ASSIGNMENT HMEF 5113

MAY SEMESTER 2014

HMEF 5113 - STATISTICS FOR EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH
ASSIGNMENT 2 (50%)
In assessing the effect of computer in education a researcher conducted a stud! to determine
ho" interacti#e mu$timedia $earning materia$ is associated "ith students% performance in
science& The samp$e comprised '(( Form ) students "ho "ere random$! se$ected from *oth
the ur*an and rura$ schoo$s in the +$ang ,a$$e!& The fina$ semester Science test mar-s prior to
the introduction of the interacti#e mu$timedia $earning materia$ as "e$$ as students% scores in
Science after the imp$ementation of the program "ere recorded& Apart from the Science scores
*efore and after introduction of the interacti#e mu$timedia $earning materia$ the researcher a$so
co$$ected other information such as aptitude test scores parenta$ income num*er of *oo-s at
home and num*er of computers at home The S.SS Statistics data fi$e is named HMEF 5113
May 2014.
a& /un a descripti#e data ana$!sis to descri*e the science scores *efore and after the
introduction of the mu$timedia $earning materia$& 0omparisons ought to *e made
according to gender ethnicit! and schoo$ t!pe&
11' mar-s2
*& 3se the +o$mogoro#4Smirno# statistics to test the assumption of norma$it! of the science
scores *efore and after the introduction of interacti#e mu$timedia $earning materia$& For
each test ma-e comparisons on the distri*utions according to gender ethnicit! and
schoo$ t!pe&
15 mar-s2
c& State the re$e#ant nu$$ and a$ternati#e h!potheses for the Science scores *efore and
after the introduction of interacti#e mu$timedia $earning materia$ according to i6 Gender
ii6 Ethnicit! and iii6 Schoo$ T!pe&
15 mar-s2
d& /un the appropriate statistica$ tests to test the h!potheses stated in 7c6 a*o#e and dra"
!our conc$usions&
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ASSIGNMENT HMEF 5113
11' mar-s2
e& State the h!pothesis to test the effecti#eness of the interacti#e mu$timedia $earning
materia$ in the $earning of science among students regard$ess of gender ethnicit! and
schoo$ t!pe and test the h!pothesis using an appropriate test&
15 mar-s2
f& 3sing the science scores after the introduction of interacti#e mu$timedia $earning materia$
as the dependent #aria*$e and aptitude test scores parenta$ income num*er of *oo-s at
home and num*er of computers at home as the independent #aria*$es run a mu$tip$e
regression mode$ using the Enter method&
i& Sho" the mu$tip$e regression output&
13 mar-s2
ii& Interpret the mu$tip$e regression output in 7i6 a*o#e&
1) mar-s2
iii& State the assumptions of mu$tip$e regression ana$!sis&
1' mar-s2
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