ANGELES UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION

Angeles City
GRADUATE SCHOOL
Final Examination (Deadline: Feb. 14, 2015; send via email)
2nd Trimester, AY 2014-2015
BIOSTATISTICS
Note:
You may consult each other, but copying will not escape my eyes, trust me
Part I. For each variable in the table below

i.
ii.
iii.
iv.
v.

state the level of measurement and explain your answer

formulate the appropriate null and alternative hypothesis
state the statistical test used to test the hypothesis and the reason why such test was used
state the decision made based on the p-value, and
state the conclusion / interpretation based on the decision.

Table 1. Baseline Characteristics of Participants

Parameter
Experimental
group
(n=85)
Obese, %
70.59
HbA1c in %, median + IQR
6.35 + 3.95
Body Mass Index in kg/m2, mean + SD
23.39 + 4.60
Duration of diabetes in years, median + IQR
2+5
Total cholesterol in mg/dL, mean + SD
245.31 + 61.66

Control group
(n=70)

p-value

68.57
7.25 + 3.70
24.01 + 4.25
3+7
226.27 + 51.04

0.79
0.04
0.38
0.23
0.03

Part II. Answer the following in your own words:

[Note: Do not attempt to copy and paste from the internet because I will search each of your answers.]
1.

What is the p-value and what is its importance?

2.

What does it mean when we say that a result is statistically significant?

Prepared by:

MADONNA M. VALENZUELA
Faculty