Practice Questions

102. A medicinal study reports a p-value of 0.06. If the significance level was set at 0.05, what critical conclusion should be drawn?

A. Reject the null hypothesis.
B. Fail to reject the null hypothesis.
C. The drug is effective.
D. The drug is ineffective.
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100. The standard error of the mean technically measures:

A. The standard deviation of the population.
B. The standard deviation of the sample.
C. The standard deviation of the sampling distribution of the sample mean.
D. The range of the data.
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99. A critical situational decision needs to be made about whether to roll out a new public health intervention. Initial data shows a positive trend, but the sample size is small, and the p-value is only 0.07. What urgency is involved in further evaluation?

A. To immediately implement the intervention.
B. To recognize that a p-value of 0.07 is not statistically significant at the 0.05 level, and further data or a larger study is urgently needed to make a definitive decision.
C. To ignore the p-value and proceed.
D. To assume the trend will continue.
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98. A medicinal study is designed to show that a new drug is better than an existing one. What technical type of hypothesis test is being performed?

A. Non-inferiority test.
B. Equivalence test.
C. Superiority test.
D. Association test.
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96. What technical term describes the numerical summary of a population?

A. Statistic.
B. Sample.
C. Parameter.
D. Variable.
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94. A medicinal study finds a statistically significant result, but a subsequent replication study fails to find the same result. What critical biostatistical issue might explain this discrepancy?

A. The original study had too much power.
B. The original study might have had a Type I error, or the replication study a Type II error, or differences in methodology.
C. The original study was perfect.
D. Replication studies are never necessary.
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