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WorksheetsBiostatistics quiz #1
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 19mins
who was best known to be the father of Biostatistics
Isaac Newton
Francis Galton
walter Weldon
Immanuel Kant
_________ is a collection of procedures and principles for gathering data and analyzing information to help people make decisions when faced with uncertainty.
Data
Parameter
Statistics
sample
___________ referring to numbers or nonnumerical labels (male/female) collected from a set of entities (people, cities, etc)
sample
data
variables
statistics
what is the process of calculating the range
∣x∣
x
xmax−xmin
mid point
Popular average is also known as
mean
median
mode
μ
________ is a collection from the subset of the population
raw data
random sample
population sample
random data
which best describes the population variance
σ
σ2
s
s2
Gathering data from the entire population is known as the
census
parameter
sample data
statistics
a descriptive measure of the population
data
parameter
normal
ratio
the population mean can be denoted by the
x̄
μ
σ
p̂
all of the following are roles of biostatistics EXCEPT
Assessment
monitoring
evaluation
planning
Marital status would more than likely fall under
ordinal
ratio
nominal
interval
Amount of income tax paid, weight of a student or height would fall under
Discrete
Quantitative
continuous
dichotomic
A sample of manatee who mate is observed and the average (mean) number of offspring is 3.8.
Parameter
Statistics
population
nominal
using sample data to reach conclusions about the population from which the sample was taken
Continuous statistics
Discrete statistics
Inferential statistics
descriptive statistics
using data gathered on a group to describe or reach conclusions about that same group only
Population data
Sample data
descriptive statistics
inferential statistics
shows the number of occurrences, in each of several categories
normal distribution
frequency distribution
binomial distribution
expected value
________ is numeric data in which the values can come only from a list of specific values.
Ratio
continuous
discrete
random
Statistical techniques are used to make many decisions that affect our lives, An understanding of statistical methods will help you make these decisions effectively
True
False
Explain the difference Between Descriptive statistics and Inferential statistics
