1. The most common uses of regression analysis in health sciences research which was not true? a. b. c. d.

to describe the relation between variables to adjust or control for confounding variables to predict the value of response variable for the given value of exposure variable to study the causal relationship between the variables

2. A group of young men and women were screened for various cardiovascular risk factors. Those diagnosed as hypertensive were re-examined at a follow-up examination 6 weeks later. It was found that the mean blood pressure had decreased by 10 mmHg at the follow up examination.the most likely explanation for most of the decrease is a . the observers were better trained for the second examination b. observer bias c.they were more relaxed for the second examination d. regression toward the mean 3. The correlation between two continuous variables (r,pearson correlation)measures a.the extend to which they are clustered b. the strength of the linear relationship c. the non linear relationship d. how causally related 4. In a case-control study of risk factors for schizophrenia, genetic factors were present in 15 of 100 cases and 10 of 200 controls. The odds ratio for exposure is a.15/100 c. 85/100 b. (15/100) / (10/200) d. (15/85) / (10/190)

5. A cohort study was conducted to find the relation ship between birth weight and respiratory disease. A total of 400 low birth weight babies were compared against a total of 400 healthy babies. Over 15 year period of follow-up, 80 of 400 low birth weight had respiratory disease.20 of 400 healthy babies had respiratory disease. The relative risk is a. 3 c. 4 b. 2 d. 5

6. A trial is considered double blinded when the a. b. c. d. patient and investigators are blinded patient and outcome assessors are blinded investigators and outcome assessors are blinded patient investigators and outcome assessors are blinded

7. Which of the following is not called as dependent variable? a . response variable b. concomitant variable c. outcome variable e. criterion variable 8. Harvard and Vancouver are two major styles of a. b. c. d. Referencing Indexing Report writing Documenting

9. If 1000 participants per treatment group are required to detect an absolute difference of 4.8%, how many per treatment group would be required to detect a 2.4% difference a. 4000 c. 1000 b. 2000 d. 500

10. The cut-off researcher uses to reject the null hypothesis is called a. significance level c. alpha level b. probability value d. all of the above