200 Level BSc Public Health

Biostatistics Tutorial MCQs

Instruction: Answer each question by ticking the most appropriate option.

Questions
1. Any summarization of the elements of a population is referred to as ………………….
A. Variable
B. Sample
C. Parameter
D. Data
E. Statistic

2. The various techniques used to summarize the information contained in a sample set of data is known
as ……………………
A. Inferential statistics
B. Randomization
C. Sampling distribution
D. Descriptive statistics
E. Probability distribution

3. Which scale of measurement assigns variables into categories with ranking, but no attribute of how
much more and how much less?
A. Ordinal
B. Ratio
C. Nominal
D. Interval
E. Equal interval

4. The following variables are measured on the interval scale except

A. Temperature measured in degree Fahrenheit
B. Temperature measured in degree Celsius
C. Temperature measured in Kelvin
D. All of the above
E. None of the above

5. The followings are types of distribution except?

A. Frequency distribution
B. Relative frequency distribution
C. Cumulative frequency distribution
D. Cumulative relative frequency distribution
E. None of the above

6. The followings can be used to display the distribution of a continuous variable except?
A. Bar chart
B. Histogram
C. Stem and leaf plot
D. Box and whiskers plot
E. Ogive

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7. The figure below represents:

A. Box and whiskers plot

B. Stem and leaf plot
C. Histogram
D. Ogive
E. Frequency polygon

8. The followings can be used to summarize categorical data except?

A. Mean
B. Ratio
C. Mode
D. Rate
E. Proportion

9. A special form of ratio in which the numerator is part of the denominator and time is also included in
the denominator is known as…………………….
A. Mean
B. Ratio
C. Mode
D. Rate
E. Proportion

10. Which of the measures of central tendency is most useful for further statistical calculations?
A. Median
B. Mean
C. Mode
D. Rate
E. Proportion

11. Which of the measures of central tendency may not exist in a data set?
A. Median
B. Ratio
C. Mode
D. Rate
E. Mean

12. Which of the measures of central tendency is mostly affected by extreme value?
A. Median
B. Ratio
C. Mode
D. Rate
E. Mean

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13. Which of the measures of central tendency does not always represent actual scores belonging to some
members of the population?
A. Median
B. Proportion
C. Mean
D. Rate
E. Mode

14. Which of the measures of central tendency often yields unrealistic values when used with discrete
variables?
A. Median
B. Ratio
C. Mode
D. Mean
E. Pate

15. In which of the measures of central tendency are all the values in the data taken into consideration
during computation?
A. Median
B. Ratio
C. Mode
D. Rate
E. Mean

16. Extreme values in a data set are referred to as ………………….

A. Outliers
B. Kurtosis
C. Skewness
D. Statistics
E. Standard errors

17. Which of the measures of central tendency can be meaningfully employed for categorical data?
o Mode
o Ratio
o Median
o Rate
o Mean

18. Which of the measures of central tendency may not be unique (i.e., may be more than one value in a
data set).
A. Median
B. Mode
C. Proportion
D. Rate
E. Mean

19. Which of the measures of central tendency is relatively reliable because it does not vary much when
repeated samples are taken from the same population.
A. Median
B. Ratio
C. Mean
D. Rate
E. Mode

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 20. “B” in the diagram below represents:

Ratio

Is numerator
included in
denominator?

No Yes

Is time included
in denominator?

No Yes

Measure: A B C

A. Ratio
B. Rate
C. Proportion
D. All of the above
E. None of the above

21. The followings are measures of variability except?

A. Range
B. Standard deviation
C. Variance
D. Geometric mean
E. Coefficient of variation

22. Which of these is a measure of distribution shape?

A. Skewness
B. Proportion
C. Rate
D. Quantile
E. Quintile

23. The followings are measures of relative position except?

A. Quintiles
B. Percentiles
C. Deciles
D. Quartiles
E. Kurtosis

24. Which of these is the mean squared deviation from the mean?
A. Median
B. Standard deviation

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 C. Variance
D. Interquartile range
E. Degree of freedom

25. The difference between the upper and lower quartiles is referred to as…………….
A. Deviation from the mean
B. Interquartile range
C. Percentile
D. Median
E. None of the above

26. Values that split a data set into equal portions are called………………..
A. Quantiles
B. Gridlines
C. Reference lines
D. Outliers
E. None of the above

Use the following information to answer the next four questions

Villages A, B, C, D and E have 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7 primary health centres (PHCs) respectively:

27. What is the mean number of PHCs?

A. 5
B. 25
C. 2.5
D. 1.6
E. 8

28. What is the sum of deviation from the mean?

A. 10
B. 0
C. 2.5
D. 3.2
E. 1.6

29. What is the sum of squared deviation from the mean?

A. 5
B. 3.2
C. 10
D. 8
E. 0

30. What is the variance

A. 2.5
B. 10
C. 1.6
D. 3.2
E. 5