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MPH

EXERCISES BIOSTATISTICS
QUESTION ONE
A. Differentiate the following terms used in biostatistics
a. Descriptive and Inferential Statistics
b. Population and sample
c. Qualitative and Quantitative variables
QUESTION TWO
The Table below present data of the weight of thirteen pigs in a farm at Nyaruguru district in the year 2017. Use the
data to answer the questions that follows:
Pig No 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
Weight 155 189 165 135 156 114 156 155 187 145 183 190 191
(Kg)
(i) Determine the range of the above pig’s weight
(ii) Using a suitable formulae, determine the mean weight
(iii) What is the median of the above data
(iv) Calculate the sample standard deviation.
QUESTION THREE
1. The following table contains the age at death in days for a number of cases of sudden infant mortality
syndrome SIMS or Crib death occurring in rural area during 1982-1984
S/No Age interval (days) Frequency (f) Midpoint (x) x2 f.x f.x2
1 1-30 10
2 31-60 6
3 61-90 20
4 91-120 14
5 121-150 6
6 151-180 2
7 181-210 3
8 211-240 6
9 241-270 3
10 271-300 4
11 301-330 5
Calculate standard deviation from the above frequency distribution

QUESTION FOUR
Sample data presented in the following table are the Head Circumferences (cm) of two-Month-
old female Babies.
39.3 41.3 39.6 38.6 40.5
39.5 40.2 40.3 39.9 40.7
41.0 40.0 41.0 41.0 40.2
34.4 39.6 36.9 40.2 37.8
42.0 39.6 36.3 40.3 40.0
40.2 38.1 40.6 40.5 40.3
40.7 38.2 42.6 40.0 38.6
43.7 40.1 40.8 40.3 39.2
41.0 40.9 43.6 40.8 41.2
38.3 38.9 39.9 41.1 41.6
From the above data calculate:
i. Construct a frequency distribution table
ii. Mean
iii. Mode
iv. Standard deviation

QUESTION FIVE

The following is the age in years of 70 subjects who participated in a study on smoking cessation
35 53 38 39 34 57 39
49 27 58 51 14 62 75
65 44 12 43 49 10 54
53 53 24 54 53 17 56
61 38 42 45 47 44 18
25 53 57 18 56 71 38
46 21 44 44 22 45 72
49 23 48 61 19 50 56
67 43 24 46 49 22 53
64 56 14 59 66 22 38

Note use this as first group 10≤X<15 then construct frequency distribution table
Using the frequency distribution above determine the
i. Median
ii. Mean
iii. Standard deviation
iv. Coefficient of variation

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