M.P.Ed. DEGREE EXAMINATION, APRIL 2016
Second Semester
Physical Education
APPLIED STATISTICS IN PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND
SPORTS
(2015 onwards)
Time 3 Hours Maximum 75 Marks
Part A (10 2 20)
Answer any ten questions.
All questions carry equal marks.
1. What is a variable?
2. What is a sample?
3. Write the formula for mean.
4. Find out the mode for the given scores:
11, 13, 15, 17, 19, 20, 25, 26, 15, 18.
5. What is standard deviation?
6. Write the formula for quartile deviation.
7. Define measures of central tendency.
8. What is skewness?
9. Meaning of correlation.
10. Calculate the range for the given scores:
299, 223, 225, 287, 216, 228, 299, 215, 212.
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11. Meaning of probability.
12. What is hull scale?
Part B 5 25)
Answer any five questions.
All questions carry equal marks.
13. Briefly explain divergence from normality with suitable
diagram.
14. What is the difference between parametric and nonparametric
statistics?
15. Find out Mean Deviation for the following scores.
28, 33, 30, 38, 39, 38, 26, 28, 33, 30, 34, 29, 33, 19.
16. List out various types of scales and explain any two.
17. Form a frequency table for the given data:
23, 24, 35, 32, 23, 44, 45, 45, 43, 49, 48, 48, 28, 29, 22, 22,
44, 45, 44, 35, 45, 34.
18. Differentiate analysis of variance and analysis of co
variance.
19. Compute rank order correlation between the following
sets of scores:
Pushups Sit-ups
11 14
16 10
15 10
10 16
12 10
14 12
12 8
13 13
20. Briefly explain raw data and group data with examples.
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Part C 10 30)
Answer any three questions.
All questions carry equal marks.
21. Calculate the independent t-test from the following data.
X 12 22 24 14 15
Y 13 21 23 17 17
22. Calculate the quartile deviation from the following
grouped data.
Class Interval 43-48 37-42 31-36 25-30 19-24 13-18 7-12 1-6
f 3 2 1 4 2 6 10 7
23. Briefly explain normal curve and list down its properties
and principles.
24. Explain the need and importance of statistics.
25. Compute the product moment correlation by ungrouped
data.
X 30 35 25 28 27 18 17 24 32 34
Y 32 33 24 28 25 19 16 24 33 36