Biostat Q2
Biostat Q2
Biostat Q2
23 and standard deviation of 13.84 pounds. If a randomly selected mother gained equal or less than 15 pounds during pregnancy, the maximum value of z is: Choose one answer. a. +1.1004) b. +1.9600 c. -1.1004) d. +0.8621 e. - 1.960 Incorrect Marks for this submission: 0/1. Question 2 Marks: 0/1 Assume that systolic blood pressure for 5-year-old boys is normally distributed with a mean () of 94 mmHg and a standard deviation () of 11 mmHg. The probability that the blood pressure of a 5-year-old boy will be between 83 and 105 mmHg is: Choose one answer. a. 0.0146 b. 0.1506 c. 0.1562 d. 0.9854 e. 0.5106 Incorrect Marks for this submission: 0/1. Question 3 Marks: 0/1 Assume that systolic blood pressure for 5-year-old boys is normally distributed with a mean () of 94 mmHg and a standard deviation () of 11 mmHg. The probability of a 5-year-old boy having a blood pressure less than 70 mmHg is: Choose one answer. a. 0.146 b. 0.0146 c. 0.1642 d. 0.1506 e. 0.9854 Incorrect Marks for this submission: 0/1.
Question 4 Marks: 0/1 In a Jordanian village, 35 % of the children are undernourished. In a random sample of 10 children, the probability that the number of undernourished will be more than 3 and less than 6 is: Choose one answer. a. 0.0949 b. 0.1536 c. 0.9051 d. 0.3913 e. 0.3391 Incorrect Marks for this submission: 0/1. Question 5 Marks: 0/1 A medical research team wished to evaluate the usefulness of certain symptom in the diagnosis of diabetes. In a random sample of 900 diabetic patients 872 reported having the symptom. In another independent random sample of 1000 without the disease 10 reported having the symptom. The following table shows the results of diabetes symptom screening. Assume that the prevalence rate of the diabetes is 11.3%. Diabetes Symptoms yes No Present 872 10 Absent 28 990 Based on these data, predictive value positive of the symptom is: Choose one answer. a. 0.989 b. 0.990 c. 0.956 d. 0.969 e. 0.925 Incorrect Marks for this submission: 0/1. Question 6 Marks: 0/1 In a Jordanian village, 35 % of the children are undernourished. In a random sample of 10 children, the probability that the number of undernourished will be more than 5 is: Choose one answer. a. 0.0949
b. 0.0994 c. 0.3913 d. 0.9051 e. 0.1536 Incorrect Marks for this submission: 0/1. Question 7 Marks: 0/1 The confidence interval is directly related to: Choose one answer. a. Sample size and confidence level b. Sample size only c. Variance and confidence level d. Mean and sample size e. Sample size and variance Incorrect Marks for this submission: 0/1. Question 8 Marks: 0/1 In a community, 5560 were screened for hypertension by the use of standard sphygmomanometer, and 667 were found to be hypertensive (have a diastolic blood pressure of 90 mmHg or higher). Based on this screening test we conclude that the prevalence of hypertension is: Choose one answer. a. 15 b. 10 c. 12 d. 7.0 e. 8.3 Incorrect Marks for this submission: 0/1. Question 9 Marks: 0/1 An estimation based on a sample of 16 measurements yield a 95% confidence interval of 26.8 33.2. The standard deviation of the sample is: Choose one answer. a. 36.00 b. 6.00
c. 6.53 d. 12.00 e. 13.06 Incorrect Marks for this submission: 0/1. Question 10 Marks: 0/1 Assume that the mean and standard deviation of serum iron values for healthy men are 120 and 15 micrograms per 100 ml respectively. The probability that a random sample of 50 normal men will yield a mean between 115 and 125 micrograms per 100 ml is: Choose one answer. a. 0.9190 b. 0.9909 c. 0.0990 d. 0.0091 e. 0.9818 Incorrect Marks for this submission: 0/1. Question 11 Marks: 0/1 Assume that systolic blood pressure for 5-year-old boys is normally distributed with a mean () of 94 mmHg and a standard deviation () of 11 mmHg. The probability of a 5-year-old boy having a blood pressure less than 70 mmHg is: Choose one answer. a. 0.6851 b. 0.8041 c. 0.0146 d. 0.8413 e. 0.1460 Incorrect Marks for this submission: 0/1. Question 12 Marks: 0/1 A random sample of 100 adults who think they are hypertensive (based on self test) and another random sample of 100 adults who think they have normal blood pressure (based on self test), were subjected to intensive clinical evaluation for hypertension, and 73 and 13 of the respective samples were confirmed as being hypertensive. The self test specificity is:
