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SBI 3326_Biostatistics I (2)

This document is an examination paper for the Biostatistics 1 course at Jaramogi Oginga Odinga University, intended for Bachelor of Science students in Biological Sciences. It includes instructions for answering questions, a section with short answer questions covering various statistical concepts, and a section with essay questions that require deeper analysis and application of biostatistical methods. The exam assesses knowledge on data distribution, hypothesis testing, confidence intervals, and regression analysis among other topics.

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SBI 3326_Biostatistics I (2)

This document is an examination paper for the Biostatistics 1 course at Jaramogi Oginga Odinga University, intended for Bachelor of Science students in Biological Sciences. It includes instructions for answering questions, a section with short answer questions covering various statistical concepts, and a section with essay questions that require deeper analysis and application of biostatistical methods. The exam assesses knowledge on data distribution, hypothesis testing, confidence intervals, and regression analysis among other topics.

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JARAMOGI OGINGA ODINGA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY


SCHOOL OF BIOLOGICAL AND PHYSICAL SCIENCES
UNIVERSITY EXAMINATION FOR DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF
SCIENCE (BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES)
3RD YEAR 2 RD SEMESTER 2019/2020 ACADEMIC YEAR
MAINA CAMPUS - REGULAR

COURSE CODE: SBI 3326

COURSE TITLE: BIOSTATISTICS 1

EXAM VENUE: STREAM: (BIO)

DATE: EXAM SESSION:

TIME:

Instructions
1. Answer ALL questions in Section A (compulsory) and ANY TWO questions
in Section B
2. Candidates are advised not to write on the question paper
3. Candidates must hand in their answer booklets to the invigilator while in the
examination room
SECTION A: Short Answer Questions (30 Marks)

1. Giving examples, state three types of data distribution. (3 marks)


2. Compute the 10th and 90th percentile for the data shown below.

3260, 2581, 3484, 2069, 4146, 3541, 2834, 3609, 2838, 3265, 3649,
3314, 3101, 2759, 3323, 2841, 3031, 3200, 3245, 3248 (3 marks)

3. Areas of sprayable surfaces with insecticide from a sample of 15 houses are as follows
(m2): 101,105,110,114,115,124,125,125,130,133,135,136,137,140,145. Find the variance
and standard deviation of the above distribution. (3
marks)
4. A random sample of 100 drug-treated patients has a mean survival time of 46.9 months. If
the SD of the population is 43.3 months, find a 95% confidence interval for the population
mean. (3 marks)
5. Outline three steps involved in hypothesis testing. (3 marks)
6. Giving specific example, explain how you can carry out multi-stage sampling.
(3
marks)
7. State the differences between type I and II errors. (3 marks)
8. Assume that in a certain district the mean systolic blood pressure of persons aged 20 to 40
is 130 mm Hg with a standard deviation of 10 mm Hg. A random sample of 64 persons
aged 20 to 40 from village x of the same district has a mean systolic blood pressure of 132
mm Hg. Does the mean systolic blood pressure of the dwellers of the village (aged 20 to
40) differ from that of the inhabitants of the district (aged 20 to 40) in general, at a 5%
Level of significance? (3
marks)
9. State three assumptions of a X2 test for a single variance. (3 marks)
10. List six advantages of non-parametric tests. (3 marks)

SECTION B: Essay Questions (40 Marks)


11. The designer of a super computer is evaluating three different cooling systems for the
latest model. He installs each cooling system into prototypes and measures the rise in
temperature in ten minutes of operation. He repeats this five times for each cooling
system. The data is shown below.

System I System II System III


40 22 23
39 20 33
26 21 25
34 11 25
33 12 31
Using α – 0.05, determine if there is a significant difference in the mean increase in
temperature. (20 marks)

12. The mean pulse rate and standard deviation of a random sample of 9 third year male
Biological science students were 67.8 and 8.67 beats per minute respectively. (Assume
normal distribution).
a) Find the 90% and 95% C.I. for the population mean. (8 marks)
b) If past experience indicates that the mean pulse rate of third year male
Biological science students is 72 beats per minute, test the hypothesis that the
above sample estimate is consistent with the population mean at 5% level of
significance. (12 marks)
13. With specific examples of where they are used, describe the different types of non-
probability sampling methods. (20 marks)
14.
a) Find the equation of the regression line for the data set below. (10 marks)

SUBJECT AGE (x) Pressure (y)


A 43 128
B 48 120
C 56 135
D 61 143
E 67 141
F 70 152
b) Use the regression equation found in question 14 a to predict the pressure for a person
who is 50 years old. (4 marks)
c) Outline three assumptions that have to be made for valid prediction in the determination
of regression line. (6 marks)

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