Exam Details
| Subject | Advanced Psychological Statistics | |
| Paper | ||
| Exam / Course | DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY | |
| Department | School of Social Sciences (SOSS) | |
| Organization | indira gandhi national open university | |
| Position | ||
| Exam Date | December, 2015 | |
| City, State | new delhi, |
Question Paper
Answer any 10 of the following questions in about 50 words each. All questions carry equal marks.
1. Ordinal and Ratio Scale.
2. Mean and Median.
3. Frequency polygon.
4. Degrees of freedom.
5. Quartile deviation.
6. Advantages of Parametric Statistics.
7. Linear correlation.
8. Multiple regression.
9. Median test.
10. Negative and Positive deviation from the normals.
11. Scatter diagram.
Answer any 5 of the following questions in about 200 words each. All questions carry equal marks.
1. Discuss Correlation. Calculate Pearson Product Moment Correlation for the following data
Data 50 40 70 60 30
Data 30 20 25 15 35
2. Define Regression. Determine regression equations for the following data
Data 2 4 3 5 1 3
Data 4 6 4 5 2 3
3. Describe Chi-Square. The Opinions of 100 individuals belonging to high Socio-Economic Status and 90 belonging to low Socio-Economic Status were taken on a scale measuring attitude towards health.
The data is presented below
SES Opinion
Agree Undecided Disagree Total
High 7 27 66 100
Low 10 14 66 90
Determine whether association exists in the opinion in regard to SES.
4. The following are the scores obtained by students 6 of government and private schools on achievement motivation. Find out whether significant difference exists between the scores obtained by the students of two different schools.
Private Schools 10
Government Schools: 12, 11, 7
5. Discuss with suitable examples and diagram how ungrouped data can be graphically presented. Discuss any three graphical presentation.
6. Discuss partial correlation and indicate its advantages.
Answer any 2 of the following questions in about 500 words each. All questions carry equal marks.
1. Discuss the properties and application of normal distribution curve. Discuss the different divergence from normality using diagrams.
2. Explain the meaning of the term Analysis of Variance. Three groups of students were taught rnathematics usingthreedifferenttechniques. The Performance Scores are given below. Test the difference amongst the groups by using ANOVA.
Group
Group
Group
3. Describe Mann-Whitney U test and differentiate it from t-test. A research was carried to find out the attitude of women from urban and rural area towards exercise. The data is given below. Find out whether the attitude differs between rural and urban women.
Rural Area: 59, 60, 61, 64, 63, 51, 52, 55, 53, 57, 56, 54, 52, 64, 56, 54, 58, 56, 62, 60, 57
Urban Area: 53, 63, 63, 58, 60, 62, 66, 65, 64, 68
1. Ordinal and Ratio Scale.
2. Mean and Median.
3. Frequency polygon.
4. Degrees of freedom.
5. Quartile deviation.
6. Advantages of Parametric Statistics.
7. Linear correlation.
8. Multiple regression.
9. Median test.
10. Negative and Positive deviation from the normals.
11. Scatter diagram.
Answer any 5 of the following questions in about 200 words each. All questions carry equal marks.
1. Discuss Correlation. Calculate Pearson Product Moment Correlation for the following data
Data 50 40 70 60 30
Data 30 20 25 15 35
2. Define Regression. Determine regression equations for the following data
Data 2 4 3 5 1 3
Data 4 6 4 5 2 3
3. Describe Chi-Square. The Opinions of 100 individuals belonging to high Socio-Economic Status and 90 belonging to low Socio-Economic Status were taken on a scale measuring attitude towards health.
The data is presented below
SES Opinion
Agree Undecided Disagree Total
High 7 27 66 100
Low 10 14 66 90
Determine whether association exists in the opinion in regard to SES.
4. The following are the scores obtained by students 6 of government and private schools on achievement motivation. Find out whether significant difference exists between the scores obtained by the students of two different schools.
Private Schools 10
Government Schools: 12, 11, 7
5. Discuss with suitable examples and diagram how ungrouped data can be graphically presented. Discuss any three graphical presentation.
6. Discuss partial correlation and indicate its advantages.
Answer any 2 of the following questions in about 500 words each. All questions carry equal marks.
1. Discuss the properties and application of normal distribution curve. Discuss the different divergence from normality using diagrams.
2. Explain the meaning of the term Analysis of Variance. Three groups of students were taught rnathematics usingthreedifferenttechniques. The Performance Scores are given below. Test the difference amongst the groups by using ANOVA.
Group
Group
Group
3. Describe Mann-Whitney U test and differentiate it from t-test. A research was carried to find out the attitude of women from urban and rural area towards exercise. The data is given below. Find out whether the attitude differs between rural and urban women.
Rural Area: 59, 60, 61, 64, 63, 51, 52, 55, 53, 57, 56, 54, 52, 64, 56, 54, 58, 56, 62, 60, 57
Urban Area: 53, 63, 63, 58, 60, 62, 66, 65, 64, 68
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