Intermediate Educational Statistics

EPS 851

Course Pak
 Course Outline

Course description:
An elementary knowledge of statistics, including the use of SPSS is required for this course.
The focus of the course is the application of statistical methods to educational problems.
Emphasis is on the normal, t, chi-square and F distribution. Hypothesis testing and one-way
analysis of variance will be treated.

Course objectives:
By the end of the course, students will be able to:
1. interpret correlation coefficients,
2. derive regression equations from bivariate data for prediction.
3. describe the characteristics of the normal distribution,
4. describe the characteristics of the t distribution,
5. describe the characteristics of the chi-square distribution,
6. describe the characteristics of the F distribution,
7. test hypothesis concerning means,
8. perform one-way analysis of variance,

Assessment:
There will be two quizzes and a number of class exercises and assignments. These will
constitute 40% of the total scores for the final grade. In addition, there is a final examination
which will consist of two sections. Section A will be 20 multiple-choice items covering all units
and Section B written application questions. The final examination carries 60% of the total
scores for the final grade.

Unit 1. Sept. 16 – 20, 2013 Review of basic statistics. I

1. Scales of measurement
2. Frequency distributions
3. Skewness
4. Normal distribution
Unit 2. Sept. 23 – 27, 2013 Review of basic statistics. II
1. Measures of location (mean, mode, median)
2. Measures of variation (range, standard deviation & variance, semi-interquartile
range.)
3. Measures of relative position (percentiles, percentile ranks, standard scores)

Unit 3. Sept. 30 – Oct. 11, 2013 Correlation: The Measurement of Relationships

1. Concept
2. Scatter plots
3. Correlation Coefficients (Pearson, Rank, Phi, Contingency coefficient, Point-Biserial)
4. Partial Correlation
5. Causation and correlation
6. Uses of Correlation in education
Quiz 1 will be held after Unit 3. The date, time and venue will be announced later. There will
be 20 multiple-choice test items based on Units 1 - 3.

Unit 4. October 14 – 18, 2013 Linear Regression (Multiple)

1. Purposes of regression analysis
2. The regression equation
3. Use of regression equations

Unit 5. October 21 – 25, 2013 Testing for Proportions

1. Descriptive statistics
2. Test for one sample proportion
3. Test for equality of two proportions
4. Test for correlated proportions

Unit 6. October 28 – November 1, 2013 The t-distribution

1. Features
2. Applications
3. Non-parametric equivalents (Mann-Whitney, Wilcoxon).
Quiz 2 will be held after Unit 6. The date, time and venue will be announced later. There will be 20
multiple-choice test items based on Units 4 - 6.

Unit 7. November 4 – 8, 2013 The 2 (Chi-squared) distribution

1. Features
2. Applications
Unit 8. November 11 – 22, 2013 The F distribution
1. Features
2. Applications
3. One factor analysis of variance (ANOVA)
4. Non-parametric equivalent (Kruskal-Wallis).

Unit 9. November 25 – 29, 2013 Introduction to Hypothesis Testing

1. Essentials of hypothesis testing
2. Types of errors
3. Power
4. Testing hypothesis about the population mean (Large sample)
5. Confidence Intervals
End of Semester Examination: December 2 – 13, 2013

References
Ferguson, G. & Takane, Y. (1989). Statistical analysis in psychology and education. Singapore: McGraw
Hill Co.
Garrett, H. E. (1982). Statistics in psychology and education. London, UK: David Mckay Co.
Glass, G. V. & Hopkins, K. D. (2008). Statistical methods in education and psychology.
Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, Inc.
Green, S. B., Salkind, N. J. & Akey, T. M. (2000). Using SPSS for windows. Upper Saddle River,
NJ: Prentice-Hall, Inc.
Hays, W. (1988). Statistics. New York, NY: Holt, Rinehart and Winston.
Minium, E. W., King, B. M. & Bear, G. (1993). Statistical reasoning in psychology and education.
New York, NY: John Wiley and Sons.
In addition, all statistics texts that treat the topics will be found useful.