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Biostatistics (BIO401)

Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs)

Objective Questions

  1. Box and Whisker Plot is also sometimes called

    1. Whisker Box
    2. Box Whisker
    3. Box Plot
    4. None of the given
  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. 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
  4. In an array the Quartiles are ________ cut-points that divides the values into 4 equal parts.

    1. 3
    2. 4
    3. 2
    4. 6
  5. Relative frequency in population is known as

    1. Sampling
    2. Dispersion
    3. Probability
    4. None of the given
  6. 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
  7. 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
  8. ________ is independent of the scale of measurement:

    1. Variation
    2. Coefficient
    3. Coefficient of variation
    4. All of the given
  9. 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
  10. 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
  11. Sampling problems may differ in each strata

    1. Multi-Stage Sampling
    2. Systematic Random Sampling
    3. Cluster Random Sampling
    4. Stratified Random Sampling
  12. We need sampling for ________ purpose

    1. Economy
    2. Speed
    3. Accuracy
    4. All of the given
  13. "An aggregate of entities for which we have an interest at a particular time" is called

    1. Sample
    2. Mean
    3. Data
    4. Population
  14. Mean of values 115, 110, 119, 117, 121 and 126 is:

    1. 117
    2. 118
    3. 119
    4. 120
  15. ________ is known as "Father of Modern Statistical sciences"

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

    1. Mean
    2. Mode
    3. Median
    4. All of the given
  17. Which one is not the type of Probability Sampling designs?

    1. Non-systematic sampling
    2. Systematic sampling
    3. Cluster (area) sampling
    4. Multistage sampling
  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. 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
  20. 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