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:2010

KENYATTA UNIVERSITY
UNIVERSITY EXAMINATIONS 2009/2010
INSTITUTIONAL SCHOOL BASED PROGRAMME (IBP)
EXAMINATION FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF EDUCATION
(EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION)

ECE 209: STATISTICS, TESTS AND MEASUREMENT

DATE: Friday
30th April 2010

TIME: 11.00a.m – 1.00p.m

INSTRUCTIONS:
Answer all questions in section A and any two in section B
Section A: Answer all questions in this section (30marks)
1.
A pupil obtained 65 marks in English and 95 marks in Science. Given the mean and standard deviation for English as 50 and 10 respectively and those for Science as 80 and 20 respectively, in what subject did this pupil perform better. Briefly explain your answer. [6marks]

2.
Briefly explain why it is important for teachers to learn educational statistics. [6marks]

3.
Briefly describe three uses of Evaluation in Early childhood, citing one relevant example for each. [6marks]

4.
a)
State and briefly describe the characteristics of a good instructional objective for learners in Early childhood. [5marks]
b)
Write an example of a well-written instructional objective for preschoolers in any activity area. [1mark]

5.
Calculate the mode and the median for the following score distribution 4, 5, 6, 7, 7, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, [6marks]

Section B: Answer any two questions in this section
6.
Suppose you have been called upon to develop and oversee the administration of a reading test for 6-year olds. Explain fully the measures you would take to ensure that the test is reliable and valid. [20marks]

7.
The child-adult interaction scores of the caregivers of some fifteen children and the respective vocabulary scores for these children are shown below: Child-Caregiver

Child
Interaction Score
Child’s vocabulary
1 30
24
2 28
28
3 26
20
4 24
16
5 22
24
6 22
18
7 22
24
8 20
16
9 20
20
10 20
18
11 18
16
12 18
14
13 16
14
14 14
16
15 14
12

a)
Calculate the Mean Scores for the adult-child interaction and the children’s vocabulary. [4marks]
b)
Calculate the Spearman’s Correlation coefficient for the relationship between the child-caregiver interaction and children’s vocabulary. [12marks]
c)
Discuss the relationship between child-adult interactions and children’s vocabulary development. [2marks]
d)
What advice would you give to caregivers? [2marks]

8.
Convert the following raw scores to stanines and explain how you would grade
the scores. 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18. 19, 20
[20marks]

9.
For the following frequency distribution:
Score
Frequency

20 3

19 4

18 3

17 4

16 3

15 4

14 3

13 4

12 3

11 4

10 3
a)
Calculate the mean using an assumed mean of 17. [8marks]
b)
The standard deviation using the raw scores formula. [12marks]

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