Questions

MCQ

1-What is the origin of the word "statistics"?

A) Greek B) Italian C) French D) Latin

2-Which of the following best describes the role of statistics in research?

A) To collect random data B) To provide personal opinions

C) To organize, analyze, and interpret data D) To focus on qualitative observations only

4- Inferential statistics are used to:

A) Describe the data B) Make inferences about the population from a sample

C) Organize data into tables D) Display data using graphs

5- What is biostatistics?

A) The use of statistics in financial studies

B) The application of statistical methods in health and biomedical research

C) A branch of mathematics unrelated to health D) A type of qualitative research

6- A "variable" is defined as:

A) A fixed value that doesn’t change B) A characteristic that can vary between individuals

C) A subset of a population D) A summary of data from a sample

7- What is a "population" in statistics?

A) A fixed number of subjects in a study B) The total group of people or elements of interest

C) A subset of individuals selected for a study D) A constant value used in a study

8-Which of the following is a characteristic of inferential statistics?

A) It only involves summarizing data. B) It makes conclusions about a population based on

a sample.

C) It deals only with nominal data. D) It cannot be applied to real-world data.

9-A researcher collects a sample of data to estimate the proportion of smokers in a city.
This is an example of:

A) Descriptive statistics B) Inferential statistics C) Variable identification

D) Constant measurement

10-What does a "constant" represent in statistics?

A) A value that varies between individuals B) A value that does not change

C) A sample observation D) A hypothesis about the

11- What is biostatistics primarily concerned with?

 A) Analyzing government policies

 B) Design and analysis of health-related studies
 C) Planning economic strategies
 D) Studying climate patterns

12-What term describes a variable that does not change, such as π (pi)?

 A) Constant B) Observation C) Parameter D) Sample

13- Which of the following best defines a 'population' in statistics?

 A) A group of randomly selected individuals

 B) A collection of constants
 C) An entire group of individuals or elements of interest at a given time
 D) A small subset of data

14- What does 'descriptive statistics' involve?

 A) Making inferences about a population based on a sample

 B) Ordering, summarizing, and representing data graphically
 C) Testing new drugs
 D) Predicting future trends

15- Which of the following is a qualitative variable?

 A) Height B) Age C) Gender D) Weight

16-If a sample includes all members of a population, it is called a:

 A) Representative sample B) Random sample C) Census D) Biased sample

17- Which measure divides data into four equal parts?

 A) Percentiles B) Quartiles C) Deciles D) Medians

18- What is the main purpose of inferential statistics?

 A) Describe data trends within a sample

 B) Make predictions or inferences about a population
 C) Organize data into categories
 D) Calculate the mean and median

19-Which graph type is best for representing qualitative data?

 A) Histogram B) Bar chart C) Scatter plot D) Line chart

20- What type of variable is classified as either "ordinal" or "nominal"?

 A) Metric B) Categorical C) Continuous D) Discrete

21-Which measure represents the central value around which most data clusters in a
dataset?

 A) Range B) Mode C) Median D) Mean

22-Which graphical representation is best suited for displaying continuous data?

 A) Pie chart B) Bar chart C) Histogram D) Scatter plot

23- When data is skewed, which measure of central tendency is more appropriate to use?

 A) Mean B) Mode C) Median D) Standard Deviation

24- A measure of how widely the values in a dataset are spread around the mean is
called:

 A) Median B) Mode C) Standard Deviation D) Quartile

25- What term describes the middle value of a dataset when arranged in ascending or
descending order?

 A) Mean B) Mode C) Median D) Range

26- When examining the relationship between two continuous variables, which type of
plot is most appropriate?

 A) Pie chart B) Bar chart C) Scatter plot D) Line graph

27- Which graph type is used to display proportions or percentages within categories?

 A) Histogram B) Scatter plot C) Pie chart D) Line chart

T or F

1-Statistics is the study of how to collect, organize, analyze, and interpret data.

2-The word 'statistics' originated from the Greek word meaning 'politician'.

3-Descriptive statistics involves summarizing and organizing data into numerical forms,
like calculating the mean or standard deviation.

4-Inferential statistics can be used to draw conclusions about an entire population based on
data collected from a sample.

5-Descriptive statistics are used to make predictions about populations.

6- Biostatistics is the application of statistics to health, biomedical, and biological studies.

7-Biostatistics is only relevant for medical research and has no applications in public
health.

8-A variable is a characteristic that can vary between individuals, such as age or blood
pressure.

9- A constant is a value that can change depending on the data collected.

10- A parameter describes the population, while a statistic describes the sample.

11-A histogram is suitable for displaying categorical data.

12-A scatter plot is ideal for examining the relationship between two continuous variables.

13-The mean is more resistant to extreme values than the median.

14-The range is calculated as the difference between the largest and smallest values in a
dataset.

15-A sample is a subset of a population used to make inferences about the entire
population.

16-A bar chart is ideal for comparing the proportions of different categories in qualitative
data.

17-The mean can only be calculated for quantitative data.

18-Inferential statistics are used to describe and summarize data.

19-In biostatistics, an observational unit refers to the actual subject being studied, such as a
person or object.

20-If a sample’s variance is 0, it means all observations in the sample have the same value.

21-A sample mean will always equal the population mean.

22-A pie chart is commonly used to represent quantitative data.

23-Descriptive statistics provide inferences about a population based on data from a

sample.

23-Ordinal data can be either discrete or continuous.

24-The term "statistics" originates from words that mean "statesman" or "political state."

25-Statistics primarily developed from fields of government records and mathematics.

26- The main purpose of statistics is to provide a summary of data without interpretation.

27-Statistics helps researchers select the appropriate tools for analyzing specific research studies.

28- Inferential statistics allow researchers to make generalizations about a population based on
sample data.

29-In biostatistics, a variable is a characteristic that remains the same across all individuals in a
study.

30-Population refers to the entire group under study, while a sample is a subset of this group.

31-The mean, median, and mode are all measures of central tendency used in descriptive
statistics.

32-In biostatistics, constants are values that change frequently and require statistical study.