NATIONAL OPEN UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA

UNIVERSITY VILLAGE, PLOT 91, CASDASTRAL ZONE, NNAMDI AZIKIWE EXPRESS WAY, JABI, ABUJA.
FACULTY OF EDUCATION
MARCH/APRIL 2015 EXAMINATION

COURSE CODE: EDA 844

COURSE TITLE:  STATISTICS FOR EDUCATIONAL MANAGEMENT

TIME ALLOWED: 2 HOURS

INSTRUCTION: ANSWER QUESTION ONE AND ANY OTHER TWO.

1. Table 1 presents data of teachers and students’ enrolment in Jackie Primary School for a period of five years:

Table 1:            Teachers and Students’ Enrolment

Use the Table above to answer the following questions:

1. Calculate the average cost Jackie Primary School is spending on a pupil?
2. Calculate the average teacher-pupil ratio in Jackie Primary School?
3. Critique the calculated teacher-pupil ratio if the benchmark is 1:35. (30 marks)
4. State and explain five main purposes of statistics in educational management. (20 marks)

3. Table 2 presents data on students performance in SSCE on four subjects for a period of five years in Madado Community Secondary School:

Table 2:          

From the data on the Table:

1. What is the average performance of the students in the subject presented?
2. Represent the average performance in a pie chart using percentage.
3. Which of the subjects has the least performance?
4. As the principal of the school, critique on the performance and state two techniques you may use to improve students’ performance.

(20 marks)

4. Giving the scores of 30 students in Mathematics test

30        33        49        26        32        51         52        10         46        45

25        15         47        21         40        24        24        27        43        17

29        50        36        48        37        34        14         41         55        59

1. Calculate the mean and the standard deviation. 
2. With the use of the figure you got as the standard deviation, describe the students’ performance. (20 marks)