EDUC 222 (ASSESSMENT OF LEARNING)

MODULE 8: Statistics in Assessment of Learning

Name: Ureta, Maiden M.

Year/Course: BSED English II

LEARNING ACTIVITIES

I. Direction: Read the options and statements carefully and encircle the letter of your
answer.
1.Which is referred to as average of scores?
a. mean c. mode
b. median d. standard deviation

2. If scores are plotted in a histogram, which do you call that with the highest frequency?
a. mean c. mode
b. median d. standard deviation

3. Which is the midpoint of a score distribution?

a. mean c. mode
b. median d. standard deviation

4. Which does NOT belong?

a. mean c. mode
b. median d. standard deviation
5. Which is a measure of variability?
a. range c. mean
b. median d. mode

6. Which is a measure of dispersion?

a. mean c. mode
b. median d. variance

7. Which is a measure of the spread of scores?

a. mean c. standard deviation
b. mode d. median

8. You like to get a more reliable picture of the scores of your students in your Math class?
Which will you compute?
a. The mean c. The difficulty index
b. The mean and the SD d. The discrimination index

9. Here is a score distribution of a quiz with 10 as the highest possible score: 2,4,5,5,6,7,7,7,8,8.
What is the range?
a.2 c. 7
b.6 d. 8

10.Which score distribution do all teachers, parents and students wish?

a. negatively skewed c. positively skewed
b. bell curve d. That depends on the mean

11. If there is not real teaching and learning that take place, which score distribution is most
likely to come?
a. negatively skewed c. positively skewed
b. Bell curve d. That depends on the mean
12. Among the measures of central tendency, which is most affected by outliers?
a. mean c. mode
b. median d. range

13. If a score distribution has no outliers, which is most likely to be TRUE?

a. The scores may not be so varied.
b. The scores may be highly varied.
c. In this case, the median is the most reliable measure of central tendency.
d. In this case, the mode is the best measure of central tendency.

14. Which is the mean of the squared deviation from the mean?
a. variance c. standard deviation
b. range d. mean

5. Which is TRUE of scores that follow the normal distribution curve?

a. The mean, the median and mode are equal.
b. The median is higher than the mean.
c. The mean is higher than the median.
d. The mode is higher than the mean and the median.

16. If a score distribution has a standard deviation of zero, what does it mean?
a. most scores are zero
b. The scores are the same
c. Most scores are the same
d. Most scores are negative
For items 17-20, here is a set of scores: 1,2,3,4,5,6,7.
17. What is the mean? ___4____
18. What is the median? ___4____
19. What is the mode? _no mode_
20. What is the range? ___6___

21-25. A student has gotten the following grades on his tests: 87, 95, 76 and 88. He wants an
85 or better overall. What is the minimum grade he must get on the last test in order to achieve
that average? Show pertinent solutions.

Solution:

Let "x" represent the unknown score.

The desired average = 85
So, (87 + 95 + 76 + 88 + x) / 5 = 85
Multiplying through by 5 and simplifying,
87 + 95 + 76 + 88 + x = 425
346 + x = 425
x = 79

The student should get the grade 79.

 ASSESSMENT

I. Direction: Read the options and statements carefully and encircle the letter of your
answer.
1.Which is referred to as average of scores?
a. mean
b. median
c. mode
d. standard deviation

2. If scores are plotted in histogram, which do you call that with the highest frequency?
a. mean
b. median
c. mode
d. standard deviation

3. Which is a measure of variability?

a. range
b. median
c. mean
d. mode

4. Which score distribution do all teachers, parents and students wish?

a. negatively skewed
b. bell curve
c. positively skewed
d. That depends on the mean
5. Which is TRUE of scores that follow the normal distribution curve?
a. The mean, the median and mode are equal
b. The median is higher than the mean
c. The mean is higher than the median
d. The mode is higher than the mean and the median

6. Using the positively skewed distribution as a reference, which of the following is incorrect?
a. Median is higher than the mode.
b. Mean is not lower than the mode.
c. Mean is higher than the median.
d. Mean is lower than the mode.

7. If quartile deviation is to median, what is to mean?

a. Standard deviation
b. Mode
c. Range
d. Variance

8. The result of the test given by teacher A showed a negatively skewed distribution. What kind
of test did Teacher A give?
a. The test is difficult
b. It is not too easy nor too difficult
c. It is moderately difficult
d. It is easy

9. Which of the following indicates how compressed or expanded the distribution of scores is?
a. Measures of position
b. Measures of central tendency
c. Measures of correlation
d. Measures of variability
10. Two sections have the same mean but the standard deviation of section 2 is higher than
section 1. Which of the two sections is more homogeneous?
a. Section 1
b. Section 2
c. Both A and B
d. None of the above