Statistics, Tests And Measurement Question Paper

Statistics, Tests And Measurement

Course:Bachelor Of Education In Early Childhood Education

Institution: Kenyatta University question papers

Exam Year:2007

KENYATTA UNIVERSITY
UNIVERSITY EXAMINATIONS 2007/2008
FIRST SEMESTER EXAMINATION FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF
EDUCATION (CHILDHOOD EDUCATION)
ECE 209: STATISTICS, TESTS AND MEASUREMENT
DATE: TUESDAY 27TH NOVEMBER 2007
TIME: 11.00 A.M. -1.00 P.M.
INSTRUCTIONS:
Answer all the questions in Section A and any two in Section B.
SECTION A: Answer all the questions in this section. (30 marks)
1.
The standard deviations for a Maths and English test are 10 and 25 respectively. What can you say about the pupils performance in these two subjects? (4 marks)
2.
Briefly describe three uses of Evaluation in Early Childhood citing one relevant example for each. (6 marks)
3.
Briefly describe three characteristics of young children that are important in the developmental assessment of children (6 marks)
4.
Briefly describe the three categories of Bloom's taxonomy of educational objectives, citing one relevant example, for each, that is appropriate for Early Childhood. (6 marks)

5.
Define each of the following terms:
a)
Discrete variable
(2 marks)
b)
Estimation
(2 marks)

6.
State two things that one should consider when writing instructional objectives. Give an example of a well-written instructional objective for preschoolers in any activity area. (4 marks)

SECTION B: Answer any two questions in this section. (40 marks).
7.
Reliability and validity are very important test characteristics. Suppose you have been called upon to develop and oversee the administration of a reading test for 5-6 year olds: Explain fully the measures you would take to ensure that the test is reliable and valid. (20 marks)

8.
For the following marks:
20,
10,
19,
11,
18,
20,
10,
12,
11,
15,
13,
14,
16,
17,
18,
16,
10,
20,
19,
19,
11,
11,
16
17,
12,
17,
12,
13,
14,
13,
17,
15,
19,
15,
15
18,
14,
13.
Calculate
a)
The mode
(2 marks)
b)
The median
(4 marks)
c)
The mean using the "assumed mean method".
(7 marks)
d)
The variance
(7 marks)

9.
a)
A class of 8 students obtained the following scores in two subjects, English and Kiswahili.
Pupil
English
Kiswahili
1
80
120
2
10
15
3
20
30
4
70
105
5
30
45
6
60
90
7
40
60
8
50
75

a)
Calculate the spearman rank order correlation coefficient between English and Kiswahili. (16 marks)
b)
Comment on the coefficient obtained in 9(a) above. (4 marks)

10.
a)
Calculate the standard deviations of the following groups of pupils using the raw scores method. 10 marks)
Group A
Group B
12
21
11
16
10
13
9
11
9
11
9
10
8
7
8
5
7
4
7
2
b)
Explain how you would organize each of the two groups of children for
effective teaching. (4 marks)
c)
In a certain test, the score distribution had a mean of 50 and a standard
deviation of 15. Three pupils obtained the following marks.
Pupil
Marks
1
95
2
80
3
20
What were their equivalent Z-scores? (6 marks)

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