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Form 2 – Assignment Marking and Feedback Form

Form 2 will be given to you by the academic sessional together with your assignment. You must complete section A before attaching the form to the front of your

completed assignment and posting into the assignment box.

Student ID Number __________________

Section A

Student Reflection (to be completed by the student)

Section B

Marking Criteria

Assessment Criteria    Not Applicable    Fail    Satisfactory    Good    Very Good    Excellent
Choice of presentation method together with justification.
Appropriate use of language and statistical terminology especially in relation to interpreting the data
Clear evidence of wider reading and use of supporting evidence from statistical text
Analysis of the graph and source of data with evidence of critical thinking
Choice and calculation of appropriate measures with justification
Evaluation of the reliability of the source of data
Conformity to referencing convention in both text and reference section

[   ] Please tick this box to ensure you have read and understood the above criteria
Section C:  Learning Outcomes (LO) to be assessed

LO    LO Description    Comment on LO attainment    LO Achieved: Yes/No
A1    Identify the purpose of statistics and their sources

A2
Evaluate surveys in terms of their validity and reliability
B1    Evaluation of presentation methods

Section D:  Qualitative and Quantitative Feedback

The best aspects of the work were:

Marks

%    Signature
First Marker
Second marker
Moderator (if applicable)
Signature (Moderator)

For all questions in Section A ONLY, use the data contained in the file ‘Assignment A Data file 2014-02’. This file contains the variables Country or area, Female

teachers, Primary education year and percentage, Female teachers, Secondary education year and percentage and Female teachers, Tertiary education year and percentage.

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Section A

Question 1
a)    Using only the data ‘Country or area’ and ‘percentage Female teachers, Tertiary education for 2010’ present this data using three (3) different methods.
(15 marks)
b)    Compare and contrast each method identifying advantages and disadvantages of each.
(15 marks)
c)    Which method would you say is the best way to present the data? Justify your answer.
(5 marks)
d)    Describe how the ‘percentage Female teachers, Tertiary education for 2010’ data may be validated?

(5 marks)
e)    Interpret the data presented in a) above.  For example, what does it tell you about the percentage of Female teachers in Tertiary education in different

countries in 2010?                                                                               (5 marks)
f)    Choose and calculate an appropriate measure of the average and the dispersion for the data. State and justify which measure of average and dispersion you have

used. Provide the results to 2 decimal places.                                           (5 marks)

You should write no more than 500 words (only the first 500 words will be marked).

Section B

Question 2
Find a graph that has been printed in a national or local newspaper between 16 June, 2014 and the date that you submit your work. You must submit a copy of this graph,

the related article and the source (newspaper, author, date, page) with your assignment. Discuss the following aspects:

a)    Explain the technicalities of your graph – what is being drawn, the axes (if there are any) and the comparisons being made. (10 marks)
b)    Is the graph appropriate for the information that it is presenting? Is the graph necessary? Does it make the story easier to understand? Is it the correct type

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of graph? (10 marks)
c)    Analyse the graph, for example how well drawn is it, is it properly labelled, is it easy to read, are the scales proportional, is the source of data

identified? How would you improve the graph? (10 marks)
d)    Are there any other graphs that would be useful in order to understand the subject?
(10 marks)
e)    Comment on the reliability of the source of the data contained in the graph. (10 marks)
Justify your answers to each of the questions above. Yes or no is not sufficient.

You should write no more than 500 words on these five aspects (only the first 500 words will be marked). Do not feel that you have to criticise – the graph may be good

and you will then have to justify why it is good. The graph can come from any part of the newspaper – news, comment, sport, business, travel etc. Remember to submit a

copy of the graph and the article with your submission – those without the graph and article will get a 0 mark for this part of the assignment.

Sources:
Calculated by the United Nations Statistics Division based on data published by the UNESCO Institute for Statistics in table 4: Teaching staff by ISCED level,

available from UIS website, http://www.uis.unesco.org. The list of countries or areas as well as the related years are the one reported by UNESCO.

Technical notes:
Statistics on teachers (teaching staff) are compiled by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Institute for Statistics (UIS)

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from data provided by national Governments.
Teachers refer to persons employed full-time or part-time in an official capacity to guide and direct the learning experience of pupils and students, irrespective of

their qualifications or the delivery mechanism, i.e. face-to-face and/or at a distance. Excluded from this category are educational personnel who have no active

teaching duties (e.g. headmasters, headmistresses or principals who do not teach) and persons who work occasionally or in a voluntary capacity.
Definitions of primary, secondary and tertiary education are elaborated in the 1997 International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED 97). A concise definition

of each is given under tables 4b, 4c and 4d.
The percentage of female teachers at each level of education refers to the number of female teachers at each level of education expressed as a percentage of the total

number of teachers (male and female) at the same level in a given school-year. This indicator shows the gender composition of the teaching force. It helps also in

assessing the need for opportunities and/or incentives to encourage women and men to participate in teaching activities at a given level of education. A percentage of

female teachers approaching 50% indicates gender parity in the composition of the teaching force at a given level of education. A value greater than 50% reveals a

concentration of women in teaching at a specified level.

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