The following data were obtained in a study of the

relationship between the weight and chest size of infants at

birth:
Weight (kg): 2.75 2.15 4.41 5.52 3.21 4.32 2.31
4.30 3.71
Chest Size 29.5 26.3 32.2 36.5 27.2 27.7 28.3
30.3 28.7
(cm)
Determine the equation of the regression line.
Y=A + BX
Y = 21.7 + 2.2X
Y=2.2+ 21.7X
no regression equation
The heights of adults in a certain town has a mean of 65.42
inches with a standard deviation of 2.32 inches. A random
sample of 144 adults living in the slum district is found to
have a mean height of 64.82 inches. Does this indicate that
the residents of slums are significantly retarded in growth
at a 0.05 level of significance?
The appropriate test is a
one-tailed Z-test
one-tailed t-test
two-tailed Z-test
two-tailed t-test
A geneticist is interested in the proportion of males and
females in a population that have a certain minor blood
disorder. In a random sample of 100 males, 31 are found to
be afflicted whereas only 24 of 100 females tested appear
to have the disorder.
What test statistic is appropriate for this problem?
t-test for two sample means
z-test for single proportion
z-test for two sample means
z-test for two proportions
Which of the following statements is TRUE?
If the level of significance is 5%, then the critical region of a
two-tailed test has an area of 2.5%.
If r=0, then X and Y are not linearly related.
ANOVA is a test concerning several variances.
Rejecting Ho in a chi-square test of independence means
that the row and column classifications are independent.
A pill is supposed to contain 25.4 milligrams of
phenobarbital. A random sample of 30 pills yield a mean of
19.7 milligrams and a standard deviation of 0.95 milligrams.
What null hypothesis is appropriate for the problem?
H0: 1 = 2
H0: 1 2
H0: 1 = 25.4
H0: 1 25.4
The heights of adults in a certain town has a mean of 65.42
inches with a standard deviation of 2.32 inches. A random
sample of 144 adults living in the slum district is found to
have a mean height of 64.82 inches. Does this indicate that
the residents of slums are significantly retarded in growth
at a 0.05 level of significance?

Which of the following is an appropriate null hypothesis?

= 64.82
64.82
= 65.42
65.42
A pill is supposed to contain 25.4 milligrams of
phenobarbital. A random sample of 30 pills yield a mean of
19.7 milligrams and a standard deviation of 0.95 milligrams.
What test is appropriate for this?
z-test
t-test
2
f-test
A random variable is known to be normally distributed with
mean 100 and standard deviation 10. The probability that
an observed value of this random variable is less than 90 or
greater than 110 is approximately
0.15
0.32
0.68
0.84
0.95
The heights of adults in a certain town has a mean of 65.42
inches with a standard deviation of 2.32 inches. A random
sample of 144 adults living in the slum district is found to
have a mean height of 64.82 inches. Does this indicate that
the residents of slums are significantly retarded in growth
at a 0.05 level of significance?
Which of the following is an appropriate alternative
hypothesis?

64.82
> 65.42
65.42
< 65.42

A Municipal Health Officer and his staff aim to cover 80% of

the target population for their Expanded Program for
Immunization (EPI). After implementing the program, they
surveyed 1500 children and found that 1000 of them were
immunized. Did the MHO and his staff attain his goal? Test
at a 0.05 level of significance.
What test statistic will you use to answer the question?
two-tailed z-test
one-tailed z-test
f-test
Chi-Square test
A study looking at the relationship between salt intake to
the blood pressure of infants was recently conducted. The
study involved 15 infants with a low salt diet and 20 infants
with a high salt diet. The results are:
High Salt
Diet

Low Salt Diet

Mean Systolic Blood Pressure

90.8

87.2

Std Deviation Systolic Blood

Pressure

10.3

9.2

n
20
15
What can we conclude at the .05 level of significance about
blood pressure and the level of salt in the diet? The
appropriate test statistic is
one-tailed t-test
two-tailed t-test
one-tailed z-test
two-tailed z-test
The following data represent systolic blood pressure
readings on 15 females pre-selected by age ( 40-85):
Participant No.
Age (X)
Systolic Blood
Pressure (Y)
1
42
130
2
46
115
3
42
148
4
71
100
5
80
156
6
74
162
7
70
151
8
80
156
9
85
162
10
72
158
11
64
155
12
44
130
13
53
135
14
55
144
15
60
146
Test the significance of the correlation coefficient at alpha =
.05.
There is no linear relationship between age and systolic BP
with r = .25245
There is a linear relationship between age and BP with r
=0.61154
There is no linear relationship between age
and systolic BP with p-value = .05629
There is no linear relationship between age and BP at pvalue =.502446
The data below is concerned with serum lowering
properties of a new drug tested in 6 prisoner volunteers.
The serum cholesterol values were
Before treatment:217 252 229 200 209 213
After treatment 209 241 230 208 206 211
Is the new drug effective at a .01 level of significance?
The appropriate alternative hypothesis is
d > 0

