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FINAL EXAMINATION
SEPTEMBER 2017 SEMESTER
SUBJECT CODE : ESE633
SUBJECT NAME : STATISTICS IN EDUCATION
LEVEL : MASTER'S DEGREE
TIME / DURATION : 3,00 PM-6.00 PM
(3 HOURS)
DATE = 5 JANUARY 2018
INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES
1, Please read the instructions given in the question paper CAREFULLY.
2. This question paper is printed on both sides of the paper.
3. This question paper consists of SEVEN (7) questions.
4. Answer ALL questions.
5. Please write your answers in the answer booklet provided.
‘THERE ARE SEVEN (7) PAGES OF QUESTIONS, EXCLUDING THIS PAGE,CONFIDENTIAL,
(Total: 40 marks)
INSTRUCTIONS: Answer ALL questions.
Please use the answer booklet provided.
[Jawab SEMUA Soalan]
Question 1
‘a. What is the difference between descriptive and inferential statistics in education?
b. Whatis the difference between a dependent and independent variable?
[a. Apakah perbezaan antara statistik deskriptif dan statistik inferensi dalam pendidikan?
. Apakah perbezaan antara variabel bergantung dan variabel bebas?]
[TOTAL: 5 marks]
Question 2
Explain the meaning of the TWO (2) graphs below.
[elaskan maksud DUA (2) graf berikut.)
(i) (ii)
Height : ii
Iketinggian] : oh
Income "ee
[Pendapatan] Height
[Ketinggian}
[TOTAL: 4 marks]
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Question 3
A survey was conducted to determine the amount of time Malaysians of different
professions spent time using the internet and the findings are reported in the table below:
[Satu survey dijalankan untuk menentukan jumlah masa yang digunakan untuk internet
ssetiap hari oleh orang Malaysia berlainan profesion dan dapatan kajian ditunjukkan dalam
Jadual di bawah:]
Professions | Amount of hours spent surfing the
[Profesion] internet per day
| (Jumiah jam melayarl internet sehari)
Mean | _ Std.
N_ |Hours | Deviation | Std. Error
Lawyers (Peguam) 35 | 1.35 | 1.05 0.18
Engineers (Jurutera) | 26 | 184 | 1.08 0.21
|“ Tecturers (Pensyarah) [13 [383 | 072 | 020
‘Accountants (Akauntan) | 16 | 208 | 0.91 0.23 |
a. Describe the data shown in the table above.
[Huraikan data yang ditunjukkan di atas.]
[2 marks]
b. Based on the table above, write one suitable null and one altemate hypothesis
for the study.
[Berdaserkan data dalam jadual di atas, tulis satu hipotesis null dan satu
hipotesis alternatif.)
[2 marks]
[TOTAL: 4 marks}
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