Bio statistical Applications in Public Health – Quiz 1 Ch 1,2,3
In chapter 1, 2 and 3 we discuss Bio-statistical applications in public health including Data Types, Center, Spread, Visualizations, and Probability.
Which level of measure describes teachers as rated as excellent, good, average, or poor?
ordinal – Correct
interval
nominal
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In some research, nominal data is quantitative.
True
False – Correct
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You gathered a sample of nominal data (e.g. ethnicity). You’d like to obtain a value representing the center of your data set.
Which measure of central tendency should you use?
Mean
Mode – Correct
There is no measure of central tendency for nominal data.
Median
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| Systolic Blood Pressure of Women | Frequency |
| 80-99 | 11 |
| 100-119 | 20 |
| 120-139 | 6 |
| 140-159 | 2 |
| 160-179 | 0 |
| 180-199 | 1 |
What is the relative frequency for the for the 80-99 class?
27.5% – Correct!
15.0%
05.5%
50.0%
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What is the approximate frequency for the 21-30 class?
0
100 – Correct
150
50
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A scatter plot contains a numerical variable along the x-axis and a numerical variable along the y-axis.
True – Correct!
False
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Which type of graph is depicted below
Which type of visualization is depicted above
pie chart
pareto chart – Correct
histogram
scatterplot
Explanation The graph depicted above is a Pareto chart. The most common mistake is to confuse the histogram with the praeto chart. The main difference between a histogram and a praeto chart is located in the x-axis. Within a histogram, the x-axis contains a numerical, quantitative variable (e.g. height, weight) whereas a praeto chart contains a categorical, qualitative variable (e.g. gender, ethnicity).
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Which type of visualization is depicted above?
praeto charts
dot plot
histogram – Correct
pie chart
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Which measure of central tendency is most accurate when you have outliers within your dataset?
median – Correct
midrange
mean
mode
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The standard deviation calculations are identical for a sample data set and a population data set.
True
False – Correct
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Calculate the mean (i.e. average) for the following data:
12, 14, 16, 18, 20
15
17
14
16 – Correct
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Calculate the median for the following data:
12, 14, 16, 16, 16, 18, 18, 20, 22, 24
16
18
17 – Correct
19
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Calculate the mode for the following data:
12, 12, 14, 14, 14, 15, 16, 16, 17, 18, 20
14 – Correct
15
16
12
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Which distribution (top or bottom) likely has the larger standard deviation?
bottom
top – Correct
Explanation Recall, the standard deviation describes the spread of the data. Therefore, the larger the standard deviation the more spread out the distribution is (i.e. the wider it will be, displayed in the top image). A smaller standard deviation will be associated with a less spread out distribution (i.e. a thinner distribution, like the bottom image).
Calculate the z-score for the following information:
Raw Score (X) = 12
Mean (X̄)= 14
Standard Deviation (s) = 1.5
1.24
2.79
-2.13
-1.3333 – Correct
Explanation z = (X - X̄) / s z = (12 - 14) / 1.5 z = -2 / 1.5 = -1.3333
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When calculating the probability of event A or event B, we should use the multiplication rule.
True
False – Correct
Explanation When calculating the probability of event A or B occurring, we use the addition rule (see page 109).
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When calculating the probability of event A and event B occurring, we should use the multiplication rule.
True – Correct
False
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The probability of rain tomorrow is 1/3.
The probability of ice tomorrow is 1/8.
What is the probability of rain and ice tomorrow?
1/8
1/3
1/24 – Correct
11/24
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The probability of attending work, given that it is Saturday, is an example of a conditional probability.
True – Correct
False
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In the U.S., there were 2,416,000 deaths and 700,100 of them were due to heart disease.
The cause-of-death rate for heart disease is approximately 0.2898.
True – Correct
False