ASSIGNMENT 1

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HMEF 5113
STATISTICS FOR EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH
SEPTEMBER SEMESTER 2019

SPECIFIC INSTRUCTION

1. Answer in English or Bahasa Malaysia.

2. Number of words : 3000 – 5000 words excluding references.

3. Submit your assignment ONCE only in a MULTIPLE file.

4. Submit your assignment ONLINE.

5. Submission date : 9 December 2019 until 16 December 2019

6. This assignment accounts for 50% of the total marks for the course.

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 ASSIGNMENT QUESTION

OBJECTIVES:

The objective of this assignment is to enable you to develop knowledge and skills in the
following areas of competency:

i. understand SPSS Statistics data file structure for exploratory data analysis procedures;
and

ii. prepare the SPSS Statistics data file for descriptive data analysis.

INSTRUCTIONS:

Answer all questions in this assignment. Read up the HMEF5113 module and the
recommended books on statistical analysis and SPSS Statistics.

You must submit this assignment in MS Word file via myINSPIRE together with your SPSS
Statistics Data file and SPSS Statistics Viewer file (SPSS output file). Save your assignment
under your name (e.g. Fatimah Assignment 1.docx for MS Word file, Fatimah Assignment
1.sav for SPSS Data file and Fatimah Assignment 1.spv for SPSS Viewer file). See further
instructions on the submission of your assignment under “Notes” below.

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ASSIGNMENT QUESTION:

HMEF5113 Dataset for Assignments 1 & 2 September 2019.sav was extracted from a school
leadership survey. The questionnaire for this survey comprised 6 constructs: Construct 1:
Demographic information; Construct 2: Principal-teacher relationship; Construct 3:
Leadership styles; Construct 4: Organisational climate; Construct 5: Motivation level; and
Construct 6: Communication with teachers.

The questionnaire was administered to 120 teachers using a 5-point Likert scale with 1.
corresponding to Strongly Disagree, 2. Disagree, 3. Neither Agree Nor Disagree, 4. Agree,
and 5. Strongly Agree.

Study this dataset carefully and answer the following questions:

a. Run a frequency count of the following demographic variables: i. Construct1_Schools

(Schools which participated in the survey), and ii. Construct1_Type_of_School
(Classification by Public School and Private School). Generate the frequency tables
and bar charts to show the distribution by Construct1_Schools and
Construct1_Type_of_School. Describe the frequency distribution output.
[8 marks]

b. What is random sampling? Using the HMEF5113 Dataset for Assignments 1 & 2
SEPTEMBER 2019.sav, create a random sample comprising 30 cases or respondents
from the 120 teachers who participated in the survey. Run the frequency procedure
to show the output using the Construct1_Schools variable.
[3 marks]
c. Using the Construct1_Age variable, create an ordinal-type variable with the following
age categories: i. 20 years and below, ii. 21 to 40 years, iii. 41 to 60 years, and 4. 61
years and above. Show a frequency distribution table of the newly created ordinal-
type Age Category variable. Describe the frequency distribution table.
[5 marks]

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d. Using the Construct1_Age variable of teachers who participated in the survey,
compute the following measures of central tendency: i. Mean, ii. Median, iii. Mode
and the measures of dispersion comprising i. Range, ii. Variance, and iii. Standard
deviation. Describe the output for measures of central tendency and measures of
dispersion.
[4 marks]

e. Run a cross tabulation between the Construct1_Schools variable and the Age
Category variable (new variable created under section c. above). Describe the cross
tabulation findings.
[3 marks]

f. Run an exploratory data analysis of Construct5 (Motivation level) variable by

Construct1_Type_of_School (Classification by Public School and Private School).
Describe the exploratory data analysis output.
[20 marks]

g. Describe how you would go about addressing missing values in a dataset when
respondents failed to fill-up their responses.
[3 marks]

h. Discuss the differences between dependent variable and independent variable in

statistical analysis.
[4 marks]

(TOTAL: 50 MARKS)

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ASSIGNMENT FORMAT:

a. Use double space and 12-point of Times New Roman font.

b. The assignment should contain all the answers to the questions and task
c. Provide reference using the American Psychological Association (APA) format
d. References should be latest (year 2008 onwards)

Notes:
 Assignments should be submitted by 4 November 2019 until 18 November 2019.
 You MUST submit a softcopy of your assignment online through myINSPIRE.