Name: Jeremy Ammon

School: Fatima College

School Code:
Subject: CSEC Additional Mathematics

Project Title: Determining the types of

changes in the class averages of an
English class within the last three terms

Problem Statement:

An English B teacher, Ms.Habib would like to know

if the class average of Form 5 Group 1 has
increased over the last three terms and how much
variation from the class average exists within each
term
In order to analyze the marks and determine the
trend between class averages, the following must
be determined:
1-Individual End of Term marks for all three terms
(including calculating averages for term 2 which is
coursework)
2-What End of Term mark appears most frequently
in each term, The averages: mean, median, mode.
3-Range of marks for each term
4-Maximum of each 25% range of marks within
each term

Data was collected by:

1-The teachers folder that contains records of
exam results for all English B students of Form 5
Group 1 for terms 1, 2 and 3

Data Representation (See Appendix) :

End of Term Marks for Form 5 Group 1 English B
100

90

80

70

60

50

40

30

20

10

Term 1

Term 2

Term 3

The following Stem and Leaf diagram is used

to represent the marks of Form 5 Group 1 for
Term 1:
Stem

Leaf

3, 6, 8, 9

2, 8, 9

0, 3, 4, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9

0, 1, 2, 5, 6, 7, 8

Key: 43 represents 43

Maximum of each 25% range is also known as quartiles

Q1-First 25%
Q2-25 to 50% (median)
Q3-50 to 75%
Sum of scores= f

No. of students =fx or n

f= 1542
fx=24

Q1= (n+1)th
= (24+1)th
= (25)th
= 6.25th
= 58
Q2(median)= (n+1)th
= (24+1)th
= (25)th
= 12.5th
=65
Q3= (n+1)th
= (24+1)th
= (25)th
= 18.75th
= 72
Class Average= f/fx

= 1542/24
=64
Modal score (most frequent)= 64
Range= 43-82

The following table is used to calculate Standard Deviation

for Term 1:
X

x-

(x- )2

f(x- )2

43

-21

441

441

46

-18

324

324

48

-16

256

256

49

-15

225

225

52

-12

144

144

58

-6

36

36

59

-5

25

25

60

-4

16

16

63

-1

64

65

66

67

68

16

16

69

25

25

70

36

36

71

49

49

72

64

64

75

11

121

121

76

12

144

144

77

13

169

169

78

14

196

196

82

18

324

324
2626

Establish that: x= score

= class average
f= number of students with that mark
Variance (S2 ) = f(x- )2 /n
=2626/24
= 109
Standard Deviation= S2
= 109
= 10.44

The following table is used to solve for

quartiles and class average for term 2 (See
Appendix):

Mark

Frequency

Cumulative
Frequency

57

58

59

61

63

65

66

67

10

70

11

71

12

72

15

73

16

74

20

76

22

77

23

83

24

f= 1657
Range= 57-83
Modal Score= 74
n= no. of students
th refers to the place in the Cumulative Frequency
column with respect to that mark
The following Stem and Leaf diagram represents
ALL term 2 coursework marks (See Appendix):
Ste
m

Leaf

8,8,9

0,1,1,2,4,5,8,8,8,9,9

0,1,1,2,2,3,3,4,4,5,5,6,6,6,7,7,7,7,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,
9,9,9,9

0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,2,2,2,2,2,2,4,4,4,4,4,5,5,5,6,6,6,
6,6,7,7,7,7,8,
8,9,9,9,9

0,0,1,1,2,3,3,4

Key: 48 represents 48
Q1= (n+1)th

= (24+1)th
= (25)th
= 6.25th
= 63

Q2 (median) = (n+1)th
= (24+1)th
= (25)th
= 12.5th
= 71
Q3= (n+1)th
= (24+1)th
= (25)th
= 18.75th
= 74
Class Average= f/fx
= 1657/24
= 69
The following table is used to calculate Standard
Deviation for Term 2:

x-

(x- )2

f(x- )2

57

-12

144

144

58

-11

121

242

59

-10

100

100

61

-8

64

64

63

-6

36

36

65

-4

16

32

66

-3

67

-2

70

71

72

27

73

16

16

74

25

100

76

49

98

77

64

64

83

14

196

196
1137

Variance (S2 ) = f(x- )2/n

= 1137/24
= 47

Standard Deviation= S2
= 47
= 6.86

The following table is used to solve for quartiles

and class average for Term 3:
Mark

Frequency

Cumulative
Frequency

57

58

59

68

70

72

73

74

77

78

14

79

15

80

16

81

17

82

18

83

19

84

20

87

21

88

22

89

23

92

24

f= 1837
Modal score= 78

Range= 57- 92
Q1= (n+1)th
= (24+1)th
= (25)th
= 6.25th
= 72
Q2 (median) = (n+1)th
= (25)th
= 12.5th
= 78

