PHS210 Tma Solutions
1. Questions used for data collection should have the following qualities except one.
Simple
Free of double interpretations
—>> Ambiguous
Non-ambiguous
2. One of the following is not what Biostatistics is
Collecting data
Collating data
—>> Arithemetic
Analysing data
3. Primary sources of data are ….except.
—>> Birth registration
Field surveys
Experiments
Laboratory research work
4. The major advantages of a self administered questionnaire are …..except
Good for busy respondents
—>> Answered by the researcher
Convinient for researcher
Does not require interviews
5. The weighing scale that uses battery is….
Spring weighing instrument
Balance scale
Arm circumference
—>> Digital scale
6. One of the following is not used to measure height
—>> Calliper
Tapes
Stadiometer
Infantometer
7. One of the following does not fall under the uses of biostatistics in health and health related areas
Disease surveillance
Evaluation of health services
Public health epidemiology
—>> Aeronotics services
8. Vital statistics a branch of biostatistics measures …..except
Deaths
—>> Descriptive
Births
Marriages
9. What is an Arithmetic mean.
The middle most value
The value that has the highest frequency
—>> Sum of all the observations divided by the total number of observations.
If only one value has the highest frequency
10. One of the following is not a routine source of data.
—>> Port financial records
Published demographic data
Cancer registry data
Disease surveillance
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