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Exercise Statistical Estimation and Normal Distribution

The document presents a series of questions related to a public health research study on hypertension treatments, cholesterol estimation, smoking cessation, and heart rate distribution. It includes multiple-choice questions regarding study design, success rates, sample size calculations, confidence intervals, and statistical rules. The questions aim to assess understanding of public health research methodologies and statistical analysis.

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Exercise Statistical Estimation and Normal Distribution

The document presents a series of questions related to a public health research study on hypertension treatments, cholesterol estimation, smoking cessation, and heart rate distribution. It includes multiple-choice questions regarding study design, success rates, sample size calculations, confidence intervals, and statistical rules. The questions aim to assess understanding of public health research methodologies and statistical analysis.

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Q1) A public health researcher is investigating the effectiveness of two

treatments for hypertension. He selects 700 patient records from the past
ten years, documenting the type of treatment, patient characteristics, and blood
pressure outcomes. The two treatment methods being compared are
Medication A and Medication B. The number of patients who achieved
controlled blood pressure and the total number treated with each medication are
given below:

Treatment Patients with Total


Type Controlled BP Patients

Medication
320 360
A

Medication
250 340
B

What type of study design is being used?


A) Experimental Study
B) Cross-sectional Study
C) Retrospective Study
D) Prospective Study

Q2) What is the success rate (point estimate) for Medication A in


controlling blood pressure?
A) 0.72
B) 0.82
C) 0.89
D) 0.91

Q3) What is the overall pooled success rate for both treatments combined?
A) 0.72
B) 0.81
C) 0.85
D) 0.91

Q4) A public health officer wants to estimate the mean cholesterol level in a
population. It is known that the population mean is 190 mg/dL, with a
population standard deviation of 40 mg/dL. The researcher wants to ensure that
the margin of error does not exceed 6 mg/dL in the sample estimate.
How many subjects should be included in the study?
A) 3458
B) 171
C) 146
D) 158
Q5) A health officer enrols 60 patients in an educational program aimed at
helping them quit smoking. After six months, 48 patients successfully quit
smoking.
Find a 95% confidence interval for the proportion of all smokers who would
quit smoking after the education sessions.
A) (0.70, 0.90)
B) (0.60, 0.80)
C) (0.75, 0.85)
D) (0.65, 0.95)

Q6) The resting heart rate of healthy females follows a normal distribution
with a mean of 75 beats per minute (bpm) and a standard deviation of 4
bpm.
Using the empirical rule (68-95-99.7 rule), find the range in which 68% of
individuals' heart rates are expected to fall:
A) 71 bpm to 79 bpm
B) 60 bpm to 90 bpm
C) 65 bpm to 85 bpm
D) 80 bpm to 95 bpm

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