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IV Year Pharm-D / I Year Pharm-D (Post Baccalaureate) Degree Examination – NOV 2016
Time: Three Hours
Max. Marks: 70 Marks
BIOSTATISTICS AND RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
Q.P. CODE: 2870
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Your answers should be specific to the questions asked
Draw neat labeled diagrams wherever necessary
LONG ESSAYS (Answer any two) 2 x 10 = 20 Marks
- Explain the different types of graphical presentation of categorical and numerical data.
- What is descriptive statistics? Explain the different measures of central tendency.
- Explain the different steps of research methodology in detail.
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SHORT ESSAYS (Answer any six) 6 x 5 = 30 Marks
- Explain how computers can be made use of in hospital pharmacy.
- What are variables? Explain the types with their role in research.
- Name the different types of observational studies. Explain any one type.
- What do you mean by statistical power of a study? Write its applications.
- Explain the role of SEM in testing a hypothesis.
- Briefly describe non-parametric tests with its advantages and disadvantages.
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SHORT ANSWERS 10 x 2 = 20 Marks
- Differentiate between correlation and regression
- A cohort study where 50 subjects exposed to dust (Work in a coal mine) and 50 subjects work in offices, followed for 20 years, was conducted. 20/50 people exposed developed lung cancer while 5/50 people not exposed also developed lung cancer. What is the relative risk of developing lung cancer in people exposed to dust in coal mine?
- What is the difference between percentage and percentile?
- Write briefly about the uses of SPSS.
- Differentiate between incidence and prevalence.
- What is coefficient of variation?
- Which parametric test will you use when you need to compare data collected from the same group before and after treatment? Also name the non-parametric equivalent test.
- Write the difference between SD and SEM.
- Write about the statistical test generally used to analyze data from large sample size?
- What is primary and secondary data?
- Define relative risk and attributable risk.
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