PHBS 107: Laboratory Worksheet No.

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1st Semester of A.Y. 2021-2022

Laboratory Activity BIOSTATISTICS

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Rationale Biostatistics is an important tool in pharmacological, biological or medical

researches that is used to summarize (descriptive statistics) experimental data in
terms of central tendency (mean or median) and variance (standard deviation,
standard error of the mean, confidence interval or range) but more importantly it
enables us to conduct hypothesis testing. This is of particular importance when
attempting to determine whether the pharmacological effect of one drug is
superior to another which clearly has implications for drug development

Objectives At the end of the activity, you must have:

1. Defined the different biostatistical terms.
2. Determined the different ways to present data.
3. Computed a sample mean, median, mode, variance, and standard deviation.
4. Explained what is meant by statistical inference.

Pre-Laboratory You are required to attend the Pre-Lab discussion on the introduction of
Discussion biostatistics in pharmacology on September 17, 2021 (Friday) 2-5PM.

Direction: Answer/solve the following questions and problems on biostatistics. This

worksheet must be accomplished and submitted per group.

Worksheet 1. Briefly define the following biostatistical terms:

a. Biostatistics
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b. Data
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c. Variables
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d. Population
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e. Sample
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f. Frequency distribution
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g. Mean
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h. Median
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i. Mode
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j. Range
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k. Variance
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l. Standard deviation
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m. Coefficient of variation
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n. Standard error mean

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o. Confidence interval
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2. What’s the difference between:

a. Discrete variable and continuous variable
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b. Parametric data and non-parametric data

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c. Nominal data and ordinal data

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d. Interval scale data and ratio scale data

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e. Proportion and percentage

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f. Numerical data and categorical data

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g. Qualitative data and quantitative data

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3. Name the following diagrams

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4. Give the formula for each of the following parameters:

a. Median for even data number __________________

b. Median for odd data number__________________

c. Mean__________________

d. Range__________________

e. Standard deviation__________________

f. Standard error mean__________________

g. Variance__________________

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 h. Coefficient of variation__________________

5. Problem solving
A. The following are the weights of test animals (grams). Find the mean,
median, mode and range from each treatment data.
a. Test sample group (85, 100, 90, 120, 95)
Mean: ____________
Median:___________
Mode: ____________
Range: ____________

b. Positive control group (120, 130, 100, 80, 85, 80)

Mean: ____________
Median:___________
Mode: ____________
Range: ____________

c. Negative control group (115, 105, 100, 85, 95, 120)

Mean: ____________
Median:___________
Mode: ____________
Range: ____________

B. The given data are number patients admitted in the hospital in a week.
ENT 10
OB-GYN 12
Pedia 17
Cardio 20
Orthopedics 15

a. Calculate for the variance _____________

b. Calculate for the standard deviation _____________

Show your solution:

6. Explain statistical inference.

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Submission of • Submit your worksheet (per group) on or before 11:59 pm September 22, 2021
Worksheet (Friday) via mVLE Assignment button.

Assessment  Online Exam 1

• You are required to take the exam (individual) related to the topic
BIOSTATISTICS.

• The link for the examination will be available on October 1, 2021 (Friday) from
2:00 PM to 5:00PM in mVLE course page.

Group Members __________________________ __________________________

Present
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Course Facilitator Ma. Danica Ines-Ramil

Assistant Professor III
Pharmacy Department
09272469018
[email protected]