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JIGJIGA UNIVERSITY
COLLEGE OF EDUCATION & BEHAVIORAL STUDIES
School of Psychology Worksheet II/ Group Assignment II - Statistical Methods in Psychology/Education Max. Marks: 10 Max. number of students in a group is three and last date for submission will be Nov. 15 /2023 Part I. Short answer items (7 marks) 1. What do you understand by the term “measures of central Tendency” Point out the most common measures of central tendency? 2. Explain properties of Arithmetic mean as a measure of central tendency. 3. Define frequency Distribution 4. In the situations described below, what measures of central tendency would you like to compute? A. The average achievement of a group B. The most popular fashion of the day. C. Determining the mid-point of the scores of a group in an entrance examination. 5. Point out the various methods utilized for graphic representations of data (frequency Distribution). Discuss them in brief. 6. Explain Coefficient of Variation 7. What are the different measures of dispersion? Discuss them in brief
Part II. Work Out Items (8 Marks) Note: Answer all 6
questions by showing all the necessary steps clearly and neatly.
1. Tabulate the following 40 students’ achievement test with 7
classes (the no of class desired is 7) 32 78 27 65 88 83 63 52 86 70 42 66 56 44 63 59 73 52 43 69 59 46 71 65 42 55 39 70 57 49 78 70 34 61 62 77 81 72 79 69
2. Compute the Mean, Median, Mode and standard Deviation
for Question number of 1(for the constructed Frequency distribution table) 3. Draw a pie diagram for the following frequency distribution of blood groups in a sample. Blood groups: O A B AB Total Frequencies : 258 172 387 43 860 4. Draw the histogram and a frequency Polygon for the following frequency distribution of body weights (kg)in a sample. Class intervals: 41-45 46-50 51-55 56-60 61-65 66-70 71-75 Frequencies : 4 9 17 25 15 8 2 5. Find the Median for the following value: 8, 3, 10, 5, 2, 11, 14, 12 6. Two plants C and D of a factory show the following results about the number of workers and the wages paid to them.
No. of workers 5000 6000
Average monthly wages $2500 $2500
Standard deviation 9 10 Using coefficient of variation formulas, find in which plant, C or D is there greater variability in individual wages.
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