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    5 Issues/Problems Involving Statistics in The Field of Education

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    Statistics are quantitative data or a field of study that is used differently depending on the context and purpose. As an educator, the author identified five key issues involving statistics in education: 1) Samples from studies do not always represent the overall population characteristics; 2) Researchers can be subjective in choosing what and who to study; 3) Assessment tools used to measure student performance are often outdated; 4) Teachers lack knowledge of modern data analysis techniques and software; 5) Some educators fabricate results to portray better performance. Addressing these issues could help improve how statistics are used to enhance education.

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    Statistics are quantitative data or a field of study that is used differently depending on the context and purpose. As an educator, the author identified five key issues involving statistics in education: 1) Samples from studies do not always represent the overall population characteristics; 2) Researchers can be subjective in choosing what and who to study; 3) Assessment tools used to measure student performance are often outdated; 4) Teachers lack knowledge of modern data analysis techniques and software; 5) Some educators fabricate results to portray better performance. Addressing these issues could help improve how statistics are used to enhance education.

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    Statistics are quantitative data or a field of study that is used differently depending on the context and purpose. As an educator, the author identified five key issues involving statistics in education: 1) Samples from studies do not always represent the overall population characteristics; 2) Researchers can be subjective in choosing what and who to study; 3) Assessment tools used to measure student performance are often outdated; 4) Teachers lack knowledge of modern data analysis techniques and software; 5) Some educators fabricate results to portray better performance. Addressing these issues could help improve how statistics are used to enhance education.

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    5 Issues/Problems Involving Statistics in The Field of Education

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    Republic of the Philippines

    SORSOGON STATE COLLEGE


    SCHOOL OF GRADUATE STUDIES
    Sorsogon City

    5 ISSUES/PROBLEMS
    INVOLVING STATISTICS
    IN THE FIELD OF
    EDUCATION
    Prepared by:

    JOSEPH G. ESCOBER
    MAED-FILIPINO

    Submitted to:
    DR. TARCELA DETERA
    Professor

    The word statistics in our everyday life means different things to


    different people. To a football fan, statistics are the information about rushing
    yardage, passing yardage, and first downs, given a halftime. To a manager of
    a power generating station, statistics may be information about the quantity
    of pollutants being released into the atmosphere. To a school principal,
    statistics are information on the absenteeism, test scores and teacher
    salaries. To a medical researcher investigating the effects of a new drug,
    statistics are evidence of the success of research efforts. And to a college
    student, statistics are the grades made on all the quizzes in a course this
    semester.
    Each of these people is using the word statistics correctly, yet each
    uses it in a slightly different way and for a somewhat different purpose.
    Statistics is a word that can refer to quantitative data or to a field of study.
    As an educator, I found not only a variance in the meaning of the word
    from other field but also of the problems involving statistics in the field of
    education. Here are some of them:
    1. Populations and samples
    a) Sample
    does
    not
    represent
    characteristics of the population.

    the

    general

    There have been studies made lately for the purpose of


    uplifting the quality of the field of education and were
    conducted in central schools. We must take note that a
    sample is a subset of data selected from a population.
    Although the said central schools are part of the whole
    population of a district or division, they do not necessarily
    have the general characteristics of the whole population of
    students/pupils within a district/division. For this matter,
    the result of the study may only favor those from central
    schools and not the whole population of students in the
    district.
    b) Researchers are very subjective
    Some researchers already picture out the result of their
    studies prior to the conduct of the research. Thus, they are
    subjective not only in choosing what the study will be
    about but also in the chosen recipient of the studies.
    2. Obsolete statistical tools in assessing performances
    Although the Philippine Education have been trying its best
    to meet the technologically-based quality of education it

    has been aiming for, the fact is the tools used by teachers
    and administrators in assessing student performances
    have been outdated. The national planners have been poor
    in updating these systems and acted poorly in the results
    of studies and number reflectors.
    3. Teachers dont have updated knowledge in the
    innovations in analysis of data gathered.
    Computer softwares for statistical analysis
    Many real problems have so much data that doing the
    calculations by hand is not feasible. For this reason, most realworld statistical analysis is done on computers. You must prepare
    the input data and interpret the results of the analysis and take
    appropriate action, but the machinedoes all the number
    crunching. There are many widely-used software packages for
    statistical analysis but the only most-handy program is Microsoft
    Excel which still, some educators are not familiar with.
    4. Fabricated results
    Since results of statistical measurements and studies
    reflects either poor, high, or average performance of a school,
    district, or division, some educators tend to fabricate results to
    favor them. These also affect the outcome of the study as well as
    the interventions conducted based on the results.

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