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The document describes analyzing student test score data from three sections. Various tables and graphs show the distribution of scores for each section: - A frequency table shows the distribution of reading test scores for 50 students, including class intervals, frequencies, cumulative frequencies, and percentages. The distribution is symmetrical. - Figures show the distribution of scores for each section. Section C had the highest average and section B the lowest. The spread of scores was greatest for section C and closest to the average for section A. - Another figure depicts the shape of score distributions for each section in terms of tails and concentration around the mean. Section C had more high scores, section A more low scores. Section B would make the

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Module 7

The document describes analyzing student test score data from three sections. Various tables and graphs show the distribution of scores for each section: - A frequency table shows the distribution of reading test scores for 50 students, including class intervals, frequencies, cumulative frequencies, and percentages. The distribution is symmetrical. - Figures show the distribution of scores for each section. Section C had the highest average and section B the lowest. The spread of scores was greatest for section C and closest to the average for section A. - Another figure depicts the shape of score distributions for each section in terms of tails and concentration around the mean. Section C had more high scores, section A more low scores. Section B would make the

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MODULE 7

DEVELOP

At this point, let us see how well you understood what have been presented in the preceding
sections.
1. Consider the table showing the results of a reading examination of set of students.

Frequency Distribution of Scores in Mid-Term Examination in Reading


Class Interval Midpoint f Cumulative Cumulative
Frequency Percentage
140-144 142 2 50 100%
135-139 137 7 48 96%
130-134 132 9 41 82%
125-129 127 14 32 64%
120-124 122 10 18 36%
115-119 177 6 8 16%
110-114 112 2 2 4%
N = 50

a. What is being described in the table?


 It describes the frequency distribution of the student’s tests scores for the
midterm
examination in reading.

b. How many students are there in the class?


 50

c. What is the class width?


 5
d. How did we get the midpoints from the given class interval?
 By getting the sum of the lower limit and upper limit of a class and
dividing them by 2.

e. What is the lower limit of the class with the highest frequency?
 125

f. What is the upper limit of the class with the lowest frequency?
 114 and 144

g. The entry in the lowest class interval of the 4th column is done for you. From the lower-
class interval, can you fill up the remaining blanks upward? How did you do it?
 By adding the first entry at the bottom of cumulative frequency column
which is “2” to the next frequency value from the bottom to top. Hence,
2+6 = 8; 8+10 = 18; 18+14 = 32; 32+9 = 41; 41+7 = 48; 48+2 = 50.
h. Look at the entire column on cumulative frequency. What is the cumulative frequency of
the highest-class interval? How do you compare this cumulative frequency with the
number of students who took the test?
 The cumulative frequency of the highest-class interval is 50 which is equal
to the total frequency or the number of students who took the test.

i. The last column is labeled cumulative percentage. What should be the first entry at the
bottom of the column? How did you determine it? Can you fill up the entire column with
the right percentage? How do you do these in two ways? Which is the easy way?
 The first entry should be 4. To determine the cumulative percentage,
divide the cumulative frequency by the total number of frequencies then
multiplies the result by 100.

What is the cumulative percentage of the highest-class interval?

j. Take a look at the values in the table, in particular, the frequency column. What type of
distribution (positively skewed, negatively skewed, symmetrical) is depicted by the given
values? Why do you say so?
 The type of distribution is Symmetrical. As shown in the table above and
through frequency polygon graph, it does not look like a positively and
negatively skewed distribution since it is not leaning towards left or right
and its median is on the center (class interval 125-129).

k. What type of graph is most appropriate for this frequency table?


 The most appropriate graph to present the test scores is the frequency
polygon graph.

2. Analyze the figures in the succeeding pages and answer the questions that pertain to each
graph.
For Figure 7.15

a. What is the shape of the frequency distributions as to symmetry?


 Symmetrical

b. What is the estimated value of the highest score in each distribution? What does this
value indicate?
 Section A = 175, Section B = 140, Section C = 200

c. Which section got the highest average? Which section got the lowest?
 Section C got the highest average. Section B got the lowest.
For Figure 7.16
a. If the center dotted line is taken as the average, how do you compare the average of the
three frequency distributions?
 Section A has the highest point, which means it has the greatest average,
followed by Section B and Section C which got the least average.

b. In what aspects do the three distributions differ?


 They differ based on how high or peaked their distribution is.

c. Imagine Xs place inside each of the three curves, where X represents a score. How do
you compare the spread of the scores in the three frequency distributions from its
respective average?
 For section A, the scores are not that spread out since most of the students
got an average score. For section B, the spread of the scores is a bit wider
than section A. For section C, the scores are spread mostly.

d. In which section did the scores spread most?


 Section C

e. Which section has scores closest to the average?


 Section A
For Figure 7.17
a. What are being depicted in the three frequency distributions?
 The three frequency distributions depict the shape of the date distributions
in terms of the tails, identifying whether the data is more concentrated
around the mean, has heavier tails or has lighter tails.

b. Which section has more students who got high scores?


 Section c

c. Which section has more students who got low scores?


 Section A

d. If you are the teacher who handled the three sections, and everything was held constant in
handling the three classes, whose performance will you be most happy with? Why?
 The section B because in kurtosis distribution of data, section B is the
mesokurtic meaning it has a normal distribution.

Now, to further see how well you were able to comprehend all the topics discussed earlier, fill in
the answers to each box in

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