EDU515 – Measurement

and Metrics
Unit 5 Case Study
Due: 11:59pm EST on Sunday at the end of Unit 5
Points: 20

Name:  Bridget Sandoval

Instructor: Dr. C
Mod: EDU 515 Measurement and Metrics

Overview:

This is the second set of Case Study Exercises (CSEs). These exercises are provided to assess your
skills and to provide an opportunity to ensure mastery of the content. They should not be attempted until
you have read the assigned readings and reviewed the course presentations for Unit 5. When you are
ready, please submit the CSEs for review. When you receive your feedback, if everything is correct, you
are ready for the Application Quiz #3 in Unit 7! If there are errors, you will be provided with feedback and
the opportunity to resubmit the CSEs. No partial credit is applied to the CSEs. Provided that the CSEs
were submitted by the unit deadline, the 20 points will be awarded once you have successfully
completed the entire exercise. You may retry it as often as necessary until you have strengthened your
skills. Since there is a developmental sequence to the acquisition of measurement skills, you must be
proficient at each level before continuing to the next unit.

Questions:

Please answer the questions by typing your responses after each question.  Save the file when
you are finished and submit it using the assignment link in Unit 5.

1. The coordinator for the Student Support Program administered a standardized, norm-referenced
assessment to students who attend a study skills program in the center.  Higher scores reflect
strong study skills, while low scores reflect weak skills.  She needs to prepare a report that
describes the performance of five students who are being considered for an experimental work-
study program.  She presents you with her distribution of the test scores.  

Score (X) f cf cf %
Name
Sheldon 56 1 25 100%
Robin 55 1 24 96%
Lily 53 1 23 92%
Penny
50 2 22 88%
Barney
Tracy
49 2 20 80%
Leonard
Marshal 48 1 18 72%
Ted
45 2 17 68%
Leslie
Howard 44 1 15 60%
Amy
Bernadette 43 3 14 56%
Stuart
Michael 40 1 11 44%
Pam
39 2 10 40%
Dwight
Jim 38 1 8 32%
Andy 36 1 7 28%
Erin 35 1 6 24%
Ryan 33 1 5 20%
Angela 32 1 4 16%
Kristen 29 1 3 12%
Meredith
28 2 2 8%
Toby

Refer to the information in Unit 5 and describe the performance for the five students based on the cf %
above.

Bernadette: Bernadette scored better than 56%. This tells me that Bernadette’s score typical/average.
Toby: Toby scored better than 8%. This tells me that Toby’s score is worse/ bellow average.
Leonard: Leonard scored better than 80%. This tells me that Leondard is typical/average.
Sheldon: Sheldon scored better than 100%. This tells me that Sheldon is Really better/way above
average.
Angela: Angela scored better than 16%. This tells me that Angela is ypical/average.

2. You’ve agreed to take a part-time evening position tutoring students at the local Sylvania
Learning Center. The center has gathered assessment information from the students’ schools
regarding their reading, writing, and math performance. You need to review the results and
determine which students need to be tutored in which subject areas. Using the data below decide
which students are below average in each subject area.

Reading - %ile rank Writing - t score Math - z score

Paul 17 36 -0.6
Tamara 61 57 +0.4
Danielle 3 19 -0.8
Vivian 10 57 +1.6
Chris 58 49 -2.1
Yakima 37 41 -0.4
 Marnie 19 33 +.2
Jason 47 52 +2.3
Leon 92 19 -0.7
Russell 26 51 +1.2

Which students are below average in Reading? Vivian, Danielle

Which students are below average in Writing? Leon, Marnie, Danielle, Paul

Which students are below average in Math? Chris