Q3= (n+1)th
= (24+1)th
= (25)th
= 18.75th
= 83

Class Average= f/fx

= 1837/24
= 77
*n= number of students

The following table is used to calculate the

Standard Deviation for Term 3:
Establish that: x=score
=class average
f= no. of students with that mark
x

x-

(x- )2

f(x- )2

57

-20

400

400

58

-19

361

361

59

-18

324

324

68

-9

81

81

70

-7

49

49

72

-5

25

25

73

-4

16

32

74

-3

77

78

79

80

81

16

16

82

25

25

84

49

49

87

10

100

100

88

11

121

121

89

12

144

144

92

15

225

225
2013

Variance (S2 ) = f(x- )2 /n

= 2013/24
= 84
Standard Deviation= S2
=84
= 9.17

It is concluded that the class average of Form 5 Group 1

for English B has increased each term and is
demonstrated by the following graph:

Class Average
90

80

70

60

50

40

30

20

10

0
Term 1

Term 2
Class Average

Term 3

Comparing the Mean, Median and Modal scores of Form 5 Group 1 for all three terms
90
80
70
60
50
40
30
20
10
0
Term 1

Term 2
Mean

Median

Term 3
Mode

We can see from the graph that the Mean, Median and
Mode all increase from the first to third term, which is an
indicator that students are progressively performing
better in the exams each term.
In the future, marks will be kept in order so that analysis
may become easier and quicker and ranges and
boundaries will be used in analyzing the class marks so
that an average may be of a faster result and the modal
range can be clearly seen.

Appendix:
(raw data)
Term 1 scores:
Matthew-64
Malachi-43
Nikolai-52
Robert-46
Jeremy-67
Kyle-65
Stephen-72
Javed-66
Marc-58
Erik-64
Theon-69
Risaan-49
Isaac-59
Giovanni-63
Jarrett-60
Jabari-71
Joshua-76
Daniel-78
Justin-77

Sebastien-70
Jonathan-68
Jordan-48
Donovan-75
William-82
Term 2 (coursework):
Matthew- 61, 69, 79, 76 -Avg mark: 71
Malachi- 48, 62, 54, 68

-Avg mark: 58

Nikolai- 51, 49, 67, 67

-Avg mark: 59

Robert- 50, 55, 59, 64

-Avg mark: 57

Jeremy- 72, 68, 77, 70

-Avg mark: 72

Kyle-68, 78, 70, 72

-Avg mark: 72

Stephen-75, 76, 70, 81

-Avg mark: 76

Javed-66, 69, 77, 74

-Avg mark: 72

Marc-62, 59, 68, 69

-Avg mark: 65

Erik-74, 68, 79, 75

-Avg mark: 74

Theon-48, abs, 67, 75

-Avg mark: 63

Risaan-52, 58, abs, 65

-Avg mark: 58

Isaac-abs, 60, 66, 70

-Avg mark: 65

Giovanni-61, 64, 72, abs

-Avg mark: 66

Jarett-66, 71, 69, 74

-Avg mark: 70

Jabari-74, 58, 65, 70

-Avg mark: 67

Joshua-81, 76, 77, 68

-Avg mark: 76

Daniel-70, 63, 79, 80

-Avg mark: 73

Justin-83, abs, 72, 67

-Avg mark: 74

Sebastien-72, 74, 76, abs

-Avg mark: 74

Jonathan-74, 68, 77, 78

-Avg mark: 74

Jordan-51, 63, 58, 70

-Avg mark: 61

Donovan-76, 79, 72, 80

-Avg mark: 70

William-83, 81, 82, 84

-Avg mark: 83

Rounded off as: <0.5=0 & 0.5=1

Avg- average
abs- absent

Term 3 marks(End of term):

Matthew- 78
Malachi- 59
Nikolai- 58
Robert- 57
Jeremy- 82
Kyle- 77
Stephen- 84

Javed- 73
Marc- 74
Erik- 79
Theon- 78
Risaan- 68
Isaac- 77
Giovanni- 70
Jarrett- 72
Jabari- 73
Joshua- 80
Daniel- 83
Justin- 88
Sebastien- 89
Jonathan- 87
Jordan- 78
Donovan- 81
William- 92