MPC-006 STATISTICS IN PSYCHOLOGY IGNOU SOLVED ASSIGNMENT (2020-21) ENGLISH

STATISTICS IN PSYCHOLOGY (MPC-006)
TUTOR MARKED ASSIGNMENT (TMA)
Course Code: MPC-006
Assignment Code: MPC-006/AST/TMA/2020-2021
Marks: 100
NOTE: All Questions Are Compulsory.
The answers are to be written in own words. Do not copy from the course material or any other source.
SECTION A
Answer the following question in about 1000 words (wherever applicable) each
15×3=45 Marks
1. Compare between parametric and nonparametric statistics. Discuss in detail any two nonparametric techniques.
2. The scores obtained by three groups of students on Self Concept Scale are given below. Compute ANOVA for the same.
Group A
34
43
22
66
44
34
44
77
77
33
Group B
34
22
34
44
65
67
43
35
57
87
Group C
34
33
22
58
56
54
56
66
77
78
3. Describe hypothesis testing with a focus on errors in hypothesis testing.
SECTION B
Answer the following questions in about 400 words (wherever applicable) each
5×5=25 Marks
1. Describe the concept and importance of normal probability curve.
2. Using Pearson’s product moment correlation for the following data:
Data 1
10
7
5
6
3
6
8
2
9
10
Data 2
2
1
9
4
9
5
4
9
5
4

3. With the help of Mann Whitney U test find if significant difference exists between the scores obtained on Organisational Commitment Scale obtained by public and private bank employees.
Scores on Organisational Commitment Scale
Public Bank Employees
10, 12, 21, 23, 34, 45, 32, 23, 34, 23
Private Bank Employees
34, 54, 56, 43, 32, 23, 34, 32, 33, 44, 32, 34, 32
4. Explain Two-way Analysis of Variance with a focus on its merits and demerits.
5. Compute Chi-square for the following data:
Phases of Adolescence
Achievement Motivation Scores
High
Low
Early adolescents
34
43
Late adolescents
45
44
SECTION C
Answer the following in about 50 words each 10×3=30 Marks
1. Tabulation
2. Interval estimation
3. Level of significance
4. Direction of correlation
5. Partial correlation
6. Multiple regression
7. Skewness and Kurtosis
8. Levels of measurement
9. Measures of dispersion
10. Kendall’s tau