ALLAMA IQBAL OPEN UNIVERSITY, ISLAMABAD

(Department of Eduat!ona" P"ann!n#,

Po"!$ Stud!e% and Leader%&!p'
Su()et* MAILIN+ PA,-A+E O. M/P0IL EPM12345 6ADVAN,ED
,OURSE ON EDU,ATIONAL RESEAR,0 AND STATISTI,S7
SPRIN+ 849:, SEMESTER
Dear Students,
Assalam-o-Alaikum,
I feel great pleasure to welcome you in the M.Phil EPM-!"# 6Ad;aned ,our%e
on Eduat!ona" Re%ear& and Stat!%t!%7 in the current semester. $he course, as you
would feel it, is meant for e%uipping the prospecti&e planners and administrators with the
skills and techni%ues re%uired 'y them. I hope you would find this course %uite
interesting as well as useful in your professional de&elopment. I am sure that the
successful completion of this course will 'e a ma(or step towards achie&ement of the
M.Phil EPM degree from the )ni&ersity in due course of time.
$his mailing package contains*
i+ Allied Material ,- .ooks+
ii+ $wo Assignments
iii+ Assignment Proformas
i&+ Schedule for Su'mitting Assignments
&+ Acknowledgement /eceipt
0ou will recei&e your workshop assignment in due course which you would 'e
re%uired to present and su'mit in writing in the forthcoming workshop of the course at
the end of the semester.
$owards the end I wish you a happy and en(oya'le semester. My ser&ices are
a&aila'le as and when re%uired.
1ith 'est wishes.
0ours Sincerely,
(Dr. Hamid Khan Niazi)
2ourse 2oordinator
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ALLAMA IQBAL OPEN UNIVERSITY, ISLAMABAD
(Department of Eduat!ona" P"ann!n#, Po"!$ Stud!e% and Leader%&!p'
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T0E ASSI+NMENT(S' <ILL DEBAR T0E STUDENT .ROM A<ARD
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8/ SUBMITTIN+ ASSI+NMENTS BORRO<ED OR STOLEN .ROM
OT0ER(S' AS ONE>S O<N <ILL BE PENALI?ED AS DE.INED IN
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,our%e* Ad;aned ,our%e on Eduat!ona" Re%ear& and Stat!%t!% (2345'
Le;e"* M/P&!"1EPM Seme%ter* Spr!n#, 849:
Tota" Mar@%* 944 Pa%% Mar@%* A4
Note: Before attempting assignments, please read the following instructions:
6. All %uestions are compulsory.
-. All %uestions carry e%ual marks.
. /esponse to each %uestion should not 'e less than -8"" words in theoretical part
failing which marks will deducted accordingly.
7. Please write in your own words. A&oid irrele&ant information and render a critical
analysis the %uestions asked for.
8. 4o marks will 'e gi&en for reproduction from the te9t or from elsewhere.
#. Please write in your assignment in legi'le handwriting. ,$yped assignments are not
accepted+.
!. Please gi&e source on case of %uoting any material.
:. )se A-7 si;e of paper for writing assignment.
<. Please su'mit the assignment on or 'efore the specified date.
6". 5ate assignment will not 'e accepted in any case.
ASSI+NMENT No/ 9
(Un!t%* 9BA'
=. 6 ,a+ 1hat is scientific method> Descri'e ma(or steps in&ol&ed in conducting a
%ualitati&e research study> ?ow can it 'e called a scientific method> (94'
,'+ Select three e9isting educational pro'lems for which you will conduct research
study and at least ten ,6"+ complete references which directly relate to the
selected pro'lems. (94'
=. - E9plain the following concepts with suita'le e9amples. (84'
,a+ Sampling techni%ues
,'+ Methods of selecting a sample
-
=. ,a+ Discuss in detail &arious steps of de&eloping instruments in research for data
collection. (94'
'+ 1hat are the procedures to measure the relia'ility and &alidity of each
instrument with e9amples> (94'
=. 7 De&elop a research proposal for the study titled @A study of the effecti&eness of the
workshops of M.Phil program of AIA) Islama'adB. Include details of all features
of a research proposal. (84'
=. 8 1hat is the purpose and process of re&iew of related literature> As a researcher
how can you a&oid Plagiarism while re&iewing literature> (84'
ASSI+NMENT No/ 8
(Un!t%* 5BC'
=. 6 1hat are measurement scales> Ela'orate different types of measurement scales and
their application in research. (84'
=. - Descri'e and differentiate descripti&e statistics and inferential statistics in
educational research with e9amples. (84'
=. ,a+ 1hat do you understand 'y range, and standard de&iation> (94'
,'+ 2alculate = and S.D from the following fre%uency distri'utions* (94'
Scores 90-94 85-89 80-84 75-79 60-69 50-59 40-49 30-39 20-29 10-19 0-9
Frequency 5 9 14 19 21 30 25 15 10 8 6 N-162
=. 7 ,a+ 2alculate A4ACA from the following data and interpret results at "."8 le&el.
(94'
S. 4o. D6 D- D
6 68 -8 8
- 6" 6" 6"
-" 68 -"
7 8 68 8
8 6" 6" 6"
,'+ A test gi&en to two studentsE groups as the gi&en 'elow* (94'
+roup N D S/D
A :" #" 6"
. <" !" 68
2alculate from the a'o&e as to which group is 'etter than the other.
=. 8 ,a+ Define pro'a'ility and ela'orate what is pro'a'ility cur&e. (94'

,'+ A player got -"6 marks in a competition. 3ind out the pro'a'ility that he is a
mem'er of a team getting a mean of "" with an SD of 78.
(94'
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