ASSIGNMENT No.

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(Units 15)
Q.1 Explain the importance and application of scientific method in educational research. Also discuss the significance of selecting a research problem in educational research. (20)

Q.2 Suppose a researcher does not go for sampling and embarks upon collection data from the entire population. How is his/her research study going to suffer due to this decision? Discuss. (20)

Q.3 Discuss the merits and limitations of different techniques of data collection. Which one or more than one of these techniques would you prefer to use for data collection in a particular situation and why? (20)

Q.4 Keeping in view the relevant study material construct a questionnaire on the following topic of research: i) ii) academic achievement. Effect of Management Styles on the performance of secondary school teachers in Pakistan. (20) Managerial skills of heads of higher secondary school and their impact on student

Q.5 Elaborate various types of researches. To what extent these can be significant in improving the education system of Pakistan? (20)

ASSIGNMENT No. 2 (Units 69)

Q.1 Following are the scores of students in pre test and post test in an experimental design. Calculate the value of rho and Pearson r from the following data.(20) page 454 X 15 18 22 17 19 20 16 21 y 40 42 50 45 43 46 41 41 (20)

Q.2 Calculate from the data given below mean, median, mode and Q.1 Q.3 and Q. Interval 91-100 81-90 71-80 61-70 51-60 41-50 31-40 21-30 Q.3 a) b) Frequency 8 9 12 15 17 10 11 4

Clearly describe the concept of correlation and uses of measures of relationship in educational planning and management. Calculate the co efficient from the given data X 53, 50, 48, 47, 46, 45, 44, 43, 42.40.35 Y 51, 56, 59, 48, 37, 25, 48, 44, 34, 67, 46 (15) (05)

Q.4 a) b)

Define probability and elaborate what is probability curve.

(15)

What is probability that an athlete would clear a distance between 189-198 inches? If the average distance cleared by him during a large number of trail was 180 inches with a S.D of 6 inches.
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(05)

Q.5 a) b)

A player got 210 marks in a competition. Find out the probability that he is a member of a team getting a mean of 300 with an SD of 45. (10) The average score of students in 10 different competitions was 90 with an SD of 3. Compute the probability that the student would score points between 94 and 99. (10)