ASSIGNMENT 1

You are provided with a dataset comprising 300 cases of students test scores and basic
demographic information under the file name HMEF5113 Assignment 1 May 2016.sav.
Study this dataset carefully and answer the following questions:
a. Generate a new variable from 3 other existing variables in the dataset, i.e.
Maths_procedure, Maths_concept and Maths_problem_solving. Name this new variable
as Mathematics_Total_Score.
[5 marks]
b. The dataset shows a number of students who did not take the BM writing and BM
reading tests. Create two new variables using the Replace Missing Values option via the
series mean method (mean of the variable). Name these 2 variables BM_writing_new
and BM_reading_new respectively.
[5 marks]
c. Using the newly created variable BM_writing_new and BM_reading_new variables,
compute the Total BM writing and reading scores. Use the variable name
Total_BM_writing_reading.
[3 marks]
d. Run an exploratory data analysis of the Total_BM_writing_reading score by i. Gender
and ii. School Location. Describe the exploratory data analysis output.
[30 marks]
e. Run a crosstabulation of Gender by School Location. Describe the crosstabulation
output.
[3 marks]
f.

Describe the normal Q-Q plot based on Gender derived from the output in Question d)
above.
[4 marks]

ASSIGNMENT 2

Dataset HMEF5113 Assignment 2 May 2016.sav was extracted from a Teacher Satisfaction
Survey. The questionnaire for this survey comprised 6 constructs:
i. Demographic information;

ii. Teachers' participation in school administration; iii.

Teaching and learning quality; iv. Teacher workload; v. Teacher-Administrator relations in

schools; and vi. Teacher motivation.
The questionnaire was administered to 137 school teachers using a 5-point Likert scale for
the 6 teacher perception constructs with 1. corresponding to Strongly Disagree, 2. Disagree, 3.
Neither Agree Nor Disagree, 4. Agree, and 5. Strongly Agree.

Study the HMEF5113 Assignment 2 May 2016.sav data file carefully, run your analysis using
SPSS Statistics and answer the following questions:
a.

Generate the following descriptive statistics to show the demographic profile of

respondents in the survey.
i.

Average age of teachers who participated in this survey from the different
schools. Describe the output;
[3 marks]

ii. The number and percentage of teachers by public and private schools based on
their teaching certification status. Describe the output.
[3 marks]
b.

State the possible research questions of this study using: i. Individual Schools, and ii.
Public Schools and Private Schools as independent variables and

Construct 2

(Teaching and Learning Quality) and Construct 4 (Teacher - Administrator Relations in

Schools) as the dependent variables.
[4 marks]
c.

State the relevant hypotheses based on the research questions listed in b) above.
[4 marks]

d.

State the appropriate statistical tests to test the hypotheses in c) above.

[4 marks]

e.

Run the appropriate statistical analyses to test the hypotheses stated in d) above. Make
your conclusions on these statistical tests.
[23 marks]

f.

Run a correlation analysis using Constructs 1 - 5 and show your output in the form of a
correlation matrix. Explain the correlation coefficients and their p-values.
[5 marks]

g.

Plot a scatter diagram with a fit-line to depict the relationship between Construct 3 :
Teacher Workload and Construct 5: Teacher Motivation. Describe the scatter diagram in
the context of this survey. What does the R2 Linear in the diagram mean?
[4 marks]

i. Is there any significant differences between individual schools regarding teaching and
learning quality in
schools?
Is there any significant differences between individual schools regarding Teacher Administration Relations in schools?
Is there any significant differences between public school and private schools regarding
teaching and
learning quality?
Is there any significant differences between public school and private schools regarding
Teacher Administration Relations in schools?
ii. There is no significant differences between individual schools regarding teaching and
learning quality in
schools
There is no significant differences between individual schools regarding Teacher Administration Relations in schools
There is no significant differences between public school and private schools regarding
teaching and
learning quality
There is no significant differences between public school and private schools regarding
Teacher Administration Relations