Mid Examination Fall Semester December 23, 2020

Paper: Biostatistics Course Code: BS - 101

Max Marks: 30
Program: BS(Microbiology) Course Instructor: SAQIB WAHEED Max Time Allowed: 24 hrs.

Instructions:
1. The exam will start at 9:00 AM sharp and the soft copy of the answer sheets must be submitted within 24
hours.
2. Marks will be awarded for factual correctness, precision, logical organization of content, sound reasoning,
originality of thought and justified conclusions.
3. Any systematic similarities (partial or complete) with online/print source and any other assignment shall
be treated as cheating and will be assigned zero marks.
4. This is an open book exam. The students can get help/guidance from books, tools, online media, and class
notes if any.
5. Provide the following information on each page:
1. Registration Number
2. Student Name and Father Name
3. Name of degree Program
4. Name of Paper/course
5. Page Number
6. The solution must be purely handwritten, no printed pages will be accepted.
7. Use appropriate size papers as answer sheets.
8. Any late submission of both soft and/or hard copies, will not be accepted.
9. Answers book in PDF format and answer book file must not exceed 20 MB.
10. You are required to upload solved answers book/ sheets on KCMS, in the case of any technical issue the
student can email solved answers book/sheets at saqib.waheed@kust.edu.pk .
11. In case of any query, the students can contact their course instructor on +92-333-7899397 or
saqib.waheed@kust.edu.pk. However, only Text/WhatsApp messages will be allowed. To ensure
transparency, no voice calls are permissible.
12. The student will submit hard copies of solved answers book/sheets at the end of midterm examination
through courier service or postal service or in person.

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Q. No Questions Marks

1. The Bureau of the Census provides figure on the average annual income of all Pakistan 04
households in the publication Current Population Reports. For 2015 the mean household
income was $ 32,144 and the median household income was $ 25,986. Which measure
of central tendency do you think is appropriate? Explain your answer.

2. Lists grades of 80 students obtained in the final exam of an elementary statistics class. 15
The grades are scored out of 100 points and rounded to the nearest whole number.

Grades of 80 Students Obtained in the Final Exam of an Elementary Statistics Class

58 55 31 61 77 66 76 58
68 38 44 49 54 41 29 81
90 45 70 40 61 51 48 67
88 67 36 69 71 57 52 58
51 63 92 57 83 86 71 47
64 43 31 78 57 61 58 72
41 51 66 62 93 62 84 76
28 58 46 50 46 32 65 85
75 47 57 42 68 37 51 58
31 44 70 36 92 31 66 46

(a) Group the above data into a grouped frequency distribution.

(b) What is the shape of the distribution? Do the observed scores tend to fall into
some recognizable pattern?
(c) What measures of central tendency would you compute? Justify your choices.?

3. For the following sets of data, what measures of central tendency would you compute? 06
Justify your choices.
(a) 4, 3, 7, 5, 4, 2, 120, 6, 5, 4, 3, 3, 2, 70, 1, 6, 4, 5, 3, and 5.
(b) Eye color: blue, brown, brown, blue, green, brown, gray, brown, blue.
(c) 7, 8, 6, 7, 8, 9, 1, 6, 5, 3, 7, 8, 7, 6, 7, 8, 5, and 7.

4. The time taken (in minutes) to complete a homework by 8 students (UOP) in a day are 05
given by 38, 40, 47, 44, 46, 43, 49, 53. The same work done by the students of KUST
with 27, 28, 45, 33, 27, 36, 40, 38. Compute the consistency of the students.

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