Crude birth rate is crude because: MCQ with Answer and Explanation

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Crude birth rate is crude because:

A. It uses only male births

B. It is based on sample

C. It does not account for age-sex composition of the population

D. It is always wrong

Answer: Option C

Solution (By JKSSB Mock Tests)

The denominator is total population, not the population at risk (women 15-49).

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In attribute theory, the formula N = (A) + (α) represents:

A. Zero order consistency

B. Yule's coefficient

C. First order frequencies summing to the universe

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Correct Answer: Option C

Explanation:
The total population N is divided completely between those possessing the attribute (A) and those not possessing it (α).

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When data are classified according to time, it is called:

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C. Quantitative classification

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Correct Answer: Option B

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Chronological classification arranges data by time periods.

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A researcher is interested in the effect of a new drug. She selects 50 patients randomly from a hospital list. The list is the:

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Correct Answer: Option B

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The hospital list is the sampling frame from which the sample is drawn.

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