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Biostatistics (BIO401)

Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs)

Objective Questions

  1. In an array the Quartiles are ________ cut-points that divides the values into 4 equal parts.

    1. 3
    2. 4
    3. 2
    4. 6
  2. Quantities are more robust and less susceptible than ________ if there are outlying observations in the data.

    1. Mode
    2. Standard deviation
    3. Mean
    4. Dispersion
  3. Sampling problems may differ in each strata

    1. Multi-Stage Sampling
    2. Systematic Random Sampling
    3. Cluster Random Sampling
    4. Stratified Random Sampling
  4. One of the earliest known demographic / Bio-statistics study was conducted by ________.

    1. John Graunt
    2. The Lady with a Lamp
    3. Ronald A. Fisher
    4. Nightingale
  5. We need sampling for ________ purpose

    1. Economy
    2. Speed
    3. Accuracy
    4. All of the given
  6. Procedure for Systematic Random Sampling includes following except:

    1. Number units in population from 1 to N.
    2. Decide on the n that you want or need.
    3. N/n=k the interval size
    4. Randomly select a number from 0 to k
  7. "An aggregate of entities for which we have an interest at a particular time" is called

    1. Sample
    2. Mean
    3. Data
    4. Population
  8. If an event consists of exactly one outcome, it is called

    1. Complex event
    2. Simple event
    3. Simple complex event
    4. None of the given
  9. ________ is known as "Father of Modern Statistical sciences"

    1. Sir Ronald A. Fisher
    2. John Graunt
    3. Florence Nightingala
    4. Lady with Lamp
  10. Commonly used measure of central tendency is/are:

    1. Mean
    2. Mode
    3. Median
    4. All of the given
  11. Two or more events are said to be ________, if the events do not have any outcomes in common.

    1. mutually exclusive
    2. mutually inclusive
    3. interdependent
    4. None of the given
  12. Relative frequency in population is known as

    1. Sampling
    2. Dispersion
    3. Probability
    4. None of the given
  13. Mean of values 115, 110, 119, 117, 121 and 126 is:

    1. 117
    2. 118
    3. 119
    4. 120
  14. The Mean and Median are Special cases of a family of parameters known as ________.

    1. Local parameters
    2. Non-local parameters
    3. Mobile parameters
    4. Risk parameters
  15. Box and Whisker Plot is also sometimes called

    1. Whisker Box
    2. Box Whisker
    3. Box Plot
    4. None of the given
  16. ________ is independent of the scale of measurement:

    1. Variation
    2. Coefficient
    3. Coefficient of variation
    4. All of the given
  17. The range of a list is ________ if and only if all the data-points in the list are ________.

    1. 0, unequal
    2. 1, unequal
    3. 1, equal
    4. 0, equal
  18. ________ is the hypothesis that is believed to be true by the researcher:

    1. Null hypothesis
    2. Alternative hypothesis
    3. Rejected hypothesis
    4. None of the given
  19. Which one is not the type of Probability Sampling designs?

    1. Non-systematic sampling
    2. Systematic sampling
    3. Cluster (area) sampling
    4. Multistage sampling
  20. The location parameters which help us to determine the position of a particular observations in a data are called ________.

    1. Measures of position
    2. Measures of change
    3. Local parameters
    4. Measures of observation