Two lots of rats were used in testing the effectiveness of a

new serum in combating a certain disease. Both were
inoculated with the causative organism but only one lot was

previously given with preventive serum. The results are

given below. What is the best statistical test to check the
effectivity of the new serum.
Serum No
Serum
Recovered 18
4
Died
4
18
Point Biserial
Phi-coefficient
Kendall?s coefficient
Pearson?s r coefficient
The LD50 (lethal dose 50), ED50(effective dose 50) and
ID50(infective dose 50) are example of
Mean
Mode
Median
Mean Deviation
When the value of correlation coefficient is ?1, then it
means that
there is a perfect relation between the two parameters.
there is a weak negative relation between the two
parameters
there is a strong direct relation between the two parameters
there is no relation between the two parameters
A drug company alleges that the average time for a cough
syrup to take effect is 15 min., with a standard deviation of
3 min. In a random sample of 49 patients, the average time
was 18 min. The correct null hypothesis is
The random sample of 49 patients is not enough to test the
effectivity of the cough syrup.
There is no difference between the sample and population
average time (in min.) for a cough syrup to take effect.
The drug company is not capable of making cough
syrup with a standard deviation of 3 min. only.
The average time of 18 min. does not help the patients
recover from cough.
Consider the following study in which efforts to reduce the
body weights of 20 moderately overweight student
volunteers by interventions involving diet, increased
physical activity, or both are investigated. The students are
randomly assigned to four groups
Group 1: controls; no change in diet or
physical activity.
Group 2: diet; reduction in caloric intake
Group 3: physical activity
Group 4: diet plus physical activity
After 3 months, weight reduction is measured, with the ff
results, positive values indicate weight-loss.
Group1
Group 2
Group 3
Group 4
5
2
8
12
-2
8
0
6
3
4
2
15
2
12
6
8
0
4
2
10

Is there a significant difference among the 4 groups? Test

at .05 level of significance.
There is no significant difference among the means of the 4
groups.
There is a significant difference in the means of the 4
groups.
The data is incomplete hence conclusion can not be
determined.
Post Hoc Analysis is required to answer the question.

Terbutaline is a drug that is effective in arresting labor

and prolonging the duration of the pregnancy beyond
36 weeks. However, it sometimes has undesirable
cardiovascular and metabolic side effects such as
tremors and hyperglycemia, which limits its use for
some women.
Another possibility is to give terbutaline in
combination with another drug (metoprolol) which
would neutralize these side effects. However,
before using the combination therapy we want to
be sure it is as effective as terbutaline alone in
prolonging labor.

The level of serum creatinine in the blood is considered a

good indicator of the presence or absence of kidney
disease. Normal persons generally have low concentrations
of serum creatinine while diseased persons have high
concentrations. Suppose we desire to look at the relation
between analgesic abuse and kidney disorder. In particular,
suppose we look at 15 persons working in a factory who are
known to be "analgesic abusers" (i.e., they take more than
10 pills per day) and we measure their creatinine levels.
The creatinine levels are:
.9

1.1

1.6

2.0

.8

.7

1.4

1.2

1.5

.8

1.0

1.1

1.4

2.2

1.4

Suppose that a clinical trial is carried out

comparing the effectiveness of the two therapies
where the outcome is whether the pregnancy lasts
beyond 36 weeks. We find that in 200 patients
treated with terbutaline alone, 130 have a
pregnancy lasting more than 36 weeks while in 200
patients treated with terbutaline and metoprolol,
120 have a pregnancy lasting more than 36 weeks.
Test the hypothesis that the combination of
terbutaline and metoprolol is as effective as
terbutaline alone at the .05 level of significance.
The appropriate type of test is

If we assume that creatinine levels for normal

persons are normally distributed with a mean of 1.0
and a standard deviation of .25, at the .01 level of
significance what can we conclude?
What appropriate test-statistic should be used to address
the problem?

independent t-test for 2 means assuming equal variances

independent t-test for 2 means assuming variances are not
equal
one-tailed z-test for two proportions
two-tailed z-test for two proportions
For Analysis of Variance (ANOVA), the statistical test is

one-tailed t-test for single mean

two-tailed t-test for single mean
one-tailed z-test
two-tailed z-test

z test
x2 test
t test
f test

When the alternative hypothesis is X>Xo and the computed

value of the test statistics is greater than the critical value
then the

All the following test statistics make use of ranking, with the
exception of

alternative hypothesis is accepted

alternative hypothesis is rejected
null hypothesis is accepted
result is always accurate

Chi-square
Kendall?s coefficient of concordance
Spearman rho coefficient of correlation
Wilcoxon?s test

Kendall?s test statistics is concern with the

Which of the following is not an application of chi-square

test?

test for difference between two parameters

test for independence
test for the agreement of two or more opinions
test for fitting a specific curve

Test for association between two categorical parameters

Test for multiple column proportions.
Test for the mean difference between two groups
Test for independence

A subject of recent research in obstetrics is the medical

management of women who go into labor prematurely,
which will be defined as labor occurring between 20 and 36
weeks of pregnancy. Premature labor is undesirable
because infants born prematurely have a higher rate of
infant mortality and morbidity.