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UNIVERSITY OF GHANA
COLLEGE OF EDUCATION
SCHOOL OF EDUCATION AND LEADERSHIP
DEPARTMENT OF TEACHER EDUCATION
ACCRA COLLEGE OF EDUCATION
DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS & ICT EDUCATION
TEJS 446: TEACHING, LEARNING AND APPLYING HANDLING DATA
LEVEL 400 SECOND SEMESTER END OF SECOND SEMESTER EXAMINATION
Answer all questions
SECTION A [25 marks]
1. Which of the following are key considerations for an interviewer when designing an
interview questionnaire?
I. Clarity and language
II. Lengthy and complex questions
III. Bias-free wording
IV. Limited response options
V. Repetition of questions
A. I and III only
B. II and IV only
C. I, III and V only
D. II, III and IV only
2. To construct a frequency distribution, all these rules should be considered except . . .
A. There should be between 5 and 20 classes
B. The classes must be continuous
C. The classes must be exhaustive
D. The classes must be mutually inclusive
3. The level of measurement that ranks data, and precise differences between units or measure
do exist however, there is no meaningful zero is refer to as . . .
A. Nominal level
B. Ordinal level
C. Interval level
D. Ratio level
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4. Data collected with all these variables are measured in the ratio scale except . . .
A. Height
B. Time
C. Salary
D. Temperature
5. A fixed list of interview questions administered to all the participants in the same order is
refer to as . . .
A. Summative interview
B. Structured interview
C. Formative interview
D. Fixed question interview
6. Which of the following is not employed in collecting data in a study involving social
relationship between individuals in a group?
A. Questionnaires
B. Rating scales
C. Interviews
D. Observations
7. Which measure of central tendency includes the magnitude of scores?
A. Mean
B. Mode
C. Median
D. Range
8. Which of the following is not a disadvantage of using mean?
A. It is affected by extreme values
B. It cannot be computed in grouped data with open-ended class
C. It does not possess the desired algebraic property
D. It cannot be calculated for qualitative characteristics.
9. The two methods of finding mode in a discrete series are . . .
A. Grouping method and ascending method
B. Table method and midpoint method
C. Grouping method and inspecting method
D. Ascending method and table method
10. To calculate the median, all the items of a series have to be arranged in . . .
A. Descending order
B. Ascending order
C. Ascending or descending order
D. None of the above
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11. In statistics . . . divides the data into four equal parts.
A. Median
B. Quartiles
C. Mean
D. Deciles
12. Which of the following diagrams is used to find the value of mode graphically?
A. Pie chart
B. Bar graph
C. Histogram
D. Frequency polygon
13. The mean of ten numbers is 58. If one of the numbers is 40, what is the mean of the other
nine?
A. 18
B. 60
C. 162
D. 540
14. Which of the following is not a method under measure of dispersion?
A. Standard deviation
B. Mean deviation
C. Range
D. Percentile
15. If all observations within a set of data are multiplied by five, then the new standard deviation
would be. . .
A. Decreased by five
B. Increased by five
C. Half of the previous standard deviation
D. Multiplied by five
16. The coefficient of variation is a percentage expression for . . .
A. Standard deviation
B. Quartile deviation
C. Mean deviation
D. Variance
17. The average of squared deviations from the arithmetic mean is known as . . .
A. Quartile deviation
B. Standard deviation
C. Variance
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D. Range
18. The standard deviation of a set of 90 observations is 105. If the value of each observation is
decreased by 9, what will be the new standard deviation.
A. 96
B. 100
C. 105
D. 114
19. When a distribution is divided into ten (10) equal parts and has a nine score points that
describe the distribution?
A. Decile
B. Median
C. Percentile
D. Quartile
20. A bag contains 2 red balls, 3 green balls and 2 blue balls. If a ball is selected at random, what
is the probability of selecting a green one?