Choose one answer. a. 0.68 b. 0.13 c. 0.86 d. 0.76 e. 0.73 Incorrect Marks for this submission: 0/1. History of Responses: # Action Response 0.73 Time 00:00:24 on 11/04/12 0 Raw score Grade 0 1 Grade
2 Close&Grade 0.73 07:31:50 on 11/04/12 0 0 Question 13 Marks: 0/1 Diameter measurements of the hearts of adult males and females gave the following results: Group Sample Size Mean (cm) 2 (cm) Males 12 13.20 2.25 Females 9 11.00 1.44 Assuming normality; The 99 percent confidence interval for the difference between population means is: Choose one answer. a. 2.18 3.68 b. 0.670 - 3.73 c. 0.97 3.43 d. 0. 51 3.88 e. 1.18 2.68 Incorrect Marks for this submission: 0/1. Question 14 Marks: 0/1 A study showed that 32 % of Jordanian adults are over weight. The variance of the number of over weight people in a sample of size 15 is: Choose one answer. a. 10.2 b. 0.218 c. 4.80
d. 3.264 e. 0.782 Incorrect Marks for this submission: 0/1. Question 15 Marks: 0/1 The following table shows the result of a screening test evaluation in which a random sample of 2650 subjects selected to participate in the screening: Test results Disease Present Absent Positive 114 24 Negative 6 2488 The predictive value positive of the test is Choose one answer. a. 0.731 b. 0.934 c. 0.988 d. 0.3146 e. 0.997 The frequency distribution of ages of 178 subjects is summarized in the following table: <><><><> <><><><> <><><> <><><> <> <> <> <><><> <><><><> <><><> <><><> <> <> <> <><><> <><><><> <><><> <><><> <> <> <> <><> <> <><><> Class Interval Frequency 09 9 10 19 14 20 29 56 30 39 42 40 49 33 50 59 16 60 69 8 Total 178 Based on these data: The relative frequency of those 20 29 years old is Incorrect Marks for this submission: 0/1. Question 16 Marks: 0/1
A sample of 16 twenty-year-old boys had a mean weight 71.5 and a standard deviation of 12 kg. Assuming normality, the 90% confidence interval for population mean () is: Choose one answer. a. 65.1, 77.9 b. 56.1, 77.9 c. 68.5, 74.5 d. 65.1, 77.9 e. 62.7, 80.3 Incorrect Marks for this submission: 0/1. Question 17 Marks: 0/1 A random sample of 100 adults who think they are hypertensive (based on self test) and another random sample of 100 adults who think they have normal blood pressure (based on self test), were subjected to intensive clinical evaluation for hypertension, and 73 and 13 of the respective samples were confirmed as being hypertensive. The self test sensitivity is: Choose one answer. a. 0.13 b. 0.76 c. 0.86 d. 0.86 e. 0.73 Incorrect Marks for this submission: 0/1. Question 18 Marks: 0/1 55% of dental students are .females. In a random sample of 10 students, the probability that the number of female students will be more than 6 is Choose one answer. a. 0.0949 b. 0.2660 c. 0.1020 d. 0.2616 e. 0.9490 Incorrect Marks for this submission: 0/1. Question 19
Marks: 0/1 In a Jordanian village, 35 % of the children are undernourished. In a random sample of 10, the probability that the number of undernourished will be exactly 5 is: Choose one answer. a. 0.9051 b. 0.0951 c. 0.1536 d. 0.3913 e. 0.0949 Incorrect Marks for this submission: 0/1. Question 20 Marks: 0/1 A physician would like to know the mean fasting blood glucose value (milligrams per 100 ml) of patients seen in a diabetes clinic over the past 10 years. (Assume a 95 % confidence interval for , the desired width of the interval is 6 units and a variance of 60) The number of records in order to obtain 95% confidence interval is: Choose one answer. a. 39 b. 26 c. 10 d. 7 e. 19 Incorrect Marks for this submission: 0/1.