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Analysis of Test Scores
Analysis of Test Scores
46, 63, 51, 43, 63, 56, 65, 47, 40, 66,
54, 48, 64, 45, 56, 64, 50, 54, 43, 46,
57, 45, 48, 66, 52, 67, 55, 45, 46, 52,
66, 54, 61, 60, 57, 76, 54, 51, 50, 57,
45, 51, 47, 63, 68 35, 71, 47, 53, 58
Class A:
ΣX 46 + 63+……68
Mean = ----------- = -------------------------- = 54.92
N 25
Class B:
ΣX 56 + 65+……58
Mean = ----------- = -------------------------- = 53.92
N 25
Class A : Mean = 54.92
Mode = 72
Marks Frequency Percentage
Distribution of
35 1 2.9
BM marks
41 1 2.9
42 1 2.9
43 1 2.9
45 3 8.6
17 46 1 2.9
47 1 2.9
49 2 5.7
50 2 5.7
51 4 11.4
median
52 1 2.9
53 2 5.7
54 1 2.9
57 7 20.0
mode 60 1 2.9
62 1 2.9
17
63 1 2.9
64 1 2.9
mean = 1863/35 66 1 2.9
71 1 2.9
= 53.2
75 1 2.9
Measures of Central Tendency
(Ukuran Memusat)
mode = 20, 76
GROUPING TEST SCORES
(Grouped Frequency Distribution &
HISTOGRAM)
Interval Frequency
33 – 37 1
38 – 42 2
43 – 47 6
48 – 52 9
53 – 57 10
58 – 62 2
63 – 67 3
68 – 72 1
73 – 77 1
GROUPED FREQUENCY
DISTRIBUTION HISTOGRAM
Negatively Skewed Distribution
Positively Skewed Distribution
DISPERSION
You have given a test to Class A Class B Class C
your pupils in Class A, B 38 20 25
and C. Given below are 34 20 24
the marks obtained by
the pupils of each class. 26 20 23
Maximum marks = 40. 24 20 22
20 20 20
Based on the measures 20 20 20
of central tendency, can 16 20 18
you rank the classes in 14 20 17
terms of their 6 20 16
performance?
2 20 15
Comparison based on measures of
central tendency
A 20 20 20
B 20 20 20
C 20 20 20
Standard Deviation (Sisihan Piawai)
Class A X X–X (X – X)²
38 38 – 20 = 18 324
34 34 – 20 = 14 196 ∑ (X – X)²
26 26 – 20 = 6 36
SD = -------
N -1
24 24 – 20 = 4 16 1144
= ---------------
20 20 – 20 = 0 0
9
20 20 – 20 = 0 0
16 16 – 20 = - 4 16 = √ 127.1
14 14 – 20 = - 6 36
= 11.3
6 6 – 20 = - 14 196
2 2 – 20 = - 18 324
Mean (X ) = 20 ∑ (X – X)² =
1144
The marks obtained by the SS deviate from the mean by a SD unit of 11.3
marks.
Standard Deviation (Sisihan Piawai)
Class B X X–X (X – X)²
20 20 – 20 = 0 0
20 20 – 20 = 0 0 ∑ (X – X)²
20 20 – 20 = 0 0
SD = -------
N-1
20 20 – 20 = 0 0 0
= ---------------
20 20 – 20 = 0 0
9
20 20 – 20 = 0 0
20 20 – 20 = 0 0 = √ 0.0
20 20 – 20 = 0 0
= 0.0
20 20 – 20 = 0 0
20 20 – 20 = 0 0
Mean (X ) = 20 ∑ (X – X)² = 0
A 8.7 20 31.3
C 16.5 20 23.5
Class X X = 39 SD = 4.00
Class Y X = 39 SD = 2.00
Class Z X = 39 SD = 1.00
68.26 %
X 35 39 43
Y 37 39 41
Z 38 39 40
Interpretation
45, 52, 54, 57, 61, 65, 65, 66, 70, 72, 73, 75, 78,
80.
Lowest Highest
Score Score
Eng. 40 15 40
Sains Mean = 90 Sej. Mean = 60
SD = 10 SD = 12
-3 -2 -1 0 +1 +2 +3 -3 -2 -1 0 +1 +2 +3
80 90 60 72
Sains Score is 1 SD below the mean. Sej. Score is 1 SD above the mean.
Zal did better than 16% of the pupils. Zal did better than 84 % of the pupils.
Mean = 40
Eng Zul did best
SD = 15
on Sejarah,
followed by
English and
Science
-3 -2 -1 0 +1 +2 +3
40
Z -4 -3 -2 -1 0 +1 +2 +3 +4
Score
CONVERTING RAW SCORE TO Z SCORE
X-X
Z = --------------
SD
Kumar obtained 52 marks in a test, which has a mean of
70 and SD of 7.5. What’s Kumar’s Z score?
52 – 70 -18
Kumar’s score 2.4 SD
z = -------------- = -------- = -2.4 below the mean
7.5 7.5
- 2.4
47.5 55 62.5 70
52 Mean
EXERCISE : Arif obtained the following raw scores
in the Maths, Chemistry dan Physics
tests. In which subject did Arif achieve
the best performance ?
Maths 36 43 50 57 60 64
Chem 55 65 70 75 85 95
Phys 72 75 76 80 84 88
A class teacher wants to give a reward to the best student
in English.
Based on Semester 1 and Semester 2 exams, he
discovered that 2 students got the highest mean. Who
should he give the reward?
Gopal 90 70 80
Asmah 85 75 80
Mean 72 77
SD 7 8
Sem. I Sem. II Total
Gopal 90 – 72 18 70 – 77 7
Z = ----------- = ------- Z = ------------- = -
7 7 ------ 1.70
8 8
= + 2.57 = -.875
Asmah 85 – 72 13 75 – 77 2
Z = ----------- = ------- Z = ------------- = -
7 7 ------ 1.61
8 8
= + 1.86 = -.25
T = 10z + 50
CONVERSION EXERCISE ( z T)
z=0 T = 10 (0) + 50 = 50
z=1 T = 10 (1) + 50 = 60
z=2 T = 10 (2) + 50 = 70
z=3 T = 10 (3) + 50 = 80
z = -1 T = 10 (-1) + 50 = 40
z = -2 T = 10 (-2) + 50 = 30
z = -3 T = 10 (-3) + 50 = 20
(68.26%)
SD -3 -2 -1 0 +1 +2
+3
z score -3 -2 -1 0 +1 +2 +3
T score 20 30 40 50 60 70 80
Exercise
Jan Apr
Mamat obtained a score
of 62 for Maths in Jan Test Test
monthly test and 81 in Mean 56 72
April monthly test.
SD 4 6
Has Mamat’s performance
improved from Jan to
May?
Comparing Jan & Apr Performance
62 - 56
81 - 72
• Z = ---------------= 1.5 • Z = ---------------=
4 1.5
6
• T = 10 (1.5) + 50 • T = 10 (1.5) + 50
= 65 = 65
SD -3 -2 -1 0 +1 +2
+3
z score -3 -2 -1 0 +1 +2 +3
T score 20 30 40 50 60 70 80
JAN 44 48 52 56 60 62 64 68
APR 54 60 66 72 78 81 84 90
Interpreting scores from Standardised Tests
48 84
47 78
46 72
84%
45 66
44 60
48
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