BIOSTATISTICS EXAM: OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY 3.

3 JAN APRIL 2023

ALL QUESTIONS ARE COMPULSORY

MCQS

1 The best method to analyze continuous versus categorical data for a before and after
experimental design to analyze changes on the same subjects is
a. One sample t test
b. Independent samples t test
c. Paired samples t test
d. Analysis of variance
2 Which is the best visual representation of exponential trends
a. Bar graph
b. Column graph
c. Dot plot
d. Line graph
3 A measure reflecting an attribute of a representative population proportion included
in the study is
a. A statistic
b. A parameter
c. A sample
d. A distribution
4 To generalize from a sample to a population, we use
a. Parameters
b. Inferential statistics
c. Descriptive statistics
d. Measures of dispersion
5 Which of the following reflects ordinal scale data
a. Number of passengers on standard gauge railway.
b. Waiting time (minutes) before a therapy session.
c. Brand of cell phone owned by students
d. Ticket class (first, business, or economy) of a randomly chosen passenger on a
Flight
6 Which practical sampling method would be appropriate to collect data to estimate
each of Percentage of an HMO’s patients who make more than five office visits per
year?
a. Quota
b. Purposive
c. Cluster
d. Simple random
7 Comment on the skewedness of the data below
 a. Right skewed
b. Left skewed
c. Bimodal
d. Platykurtic

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8 In a sample of 10,000 observations, about how many observations would you expect
beyond 3 standard deviations of the mean?
a. 100
b. 500
c. 1000
d. 3000
9 Which is the odd one out
a. Coefficient of variation
b. Range
c. Mode
d. Variance
10 Which of the following is the odd one out
a. Platykurtic
b. Mesokurtic
c. Unimodal
d. Left skewed

SAQs 10 MARKS EACH

11 A random sample of 25 items is drawn from a population whose standard deviation is

known to be σ 5 40. The sample mean is − x 5 270. a. Construct an interval estimate for μ with
95 percent confidence
12 A plumbing supplier’s mean monthly demand for vinyl washers is 24,212 with a standard
deviation of 6,053. The mean monthly demand for steam boilers is 6.8 with a standard deviation
of 1.7. Which demand pattern has more relative variation? Explain 10 marks

13 A U.S. dime weighs 2.268 grams when minted. A random sample of 15 circulated dimes
showed a mean weight of 2.256 grams with a standard deviation of .026 gram. (a) Using α 5 .05,
is the mean weight of all circulated dimes lower than the mint weight? State your hypotheses and
decision rule

14 Mean output of solar cells of three types are measured six times under random light
intensity over a period of 5 minutes, yielding the results shown. Research question: Is the mean
solar cell output the same for all cell types?

SolarWatts Solar Cell Output (watts) Cell Type Output (watts)

CELL TYPE OUT PUT

A 123 121 123 124 125 127

B 125 122 122 121 122 126

C 126 128 125 129 131 128

15 Employees of Axolotl Corporation were sampled at random from pay records and asked
to complete an anonymous job satisfaction survey, yielding the tabulation shown. Research
question: At α 5 .05, is job satisfaction independent of pay category?

Pay Type Satisfied Neutral Dissatisfied Total

Salaried 24 10 2 36

Hourly 131 135 58 324

Total 155 145 60 360