THE INFLUENCE OF GENDER, TEOG EXAM SCORES AND SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS ON THE ACCOMPLISHMENT OF STUDENTS REGARDING READING AND INTERPRETATION OF THE FREQUENCY POLYGON AND HISTOGRAM

Erdoğan HALAT; Firdevs ÇİMENCİ ATEŞ

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THE INFLUENCE OF GENDER, TEOG EXAM SCORES AND SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS ON THE ACCOMPLISHMENT OF STUDENTS REGARDING READING AND INTERPRETATION OF THE FREQUENCY POLYGON AND HISTOGRAM

Authors:

Erdoğan HALAT | Firdevs ÇİMENCİ ATEŞ

Main Topics:

Sociology and anthropology

Journal:

The Eurasia Proceedings of Educational and Social Sciences 2016 Vol.4, pp.372-377

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

8/2016

Document Language:

Turkish

Document ID (Org No.):

2000659352

Abstract:

 


The
aim of this current study was to investigate the effects of variables, such as
gender, TEOG exam scores and socio-economic status on the 8th grade students
about the reading and interpretation of the Frequency Polygon and Histogram.
The study included 388 eighth grade students who were from four different
middle schools. The researchers used a multiple choice statistics test in the
collection of the data.  This test
contained 22 questions about the reading and interpretation of graphs and
finding of the measures of both central tendency and dispersion. This test was
developed by the researchers who piloted it and found its reliability of Cronbach's alpha
value as 0.80. In the analysis of the data, the researchers used the paired
samples t-test, independent samples t-test and two- way ANOVA. The study
pointed out that the participants of this study were more successful in reading
and interpretation of Frequency Polygon than Histogram. There was no
statistically significant difference found with regard to the value of mode in
both types of graphs between the achievement levels of the students. However,
the study also indicated that the participants were more successful on the
items that required the interpretations of standard deviations than the items
which required the computation of standard deviations. Moreover, although
gender was not a great factor on the accomplishment levels of the participants
on the test, both TEOG exam scores and socio-economic status played prominent
roles on the students’ achievements on the test. There was a positive
relationship between the students’ achievement levels and socio-economic status
on the statistics test.

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Article Details

THE INFLUENCE OF GENDER, TEOG EXAM SCORES AND SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS ON THE ACCOMPLISHMENT OF STUDENTS REGARDING READING AND INTERPRETATION OF THE FREQUENCY POLYGON AND HISTOGRAM

Authors: Erdoğan HALAT | Firdevs ÇİMENCİ ATEŞ

Main Topics: Sociology and anthropology

Journal: The Eurasia Proceedings of Educational and Social Sciences 2016 Vol.4, pp.372-377

Document Type: Article

Publication Date: 8/2016

Document Language: Turkish

Document ID (Org No.): 2000659352

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Authors:

Erdoğan HALAT | Firdevs ÇİMENCİ ATEŞ

Main Topics:

Sociology and anthropology

Journal:

The Eurasia Proceedings of Educational and Social Sciences 2016 Vol.4, pp.372-377

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

8/2016

Document Language:

Turkish

Document ID (Org No.):

2000659352