UNIVERSITY EXAMINATIONS 2019/2020 ACADEMIC YEAR

SUPPLEMENTARY/SPECIAL

2nd YEAR EXAMINATION FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF

SCIENCE IN NURSING (UPGRADING)

COURSE CODE/ TITLE:HNU B215: BIOSTATISTICS

END OF SEMESTER II DURATION: 3 HRS

DAY/TIME:WEDNESDAY 2.00PM – 5.00PM DATE:14/10/2020

SECTION A

1. Which of the following sets represent an event when you roll a die?

A. {1] B. {2,4} C. {2,4,6} D. All the above

2 . What is the mean of the probability distribution when a die is tossed once ?

(A) 1.00 (B) 1.75 (C) 3.5 (D) 2.25 (E) None of the above.

3. Consider the data set below

81 64 67 52 52 56 40 42 45 47 49 49
35 37 39 27 29 11

Which of the following statements is true

I. The range is 70
II. The median is 46

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A) I only B) II only C) I and II D) Neither is true.

4. A population consists of four observations. What is the variance

A) 2 B) 4 C) 5 D) 6 E) Non of the above

5. A national achievement test is administered to nurses annually. The test has a mean score of
100 and a standard deviation of 15. If Jane’s z-score is 1.20, what was her score on the test?

A) 82 B) 88 C) 100 D) 112 E) 118

6. A coin is tossed three times. What is the probability that it lands on heads exactly one time?

(A) 0.125 (B) 0.250 (C) 0.333 (D) 0.375 (E) 0.500
7 ) When typing a report , a secretary makes typographical errors. If there are 200 typographical
errors in a 500 page manuscripts, find the probability that a given page contain exactly three
errors.
A) 0.02 B) 0.0029 C) 0.3 D) 0.018
8) The birth weight of four children at the Kilifi couty hospital was recorded as

1 2 3 4.

What is the sample variance

A) 2 B) 4 C) 5 D) 6 E) Non of the abo

9). A public opinion survey explored the relationship between age and support for increasing the
minimum wage. The results are summarized in the two-way table to the right

For Against No opinion Total

21 - 40 25 20 5 50
41 - 60 20 35 20 75
Over 60 55 15 5 75
Total 100 70 30 200

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 In the 21 to 40 age group, what percentage supports increasing the minimum wage?

(A) 12.5% (B) 20% (C) 25% (D) 50% (E) 75%

10). Below, the cumulative frequency plot shows height (in inches) of college basketball players.

What is the interquartile range?

(A) 3 inches (B) 6 inches (C) 25 inches (D) 50 inches (E) None of the above

SECTION B

QUESTION ONE [10 MARKS]

a) As part of a study of the treatment of anemia in cattle researchers measured the concentration
of selenium in the blood of 36 cows who had been given a dietary supplement of selenium .The
cows were all the same breed and all had borne their first calf during the year. The sample mean
selenium concentration was 6.21 g / dLi and the standard deviation was 1.84

Construct and interpret a 95% confidence interval for the populations mean [5 marks]

b) A student investigated whether taking vitamin C tablets every day for a school term affected
peoples chances of getting a cold during the period. The results are shown below

Vitamin c tablet taken Vitamin c tablet not taken

Got a cold during the term 15 22
Did not get a cold during the term 100 93
State the hypothesis for this investigation and test it at 5 % level of significance [5 marks]

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QUESTION TWO [10 MARKS]

a) The following data shows the age of some of the students in Pwani University who appeared
for VCT services.

15 18 21 23 21 15 18 16 22 18 17 17 19 20 22 18 16 22 23 24

Find the 95% confidence interval of the mean [5 marks]

b) The table below shows the number of nurses and the patients they were able to serve daily in
few selected hospitals in Kilifi County. By using linear regression predict how many nurses are
required to serve a hospital with 450 patients. [5 marks]

No of nurses 5 6 12 8 15
No. of patients 240 210 300 280 420

SECTION C [20 MARKS]

a) A medical researcher wishes to see the pulse rates of smokers are higher than the rates of
nonsmokers. Samples of 100 smokers and 100 nonsmokers are selected. The results are as shown
below. Can the researcher conclude, at   0.05 , that smokers have higher pulse rates than
nonsmokers? [8 Marks]

Smokers Nonsmokers
x1  90 x 2  88
s1  5 s2  6
n1  100 n2  100

b) The table below shows the strength of cables made from two different alloys I and II.
Perform a Mann-Whitney test to decide whether or not there is a difference between the
samples at 0.05 significance level. [8 marks]

ALLOY 1 ALLOY 2
18.3 16.4 22.7 17.8 12.6 14.1 20.5 10.7 15.9

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18.9 25.3 16.1 24.2 19.6 12.9 15.2 11.8 14.7

c) A nutritionist wishes to find whether consumers have any preference among four flavours of a
new soda. A sample of 100 people provided the following data

Cherry Strawberry Orange Lime Grape

32 28 14 16 10
At 5% level of significance test the claim that there is no preference in selection of fruit soda
flavours. [4 Marks]

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