QUIZ I

1. Is measurement error an assignable or a non-assignable cause?

2. We are conducting a clinical trial for an anticancer drug. In addition to the test group (who are
given the drug) what other groups should be present

a) there should be a control group(who are not given the drug) and a placebo group

b) there should be a control group(who are not given the drug)

c) there should be a placebo group

d) there should not be a control group(who are not given the drug) but the placebo group

3. We are testing if drug A is better than drug B. Which is the correct statement?

a)Ho: Drug A = Drug B, Ha: Drug A ≠ Drug B

b) Ho: Drug A ≠ Drug B, Ha: Drug A = Drug B

c) Ho: Drug A = Drug B, Ha: Drug A > Drug B

d) Ho: Drug A = Drug B, Ha: Drug A< Drug B

4. The probability of congenital heart disease is 1/12. What is the probability that 3 persons in a
family of 10 have that disease?

a) 0.045 b) 0.0377 c) 0.033 d) 0.30

5. Colon cancer has a mortality rate =12%. A drug is being tested for its cure. what is the
minimum number of patients required to demonstrate the efficacy of the completely curative
drug (at 95% confidence)

a) 23 b) 24 c) 25 d) 26

6. The probability of a birth defect is 10%. What is the difference in probability that no one in
a family of 10 people have that birth defect if I use Poisson distribution or Binomial
distribution

a) 0.0155 b) 0.0183 c) 0.0212 d) 0.0144

7. 1250 white blood cells were counted per 1 mL of blood. What is the 99% confidence
interval for the patient’s true white blood cell count?

a) 76.32 b) 69.30 c) 91.22 d) 84.55

8. calculate mean, median and mode for the set of data 14, 13, 18, 14, 16, 17, 14, and 20

a) 15.75, 14, 15 b) 15.75, 15, 14 c) 15, 14, 15 d) 14, 15, 15

9. In a normal distribution curve, 2  represents

a) 68.3% of the area b) 95.4% of the area c) 99.7 % of the area d) 90% of the area

10. Ina standardized normal distribution. What is the area between Z=-2.5 and Z=+2.5

a) -0.9938 b) 0.9938 c) 0.9876 d) -0.9932

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