Practice Questions

41. A technical standard deviation of 0 indicates that all data points in a dataset are:

A. Widely dispersed.
B. Identical.
C. Normally distributed.
D. Heavily skewed.
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40. In a critical situational context, a statistician identifies that a dataset contains significant missing values, particularly for a key outcome variable. What is the urgency from a biostatistical perspective?

A. To immediately impute all missing values.
B. To investigate the pattern of missingness and assess its potential impact on bias and the validity of results.
C. To ignore the missing values if they are less than 5%.
D. To discard all records with missing values.
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39. A medicinal trial concludes that a new drug is effective based on a p-value less than 0.05. However, there was a high loss to follow-up among participants. What critical biostatistical concern arises?

A. The p-value is too high.
B. The study had too much power.
C. Loss to follow-up can introduce bias and threaten the internal validity of the study.
D. The drug is definitely effective.
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37. What technical term describes the process of drawing conclusions about a population based on data from a sample?

A. Descriptive statistics.
B. Inferential statistics.
C. Data visualization.
D. Data collection.
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34. A clinical research paper states that a new intervention significantly reduced patient recovery time (p < 0.05). However, the reduction was only 10 minutes. What critical biostatistical distinction is important here?

A. Statistical significance always implies clinical significance.
B. Statistical significance does not always imply clinical significance.
C. The study had too many participants.
D. The p-value is too low.
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33. A researcher reports that a study had a power of 0.80. What does this technical term mean?

A. The probability of making a Type I error is 20%.
B. The probability of correctly rejecting the null hypothesis when it is false is 80%.
C. The probability of making a Type II error is 80%.
D. The significance level is 0.20.
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