1. Foundations of Medicine
Biostatistics — Quiz
Test your understanding of biostatistics with 5 practice questions.
Practice Questions
Question 1
Which type of graph is most appropriate for visualizing the distribution of a categorical variable, such as blood types in a patient cohort?
Question 2
What is the mode of the following dataset representing the number of hospital visits by patients in a month: $2, 0, 1, 3, 2, 4, 2, 1?
Question 3
In a study investigating the effectiveness of a new drug, what is the independent variable?
Question 4
Which of the following measures of central tendency is most affected by extreme outliers in a dataset?
Question 5
A researcher wants to compare the average cholesterol levels between two groups of patients: those on a new diet and those on a standard diet. Which statistical test would be most appropriate?