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COLLEGE OF EDUCATION Permit # __________________________ Pedagogy Department Final Exam in Ed. 10 (Assessment of Student Learning 1) Score ____________________________ Test I. Modified True-False Test. Write True if the statement is correct and change the underlined word/s to make the statement correct. Write the answer on the space provided. ____________ 1.) Frequency distribution refers to the tabular arrangement of data by classes with their frequencies. ____________ 2.)A distribution that has no mode is bimodal. ____________ 3.)Statistics refers to the science which deals with the collection, tabulation, analysis and interpretation of numerical or quantitative data. ____________ 4.)Class size is the width of the interval. ____________ 5.)In a skewed distribution, the mean, median and mode are equal. ____________6.)The U-shaped distribution is asymptotic to the horizontal line. ____________ 7.)A sample is a representative part of a population. ____________ 8.)The high values have the greatest frequencies in the inverted J. ____________ 9.)The standard deviation is the measure of spread or dispersion of the data. ____________10.)Standard deviation is the square root of the variance. ____________11.) A histogram is a bar graph of class frequencies plotted against midpoint of class intervals. ____________12.) A measure of central tendency is also known as measure of spread, width or dispersion. ____________13.) Difficulty index refers to the ability of an item to differentiate among students on the basis on how they the subject matter being tested. ____________14.) A good test is one that has good discriminating ability and has sufficient level of difficulty.
Test II. Multiple Choice Test. Choose the correct answer from the choices by writing the letters only on the space provided. _____ 1.) What is the meaning of the expression x? A. the product of xs B. the sum of all xs C. the mean of xs D. the median of xs _____ 2.) It refers to the halfway score value in the class interval B. summation B. frequency C. midpoint D. range _____ 3.) Which is NOT a measure of central tendency? A. mean B. range C. mode D. median _____ 4.) This measure of central tendency is not affected by extreme values. A. range B. median C. mean D. mode _____ 5.)It is the difference between the highest and the lowest value among the scores or raw data. A. range B. median C. mean D. mode _____ 6.) A single number which is representative of the general level of magnitude of the items in a set of data is called _____. A. measure of variability C. measure of central tendency B. Frequency distribution D. item analysis _____ 7.) A teacher is interested in knowing what score in the test has the highest frequency. Which of the following measures should be used? A. range B. mean C. median D. mode _____ 8.) A measure of central tendency that can assume more than one value is the _____. A. range B. mean C. median D. mode _____ 9.) Samples of ten students are obtained. They are ranked according to their weight. The median weight is A. the weight of the 5 th student C. median does not exist B. the weight of the 6 th student D. average weight of 5 th and 6 th student
Figure 1. Study this group of tests which was administered to a class to whom Joanne belongs, then answer questions 10-13 below: Subject Mean SD Joannes Score Math 56 10 43 Physics 41 9 31 English 80 16 100
_____10.) In which subject/s did Joanne performed most poorly in relation to the groups mean performance? A. English B. Physics C. English & Physics D. Math _____11.) In which subject are the scores widely spread or heterogeneous? A. English B. Physics C. Math D. cannot be determined _____12.) In which subject are the class scores clustered near the mean? A. English B. Physics C. Math D. cannot be determined _____13.)In which subject did the whole class performed best? A. English B. Physics C. Math D. cannot be determined _____14.) If the scores of your test follow a negatively skewed score distribution, what should you do? Find out A. why your test were easy C. why most of the scores are high B. why most of the scores are low D. why some pupils scored high _____15.) In a grade distribution, what does the normal curve mean? A. All students have average grades. B. Many students have high grades and few have low grades C. Many students having average grades and few students receiving low and high