Syllabus
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Course Code: MAEd 105 Course Name: Methods of data Analysis in Education (Part One) |
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| MODULE NO / UNIT | COURSE SYLLABUS CONTENTS OF MODULE | NOTES |
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| 1 | 1. Nature of EducationalData (a) Quantitative and qualitative, Scales of measurement, Descriptive and Inferential statistics (b) Organization and graphical representation of data: frequency distribution, frequency polygon, histogram, ogive, smoothed frequencypolygon. (c) Measures of Central Tendency: Concept, characteristics, computation and uses of Mean, Median,Mode. |
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| 2 | Measures of Dispersion: Concept, characteristics, computation and uses of Range, Quartile Deviation, Average Deviation, Standard Deviation andVariance. 3. Measure of Relative Position: Percentiles and PercentileRanks. |
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| 3 | 4. Non-parametric Tests: Meaning, assumptions, computation and usesof: (a) Chi-square tests of equality and independence, setting up cross breaks for contingencytable. (b) Sign test: - Concept, Assumptions, Computation &uses. |
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| 4 | 1. Normal Probability Curve: Meaning,significance, (a) Characteristics andapplications (b) Skewness andKurtosis. |
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