Biostatistics

Quiz no. 1

Multiple Choice: Choose only the best correct answer and just encircle the
letter of your choice.

1. Variables whose values are determined by chance are called ………

a) dependent variables b) probability
c) random variables d) independent variables
2. “Number of students taking a statistics course” is an example of what type of
variable?
a) Continuous b) Ratio c) Qualitative d) Discrete
3. “The average age of students in a math class is 23 years.” Which branch of
statistics has been used in the above statement?
a) Experimental b) Inferential c) Observational d) Descriptive
4. “Students’ scores on a biology test” is an example of what type of variable?
a) Qualitative b) Ratio c) Discrete d) Continuous
5. What type of sampling is employed if country is divided into groups according to
economic classes and a sample is chosen from each group to be surveyed?
a) Cluster b) Systematic c c) Random d) Stratified
6. Which of the following represents an interval level of measurement?
a) Major Fields b) Salaries of top managers in Jeddah
c) Ranks of football teams d) Temperature inside 10 refrigerators
7. “Number of cars” is an example of what level of measurement?
a) Ordinal b) Nominal c) Interval d) Ratio
8. When running an experimental study, the variable that is manipulated by the
researcher is called the ……… variable.
a) independent b) treatment c) confounding d) dependent
9. If a researcher counts the number of people living in each house in a specific
street, the type of study is ……… study.
a) independent b) observational c) experimental d) quasi-
experimental
 10. “Five doctors were asked for their opinion about a new medicine.” This is an
example of ………
a) changing the subject b) detached statistics c) suspect samples
d) ambiguous average

Test II: Indicate the level of measurements for each of the following variables.
a. Ethnicity - Nominal
b. Student number - Nominal
c. Rank of the teacher - Ordinal
d. Monthly salary - Ratio
e. School - Ordinal
f. Weight - Ratio
g. Age - Ratio
h. Gender - Nominal
i. Height – Ratio
j. Religion - Nominal

Test III: For each of the following variables, indicate whether it is qualitative or
quantitative variables.
a. Score in BSMT board examination - Quantitative
b. Socio-economic status - Qualitative
c. Blood type - Qualitative
d. Color - Qualitative
e. Brand of toothpaste – Qualitative`
f. Size of medical bottle - Quantitative
g. Medical courses - Qualitative
h. Gender - Qualitative
i. Number of children - Quantitative
j. Systolic blood pressure - Quantitative

Test IV: For each of the following quantitative variables indicate whether it is
discrete or continuous type.
a. Score in BSMT board examination - Discrete
b. Number of students in a classroom - Discrete
c. Rank of the medical technologies - Discrete
d. Student ID number - Discrete
e. Height - Continuous
f. Gender - Discrete
g. Ethnicity - Discrete
h. Systolic blood pressure - Continuous
i. Blood type - Discrete
j. Age - Continuous