STATISTICAL METHODS IN

EDUCATION

PDE 110

GROUP ASSIGNMENT

GROUP 4

28TH November, 2020

 GROUP MEMBERS
NAME REG. NO.

KAMALUDEEN IBRAHIM NTI/PGDE/2020/883

ABUBAKAR HASSAN NTI/PGDE/2020/11090

SULEMAN BILYAMINU NTI/PGDE/2020/9438

AMINU YUSUF SANI NTI/PGDE/2020/3256

JULIET ANULIKA NWEZE NTI/PGDE/2020/581

ZAINAB HASSAN NTI/PGDE/2020/2397

AISHA RABIU NTI/PGDE/2020/969

NURUDEEN MUDASHIRU ADEMOLA NTI/PGDE/2020/7374

ADEDOYIN ABDULLATEEF ODUNAYO NTI/PGDE/2020/070

NURUDEEN MUSTAPHA NTI/PGDE/2020/8084

MUHAMMAD TANGBO MUHAMMAD NTI/PGDE/2020/7620

HAPPINESS PAUL BABANGIDA NTI/PGDE/2020/512

IBRAHIM ROFIAT ADEKUBI NTI/PGDE/2020/

SEKINAT BIDEMI ABUBAKAR NTI/PGDE/2020/7570

ADAM IDRIS ABUBAKAR NTI/PGDE/2020/9866

BASHIRAT MOHAMMED JAMIU NTI/PGDE/2020

BINTA MUHAMMAD SANI NTI/PGDE/2020/4287

GARBA AHMED YUSUF NTI/PGDE/2020/10908

 UNIT 4 ACTIVITIES
1. Compute the Standard deviation of the following scores of 20 students.
Group the data using an interval of 5.
80 73 69 65
76 72 69 62
74 72 69 62
74 72 68 60
73 70 66 56
2. Calculate all the measures of variability discussed above for the following
distribution; 30, 28, 25, 23, 21, 20, 18, 17, 15, 14, 19, 18, 16, 14, 10.
3. Given the distribution of scores below.
Group 1-5 6-10 11-15 16-20 21-25 26-30 31-35 36-40 41-45
Freq. 2 4 7 12 15 12 7 4 2

1. Convert (i) 38 and (ii) 7 to Z - scores.

2. Convert (i) 41 and (ii) 18 to T – scores.

Solutions
1.
Class Class F FX (X - 𝑋) (X − 𝑋) F(X − 𝑋)
Interval Mark
X
56 – 60 58 2 116 -11 121 242
61 – 65 63 3 189 -6 36 108
66 – 70 68 6 408 -1 1 6
71 - 75 73 7 511 4 16 112
76 - 80 78 2 156 9 81 162
Total 20 1380 630
 ∑
𝑋= ∑
= = 69

∑ ( )
SD = ∑
= = √31.5 = 5.61

2.
Class F FX (X - 𝑋) (X − 𝑋) F(X − 𝑋)
Mark
X
10 1 10 -9.2 84.64 84.64
14 2 28 -5.2 27.04 54.08
15 1 15 -4.2 17.64 17.64
16 1 16 -3.2 10.24 10.24
17 1 17 -2.2 4.84 4.84
18 2 36 -1.2 1.44 2.88
19 1 19 -0.2 0.04 0.04
20 1 20 0.8 0.64 0.64
21 1 21 1.8 3.24 3.24
23 1 23 3.8 14.44 14.44
25 1 25 5.8 33.64 33.64
28 1 28 8.8 77.44 77.44
30 1 30 10.8 116.64 116.64
Total 15 288 420.4

Range = Highest value – Lowest value

Range = 30 – 10
Range = 20

Quartile Deviation – Rearranging the data in ascending order, we have

10, 14, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 18, 19, 20, 21, 23, 25, 28, 30
𝑄 = 10, 14, 14, 15.
𝑄 = 16, 17, 18, 18.
𝑄 = 19, 20, 21, 23.
𝑄 = 25, 28, 30.

QD = = =4

Mean Absolute Deviation

∑
Mean = 𝑋 = ∑
= = 19.2

∑ .
MD = ∑
= = 4.24

∑ ( ) .
Variance, 𝜕 = ∑
= = 28.0267 ≅ 28.03

Standard Deviation, SD = √Variance = √28.0267 = 5.294 ≅ 5.29

3.
Group F X FX (X - 𝑋) (X − 𝑋) F(X − 𝑋)
1-5 2 3 6 -20 400 800
6-10 4 8 32 -15 225 900
11-15 7 13 91 -10 100 700
16-20 12 18 216 -5 25 300
21-25 15 23 345 0 0 0
26-30 12 28 336 5 25 300
31-35 7 33 231 10 100 700
36-40 4 38 152 15 225 900
41-45 2 43 86 20 400 800
Total 65 1495 5400
 ∑
𝑋= ∑
= = 23

∑ ( )
S= ∑
= = √83.0769 = 9.1147 ≅ 9.12

( )
(a)(i) Z = = = 1.65
.

( )
(ii) Z = = = -1.75
.

( )
(b)(i) T = 10Z + 50 i.e X = 41, Z = = = 1.97
.

Since Z = 1.97
Then, T = 10 (1.97) + 50
T =69.7

( )
(ii) T = 10Z + 50 i.e. X = 18, Z = = = -0.55
.

Since Z = -0.55
Then, T = 10 (-0.55) + 50
T = 44.5