ANJHELICA P.

MAGBANUA
BSED-3C

LM 9 - Activity 1

Fill in the blanks and answer the following. 

Consider the table showing the results of a reading examination of set of students. 
Class Midpoint  f Cumulative   Cumulative  
Interval  Frequency Percentage

140-144  142  2  2  4

135-139  137  7  9  18

130-134  132  9  18  36

125-129  127  14  32  64

120-124  122  10  42  84

115-119  117  6  48  96

110-114  112  2  50 100

1. What is being described in the table? The results of a reading examination of set of students.
2. How many students are there in the class? 50
3. What is the class width? 5
4. How did we get the midpoints from the given class interval? We get it by finding the midpoint
of the class interval
5. What is the lower limit of the class with the highest frequency? 139.5
6. What is the upper limit of the class with the lowest frequency? 114.5
7. The entry in the lowest class interval of the 4 column is done for you. From the lower class
th

interval, can you fill up the remaining blanks upward? How did you do it? I did it by adding the
frequency.
8. Look at the entire column on cumulative frequency. What is the cumulative frequency  of the
highest-class interval? How do you compare this cumulative frequency with the  number of
students who took the test? 2 student get a score within 140-144.
9. The last column is labelled cumulative percentage. What should be the first entry at  the
bottom of the column with the right percentage? How do you do these in two  ways? Which is
the easy way? What is the cumulative percentage of the highest class  interval?
 I did it by dividing the cumulative frequency bythe total number of observation and multiplying it
to 100. The cumulative percentage of the highest class interval is 4
10. Take a look at the values in the table, in particular, the frequency column. What type   of
distribution (positively skewed, negatively skewed, symmetrical) is depicted by the  given
values? Why do you say so? It was positively skewed.
ANJHELICA P. MAGBANUA
BSED-3C
 LM 9 - Activity 2
I. Multiple Choice 
A 1. Which is referred to as average of scores? 
A. Mean C. Mode 
B. Median D. Standard Deviation 

C 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 

B 3. Which is the midpoint of a score distribution? 

A. Mean C. Mode 
B. Median D. Standard Deviation 

D 4. Which does NOT belong? 

A. Mean C. Mode 
B. Median D. Standard Deviation 

A 5. Which is a measure of variability? 

A. Range C. Mean 
B. Median D. Mode 

D 6. Which is a measure of dispersion? 

A. Mean C. Mode 
B. Median D. Variance 

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

A. Mean C. Standard Deviation 
B. Mode D. Median 

B 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 

A 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. Which is the range? 
A. 2 C. 7 
B. 6 D. 8 

C 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
 A 11. If there is not real teaching and learning that takes place, which score distribution is  most
likely to come? 
A. Negatively skewed C. Positively skewed 
B. Bell curve D. That depends on the Mean 

A 12. Among the measures of central tendency, which is most affected by outliers?

A. Mean C. Median 
B. Mode D. Range 

A 13. Which is the mean of the squared deviation from the mean? 
A. Variance C. Standard Deviation 
B. Range D. Mean 

B 14. 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 score are high. 
D. Most scores are negative. 

A 15. 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. 

C 16. 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 the central tendency.
D. In this case, the mode is the best measure of the central tendency. 

II. Solve 
1. Here is a set of scores: 21, 92, 73, 34, 65, 46, 57, 18, 89. Find the following:
• Mean 
21 + 92 + 73 + 34 + 65 + 46 + 57 + 18 + 89 / 9 = 415.9

• Median 
18, 21, 34, 46, 57, 65, 73, 89, 92
46 + 57 / 2 = 51.5
 • Mode 
None

• Range 
92-18 = 74

• Variance 
18-416=-398
21-416=-395
34-416=-382
46-416=-370
57-416=-359
65-416=-351
73-416=-343
89-416=-327
92-416=-324
VARIANCE = [(-398)2+(-395)2+(-382)2+(-370)2+(-359)2+(-351)2+(343)2+(327)2+(324)2] / 9
=(158,404 +156,025 +145,924 +136,900 +128,881 +123,201 +117,649
+106,929+104,976 )/ 9
=1178889/ 9
=130988
• Standard Deviation 
√130988
=361.9 or 363

2. A student has a 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?

Let x be the unknown score

87+95+76+88+x5=85
(346+x)=5(85)
346+x=425
x=425−346
x=79

The student must get =79

ANJHELICA P. MAGBANUA
BSED-3C
 LM 9 - Activity 3

FRAMES OF REFERENCE 

There are clear distinctions between norm-reference and criterion-reference measures. 

Basically, the differences lie in the purpose and development of the test, specificity and 
generalizability of the test data, and how the data are constructed and used. 

Indicate whether each of the following allows a Criterion-referenced interpretation  (CR),

a Norm-referenced (NR) interpretation or neither. Justify your answer. 

1. A test was administered to determine if students can demonstrate adequate knowledge

about  fractions. They must answer at least 75% of the items. Beatriz earned an 80% on
the test.

Criterion-referenced interpretation because Beatrice earning percentage was compared to

required percentage.

2. In a Math test, Amy’s scored in the 90th percentile. This connotes that Amy’s score is
greater  than 90% of the scores of the students who took the Math test. 
Norm-referenced test because Amy’s score was compared to other students’ score. 

3. Shiela, a kindergartener, can select the specified number of objects when verbally given
the  numbers from 1 to 10. She was able to answer the teacher’s questions correctly to
achieve  an advanced level of proficiency. 

Criterion-referenced interpretation because Sheila has to select specified numbers

correctly to achieve advance level proficiency.

4. John’s T-score in a Science test is 40. This means he is a distance of one standard
deviation  below the mean of the group. 

Norm-referenced test because John’s T-score was compared to the mean of the group.

5. Christian received a stanine of 3 on a reading subjects of a standardized test. This means 

that his raw score was in the lower 23% of the scores in a group. 
Norm-referenced test because Christian’s stanine was compared to the scores of the group

6. Purita took a spelling test. With a point awarded to each correct answer, Purita garnered a 
score of 20. 

Criterion-referenced interpretation because Purita has to write the correct spelling as the
criteria of assessment.