Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences, Karnataka
IV Year Pharm-D Degree Examination – NOV 2016
Time: Three Hours
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Max. Marks: 70 Marks
BIOSTATISTICS AND RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
Q.P. CODE: 2886
Your answers should be specific to the questions asked
Draw neat, labeled diagrams wherever necessary
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LONG ESSAYS (Answer any two) 2 x 10 = 20 Marks
- Explain hypothesis testing of parametric data.
- Explain the different steps of a research process.
- Explain the uses of computers in drug information retrieval and storage.
SHORT ESSAYS (Answer any six) 6 x 5 = 30 Marks
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- Distinguish between qualitative and quantitative variables with examples
- Define incidence and prevalence rates. A screening conducted in a locality of 20000 populations in the year 2014, 112 new asthma cases were detected. In the following year 2015 a repeat screening done in the same population showed 127 new asthma cases. Calculate the incidence and prevalence rate for the year 2014 and 2015 respectively.
- Explain Wilcoxan signed rank test and Mann Whitney U test.
- Explain crossover studies in bioequivalence trials.
- Describe cross-sectional study. What are its merits and demerits?
- Design a randomized controlled trial to compare the effectiveness of two drugs to treat diabetes mellitus.
- What are the various observational study designs? Explain.
- Explain statistical measures of variability.
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SHORT ANSWERS 10 x 2 = 20 Marks
- Define frequency distribution.
- p value
- Z test
- Define Population.
- Standard error proportion and standard deviation
- Define scatterplots semilogarithmic plots.
- Define degree of freedom.
- Tabulation of data and report writing
- Inventory control
- Null hypothesis
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