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APPLICATION OF STATISTICS IN EDUCATIONS PART SEVEN: STATISTICS, TESTS AND EXAMINATIONS

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PART SEVEN: STATISTICS, TESTS AND EXAMINATIONS v Application of Statistics in Education. v Psychological Tests. v Examinations and Scholastic Tests. v   Chapter 33 APPLICATION OF STATISTICS IN EDUCATIONS The Chapter at a Glance Introduction of precision. Some basic statistical concepts. Distribution of IQ. The guiding role of statistics.             As sciences progress they become more and more precise and quantitative. Says Walker: "The more advanced the sciences have become the more they have tended to enter the domain of mathematics, which is a sort of centre towards which they converge. We can judge the perfection to which a science has come by the facility, more or less great, with which it may be approached by calculation." Introduction of Precision             Application of statistical methods to the problems of educa­tion has resulted in making the science of education more quantitative and more precise. In fact, the con