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Regulation: R18 Code No: 18BP086/4

IV B. Pharmacy II Semester Regular Examinations – April, 2024


BIOSTATISTICS & RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
(B. PHARM)
Time: 3Hrs Max. Marks: 75M
SECTION – A
Answer All questions 20×1M=20M

1. The Student's t-test is


a) a parametric test b) a nonparametric test
c) a test for comparing averages d) a test for comparing variances
2. A subset of the population selected to help make inferences on a population is called
a) a population b) inferential statistics
c) a census d) a sample
3. A graphical representation of a frequency distribution is called a
a) Stem and leaf plot b) scatter diagram c) time-series plot d) histogram
4. SPSS stands for
a) Simple perfect squared square b) Statistical product and service solutions
c) Statistical package for social science d) Software package for statistical science
5. The basic relationship between X and Y in regression is given by
a) X = b + bX b) Y = b + bX c) X = a + X d) Y = a + bX
6. Full form of SEM is
a) Standard Errata of Mean b) Standard Error of Mean
c) Standard Errata of Median d) Standard Error of Meandian
7. The probability of getting head, if tossing a coin twice is
a) 1 b) 0.50 c) 0.25 d) 0.125
8. Standard error is a measure of
a) Sampling error b) Instrumental error c) Observer error d) None of these
9. Which among the following is not a type of research?
a) Qualitative b) Emperical c) Analytical d) None of these
10. A histogram is an accurate representation of the distribution of
a) Alphabetic data b) Numerical data c) Both a and b d) None of these
11. A cohort study is a particular form of ------ study that sample a cohort
a) Vertical b) Horizontal c) Circular d) Longitudinal
12. Clinical trials involving new drugs are commonly classified into ---- phases
a) 1 b) 2 c) 3 d) 4
13.Which is true of cluster sampling?
a) Every Nth case is chosen for study b) Involves use of random numbers
c) A natural group is taken as sampling unit d) Stratification of population is done
14. Which empirical relation is correct?
a) Mode=3median-2mean b) Mode=2mean-3median
c)Mean=3median-2mode d) Mean=2mode -3median

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15. What are the conditions in which Type-I error occurs?


a) The null hypotheses get accepted even if it is false
b) The null hypotheses get rejected even if it is true
c) Both the null hypotheses as well as alternative hypotheses are rejected
d) None of the above
16. Why do you need to review the existing literature?
a) To make sure you have along list of references
b) Because without it, you could never reach the required word-count
c) To find out what is already known about your area of interest
d)To helping your general studying
17. Which of the following is not a necessary assumptions underlying the use of the Analysis
of variance technique?
a) The samples are independent and randomly selected.
b) The populations are normally distributed
c) The variance of the populations are the same
d) The means of the population are equal
18. The median of the data 1, 4, 2, 5, 0
a) 1 b) 2 c) 4 d) 5
19. In a factorial design, a main effect is the
a) The combined effect of the independent variables on the dependent variable
b) Interaction effect of the independent variables and their effect on the dependent
c)The effect of each independent variable on the dependent variable
d)Interaction of the independent variable
20.A chart can be used to identify the most frequently occurring defect.
a) Pareto b) Ishikawa c) Histogram d) Scatter

SECTION – B

Answer any 2 out of 3 questions 2×10M=20M

21. Describe the various types of measures of dispersion and their significance.
22. A Beer’s law plot is constructed by plotting UV absorbance versus concentration and
the results are as follows:

Concentration (μg)
1.0 2.0 3.0 5.0 10
(X)

Absorbance (Y) 0.10 0.36 0.57 1.09 2.05

Calculate the slope and intercept and write the regression line Y on X. What is the
concentration when absorbance is 1.65?

23. Describe the various types of observational study designs and add notes on different
phases of clinical trials.

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SECTION – C
Answer any 7 out of 9 questions 7×5M= 35 M

24. Total cholesterol (TC) (mg/dl) in respect of 85 subjects visiting a hospital is as follows:
TC 30 45 75 90 125 150 185 225 240
No. of patients 5 12 19 5 17 9 5 7 6
Find the average total cholesterol present in patients.
25. Explain correlation coefficient and write its importance in research.
26. Explain type I and type II error with examples.
27. Write the properties and importance of normal distribution curve.
28. Explain the one way ANOVA procedure by drawing its table.
29. What is a non-parametric test and write notes on Mann-Whitney ‘U’ test.
30. Define relative standard deviation and find standard deviation for the following data
X: 6, 5, 4, 3, 1
31. What is factorial design and write the advantages of it.
32. Write notes on SPSS.

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