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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