Chapter·BiostatisticsP-values and confidence intervals

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Group of 100 medical students took an end of the year exam. The mean score on the exam was 70%, with a standard deviation of 25%. The professor states that a student's score must be within the 95% confidence interval of the mean to pass the exam. Which of the following is the minimum score a student can have to pass the exam?

A45%

B63.75%

C67.5%

D20%

E65%

2

A surgeon is interested in studying how different surgical techniques impact the healing of tendon injuries. In particular, he will compare 3 different types of suture repairs biomechanically in order to determine the maximum load before failure of the tendon 2 weeks after repair. He collects data on maximum load for 90 different repaired tendons from an animal model. Thirty tendons were repaired using each of the different suture techniques. Which of the following statistical measures is most appropriate for analyzing the results of this study?

AChi-squared

BWilcoxon rank sum

CPearson r coefficient

DStudent t-test

EANOVA

3

An investigator is measuring the blood calcium level in a sample of female cross country runners and a control group of sedentary females. If she would like to compare the means of the two groups, which statistical test should she use?

AChi-square test

BLinear regression

Ct-test

DANOVA (Analysis of Variance)

EF-test

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