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This document is an examination for a Bachelor's degree in EPSC 123: Statistical Methods in Education. It contains 4 questions assessing various statistical concepts and calculations. Question 1 defines key terms, discusses errors in hypothesis testing, and calculates measures of central tendency and variability for a data set. Question 2 describes hypothesis testing steps and calculates Spearman's rank correlation coefficient. Question 3 draws a frequency distribution and calculates measures of central tendency and variability. Question 4 differentiates statistical terms and calculates probabilities for an archery game scenario.

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Epsc 123

This document is an examination for a Bachelor's degree in EPSC 123: Statistical Methods in Education. It contains 4 questions assessing various statistical concepts and calculations. Question 1 defines key terms, discusses errors in hypothesis testing, and calculates measures of central tendency and variability for a data set. Question 2 describes hypothesis testing steps and calculates Spearman's rank correlation coefficient. Question 3 draws a frequency distribution and calculates measures of central tendency and variability. Question 4 differentiates statistical terms and calculates probabilities for an archery game scenario.

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EPSC 123

CHUKA UNIVERSITY

UNIVERSITY EXAMINATIONS

EXAMINATION FOR THE AWARD DEGREE OF


BACHELOR

EPSC 123: STATISTICAL METHODS IN EDUCATION

STREAMS: EDCI TIME: 2 HOURS

DAY/DATE: MONDAY 20/04/2020 2.30 P.M - 4.30 P.M.

INSTRUCTIONS:

▪ Answer Question One and any other Two.


▪ Do not write on the Question paper.

QUESTION ONE
1.(a) Define the following concepts.

(i) Parametric statistics


(ii) Non parametric statistics
(iii) Variable
(iv) Data
(v) Sample [10 Marks]

(b) Discuss two types of errors in hypothesis testing. [6 Marks]

(c) list the importance of statistical methods in Education [6 Marks]

(d) Given the following set of data 67, 58,54,73,56,48,51,62

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Compute;
(i) Mean [2 Marks]

(ii) Median [1 Mark]

(iii) Variance [3 Marks]

(iv) Standard deviation [2 Marks]

QUESTION TWO
(a) Describe the steps taken in hypothesis testing. [10 Marks]
(b) The following data presents the results of ten students ranking in mock and final
examination.

Student A B C D E F G H I J
Mock 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Final Exam 2 4 6 8 1 5 3 9 7 10

(a) Compute the spearman’s who rank order correlation coefficient. [8 Marks]

(b) What conclusion can be drawn from the two sets of results. [2Marks]

QUESTION THREE
Given the following scores of mathematics examination results.

82 72 57 85 46 67 71 52
75 86 65 82 62 55 93 67
41 95 52 73 78 62 92 66

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(a) Draw a frequency distribution table using class intervals 41-50, 51-60 etc. [4 Marks]

(i) Commute Modal class [1 Mark]

(ii) Median [4 Marks]

(iii) Mean [4 Marks]

(iv) Variance [4 Marks]

(v) Standard deviation [2 Marks]

(vi) Range [1 Mark]

QUESTION FOUR
(a) Differentiate between the terms mutually exclusive and mutually inclusive events.
[4 Marks]
(b) A bay contains 3 black balls, 4 white balls and some yellow balls. If a white ball is
picked at random, the probability that it is black is ¼. Find the total number of balls in
the bag. [4 Marks]
(c) Ken, John and Mary were playing a game of archery. The probability of Ken, John and
Mary lifting the larger were 2/3 1/2 and 3/7 respectively. Find the probabilities that:
(i) Only one hits the target [3 Marks]

(ii) All the three hits the target [3 Marks]

(iii) None of them hits the target [3 Marks]

(iv) At least one hits the target. [ 3 Marks]


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