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Tps 201: Tests And Measurements Question Paper

Tps 201: Tests And Measurements

Course:Bachelor Of Education

Institution: South Eastern Kenya University question papers

Exam Year:2017

SOUTH EASTERN KENYA UNIVERSITY
UNIVERSITY EXAMINATIONS 2016/2017

FIRST SEMESTER EXAMINATION FOR THE DEGREE OF
BACHELOR OF EDUCATION

TPS 201: TESTS AND MEASUREMENTS

29TH NOVEMBER, 2016 TIME: 8.00-10.00 A.M

Instructions
Answer question one and any other two questions
1. a. Define the following terms as used in statistics (4 marks)

i. Statistics
ii. Normalized scores
b) Discuss the four levels of measurements (4 marks)
c) Given below is a set of scores for ten standard three pupils obtained on reading and
spelling tests

Pupil A B C D E F G H I J
Reading test 11 5 8 14 10 14 7 15 11 5
Spelling test 7 5 10 13 11 9 6 10 11 8

(i) Calculate the Pearson product moment correlation coefficient rxy for the above data
(8 marks
(ii) Comment on the answer above (3 marks)
(iii) Compute the spearman rank order correlation coefficient rs for the above data
(8 marks)
(iv) Comment on the answer above(3 marks)

Question 2

a) The following data was observed and required to establish if there exists a relationship
between English(x) and Mathematics (y).

X 15 24 25 30 35 40 45 65 70 75
Y 16 45 50 35 42 46 28 20 22 15
Compute the product movement coefficient of correlation(y) (10 marks)

b.In a beauty competition 2 assessors were asked to rank the ten contestants using the
professional assessment skills. The results obtained were given as shown in the table
below:

Contestants 1st Assessor 2nd Assessor
A 6 5
B 1 3
C 3 4
D 7 6
E 8 7
F 2 1
G 4 8
H 5 2
I 10 9
J 9 10
Calculate the spearman rank order correlation coefficient (10 marks)

Question 3
Explain what a classroom teacher should do before administering a test (20 marks)

Question 4
Explain the following types of evaluation (20 marks)
(i) Placement evaluation
(ii) Formative Evaluation
(iii)Summative Evaluation
(v) Diagnostic evaluation
Question 5
5. Explain any four functions of evaluation in the field of education (20 marks)

Tps 201: Tests And Measurements question paper

Tps 201: Tests And Measurements Question Paper

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