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André Botha
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Descriptive Statistics: Measure of Tendency
and Variability
i. Acknowledgements
Thank you to Tom Kubiszyn and Gary Borich – the authors of the
book “Educational Testing and Measurement”.
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iii. Table of Contents
ii.
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1.1. Introduction and the purpose of the report
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Table 1.1: Simple Frequency Distribution
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2.2.1. Graphic representation of data from a grouped
frequency distribution
There are two graphs one can use to represent the data
from a grouped frequency distribution. The first is the
Frequency histogram. This graph is most widely used to
explain statistical data, simply because it is easy to interpret
(Kubiszyn & Borich 2007).
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2.3. Normal Distribution
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Table 1.3 illustrates how the measures of tendency would
usually be calculated. From the data in the table we can
derive the following:
• The test results produced a mean (average) of 66%.
• The middle value of the distribution is 65%.
• The value that occurs most often is 65%.
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If one closely inspects the difficulty indices of the test items
they do indeed fall between the recommended values. The
items appear not to be too difficult or too easy.
4. Conclusion
5. References