Some Statistical Observations Of The High School Institute Students For The First Five Years -1959- 1963

Author

Laurel M. Rolling, Prairie View Agricultural and Mechanical College

Date of Award

5-1965

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Science

Degree Discipline

Mathematics

Abstract

INTRODUCTION AND TERMINOLOGY

Statement of the Problem- Each summer since 1959 a group of high-ability secondary students have been selected to participate in Institutes, supported by the National Science Foundation in Mathematics, Chemistry, and Biology at Prairie View Agricultural and Mechanical College.

The problem in this study is to statistically analyze various sets of scores attained by the high-ability secondary students participating in these Institutes, for the purpose of obtaining certain comparative information relative to the performance of these More precisely, the scores to be considered are those attained on the I. Q. tests, high school tests.

DEFINITION OF SYMBOLS AND TERMS

Population- The set of all variates satisfying certain prescribed conditions.

Sample- A set of n variates taken from some population.

Committee Chair/Advisor

A. D. Stewart

Committee Member

E. E. O'Banion

Committee Member

W. E. Reid

Committee Member

L. C. Collins

Committee Member

Phillip Young

Publisher

Prairie View Agricultural and Mechanical College

Rights

Date of Digitization

12/13/2021

Contributing Institution

John B Coleman Library

City of Publication

Prairie View

MIME Type

Application/PDF

Recommended Citation

Rolling, L. M. (1965). Some Statistical Observations Of The High School Institute Students For The First Five Years -1959- 1963. Retrieved from https://digitalcommons.pvamu.edu/pvamu-theses/834