grades D. Many students receiving low grades and few students with high grades. _____16.) What can be said of Alex who obtained a score of 75 out of 100 items in a Biology objective test. A. He performed better than 25% of his class. B. He answered 75 items in the test correctly. C. His rating is 75. D. He answered 75% of the test items correctly. _____17.) A test item has difficulty index of 0.89 and discrimination index of 0.44. What should the teacher do? A. Reject the item B. Retain the item C. Make it a bonus item D. Revise the item _____18.) Students scores were as follows: 82, 82, 83, 84, 86, 88, 84, 83, 85. The score 84 is the _____. A. mode B. average C. median D. mean _____19.) A mathematics test was given to all First Year high school students to determine the contestants for the Math Quiz BEE. Which statistical measure should be used to identify the top 15? A. Mean B. Percentile Rank C. Quartile Deviation D. Decile Deviation
_____20.) Jacks score is within Mean 1sd. To which of the following group does he belong? A. Below average B. average C. Needs Improvement D. Above average _____21.)Which measure/s of central tendency is/are most appropriate when the score distribution is badly skewed? A. Mode B. Mean & mode C. median D. mean _____22.) Given the following test scores: 42, 40, 38, 35, 32, 30, 28, 27, 27, 20. The mean will be _____. A. 32 B. 30 C. 39.1 D. 31.9 _____23.) Here is a score distribution: 98, 93, 93, 93, 90, 88, 87 85, 85, 85, 70, 51, 34, 34, 34, 20, 18, 15, 12, 9, 8, 6, 3, and 1. Which is a characteristic of the score distribution? A. Bimodal B. trimodal C. skewed to the right D. no discernible pattern _____24.) Range is to variability as mean is to _____. A. Level of difficulty C. central tendency B. C. level of discrimination D. level of attraction _____25.) What is true when standard deviation is big? A. Scores are concentrated. C. Scores are spread apart. B. Scores are not extremes D. The bell curve shape is steep _____26.) The discrimination index of a test is +0.48. What does this mean? A. More from the lower group got the item correctly. B. An equal number from the lower and upper group got the item correctly. C. More from the upper group got the item correctly. D. More from the upper group got the item wrongly. _____27.) Q1 is 25 th percentile as median is to _____. A. 40 th percentile B. 60 th percentile C. 50 th percentile D. 75 th percentile _____28.) Which is information provided by an item analysis procedure? A. The level of difficulty of an item. C. The effectiveness of each option. B. The discriminating power of an item D. All of the above _____29.)It is defined as the difficulty index of the upper group minus the difficulty index of the lower group. A. item analysis C. difficulty index B. discrimination index D. plausibility of distracters Figure 2. Study the table below on item analysis for non-attractiveness and non-plausibility of distracters based on a test in Physics. The letter marked with an asterisk is the correct answer. Item Number 1 A B * C D Upper 27% 10 4 1 0 Lower 27% 6 5 3 0
_____30.) Based on Figure 2, which is the most effective distracter? A. Option D B. Option A C. Option C D. Option B _____31.) What possible decision is appropriate for item number 1of Figure 2? A. Change Option D C. Change Options A and D B. Retain all Options D. Discard the item _____32.)If there were 60 students who took the test, what is the difficulty index of the Upper group? A. 0.13 B. 0.24 C. 0.25 D. 0.53 _____33.) It is defined as the number of students who answered the item correctly over the total number of students who took the test. B. item analysis C. index of difficulty C. index of discrimination D. plausibility and attractiveness of distracters Figure 3. Study the table below and answer # 34-35. Item # 2 A B C * D Upper 27% 2 0 17 1 Lower 27% 1 0 18 1
_____34.) What is the best decision for the item above? A. Change Options A and B C. Change all Options B. Revise the item D. Discard the item _____35.) If there were 120 students who took the test, how many were in the lower group? A. 27 B. 30 C. 32 D. 33
Test III. Computation. For the grouped data below, solve for the following: a.) Mean b.) median c.) SD d. Q1 e.) D 3 f.)P 55
Test IV. Problem Solving. Answer the following questions for the given raw scores using the area under the normal curve if the scores (N=1250) are assumed to be normally distributed with mean = 75 and SD = 18.