2
A. 7
5
B. 7
4
C. 7
3
D. 7
21. If 𝑃(𝐸) = 0.07, then what is the probability of “not E”?
A. 0.93
B. 0.95
C. 0.89
D. 0.90
22. If P(A) denotes the probability of an event A, then . . .
A. 𝑃(𝐴) < 0
B. 𝑃(𝐴) > 1
C. 0 ≤ 𝑃(𝐴) ≤ 1
D. −1 ≤ 𝑃(𝐴) ≤ 1
23. If we throw two dice simultaneously, what would be the probability that we get a 10 or 11?
5
A. 36
5
B. 12
1
C. 7
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D. 3
24. If A and B are two evens such that 𝑃(𝐴) = 0.3, 𝑃(𝐵) = 0.5 and 𝑃(𝐴|𝐵) = 0.4, find 𝑃(𝐴 ∪
𝐵).
A. 0.6
B. 0.5
C. 0.75
D. 0.8
25. A bag contains 7 red and 4 blue balls. Two balls are drawn at random with replacement. What
is the probability of getting the balls of different colours?
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A.
121
56
B. 121
1
C. 2
3
D. 11
SECTION B [75 marks]
Answer ONLY THREE questions from this section.
1. a) The ages at the time of death for vice presidents of a country who have passed away are
listed below.
90 83 80 73 70 51 68 79 70 71
72 74 67 54 81 66 62 63 68 57
66 96 78 55 60 66 57 71 60 85
76 98 77 88 78 81 64 66 77 93 70
i) Use the data to construct a grouped frequency distribution using 6 classes [5 marks]
ii) Construct a histogram to represent the distribution in (i). [5 marks]
iii) Construct an ogive using relative frequency for the distribution. [5 marks]
b) A club consists of five men and seven women. Three members are selected at random to
attend a conference. Find the probability that the selected group consists of:
i) three men [4 marks]
ii) one man and two women [6 marks]
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2. a) A teacher compared the commuting distance and number of absences for a group of
students to the following data:
Commuting distance (Mile) 8 21 8 8 2 15 17 11
Number of absences (Year) 4 5 5 3 2 5 7 4
i) Make a scatterplot of the data [4 marks]
ii) Estimate the regression line [10 marks]
iii) Predict the number of absences (per year) for a student with a commute of 40 miles.
[3 marks]
b) Differentiate between the following statistical terms.
i) population and sample [2 marks]
ii) qualitative variables and quantitative variables [2 marks]
iii) Discrete variables and continuous variables [2 marks]
iv) Descriptive statistics and inferential statistics [2 marks]
3. a) A biased die in the shape of a pyramid has five faces marked 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5. The possible
𝑘−𝑥
scores are 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 and 𝑃(𝑥) = , where 𝑘 is a constant. Find, in terms of 𝑘, the
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probability of scoring:
i) 5 [2 marks]
ii) less than 3 [3 marks]
iii) The die is rolled three times and the scores are added together. Evaluate 𝑘 and find the
probability that the sum of the three scores is less than 5. [7 marks]
b) i) Outline the procedures for constructing a pie chart. [6 marks]
ii) The frequency distribution below shows the number of Ghana cedis of each snack
food eaten during a conference. [7 marks]
Snack Amount (freq.)
Potato chips 11.2 million
Tortilla chips 8.2 million
Pretzels 4.3 million
Popcorn 3.8 million
Snack nuts 2.5 million
Construct a pie graph for the data.
4. a) Briefly describe the following probability terms:
i) experiment [2 marks]
ii) outcome [2 marks]
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iii) sample space [2 marks]
iv) event [2 marks]
v) complement of an event [2 marks]
b) The data shown below involves the number of years of school completed by ten randomly
selected people and their scores on a test measuring prejudice.
Years of education 12 5 14 13 8 10 16 11 12 4
Score on prejudice test 1 7 2 3 5 4 1 2 3 10
Determine the correlation coefficient between years of education and scores on a prejudice test
and state the implication of the relationship. [15 marks]
5. a) Box A contains 2 white and 3 red balls and box B contains 4 white and 5 red balls. One
ball is drawn at random from one of the boxes and is found to be red. What is the probability
that it was from box B. [15 marks]
b) The mean of the waiting times in an emergency room is 80.2 minutes with a standard
deviation of 10.5 minutes for people who are admitted for additional treatment. The mean
waiting time for patients who are discharged after receiving treatment is 120.6 minutes with a
standard deviation of 18.3 minutes. Which times are more variable? [10 marks]