean of the observations x1 ,..., x n is 50 and s  10 then  ( xi  50) is
i 1

(a) 100(n  1) (b) 100(n) (c) 10(n) (d) 10(n  1)

5- One of the following measures can be used to compare data sets measured by different units.
(a) Mean (b) Coefficient of Variation (c) Standard deviation (d) Median

6- The distribution is skewed to the right if

(a) Q2   (b)   Q2 (c)   Q2 (d) None of them

7- Outliers affect the following statistical measure

(a) Range (b) Mean (c) Mean deviation (d) All of them

8- Cohort study is considered as

(a) Experimental study (b) Observational study (c) (a) and (b) (d) None of them

9- The mode can be obtained for data measured by the following scale
(a) Nominal (b) Ordinal (c) (a) and (b) (d) None of them

10- A measure that describes the population is called

(a) parameter (b) statistic (c) (a) and (b) (d) None of them

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QUESTION II:

1. Compare between the Range and the Interquartiles Range.

Range Interquartiles Range

2. Suppose that the blood types of students of the first year in a private collage are
distributed as follows:
Blood Type A B O AB
Number 180 120 200 150
How can you select a sample of size 100 by using the stratified sampling technique?

QUESTION III:
The following table represents the distribution of weight for 25 babies selected at random from
a primary school.

Interval 1-3 4-6 7-9 10-12 13-15 Total

Frequency 2 3 7 10 3 25
Relative frequency
Cumulative frequency

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7- Calculate the relative and the cumulative frequency of the weight, and fill it in the above
table.

8- Construct an ogive of the weight.

9- Using the ogive estimate the median.

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4- Without plotting the frequency, describe the shape of weight distribution.

5- Estimate the following statistical measure

a) Mean, c) Range, e) Standard deviation

b) Mode class, d) Median, f) Coefficient of variation

Sem I, Session 2010/2011 7 December 2010

 ‫انتهث األسئلة‬
‫مع أطيب األمنيبت ببلتىفيق والنجبح‬

Note: You can recourse the following statistical lows and information:
2
 c f x 
N
 i 1 i i   2N 
 D1  , 2 i1 (x i   ) , 2 i1(xi  x )2
c
2
fx 
2 n
 xi f i  4  F2 
x Mode  L   C   s  s
i 1 i i n ,
Q2  L2    c2
 fi  D1  D2  N n- 1 n 1
 f2 
 
Dr. Ali Abuzaid
Sem I, Session 2010/2011 8 December 2010
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