NATIONAL OPEN UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA

UNIVERSITY VILLAGE, PLOT 91, CASDASTRAL ZONE, NNAMDI AZIKIWE EXPRESS WAY, JABI, ABUJA.
FACULTY OF ARTS AND SOCIAL SCIENCES
OCTOBER 2013 EXAMINATION

COURSE CODE:             POL316

COURSE TITLE:             POLITICAL EVALUATION

TIME ALLOWED:          3 HRS

INSTRUCTIONS:            ANSWER QUESTION NO. 1 AND ANY OTHER TWO

1.  From the following:

65      65      40      65      50      80      48      59      79          85      72 70 69       70      45      65      76      77

(a)      Find the mode.

(b)      Compute the median.

(c)      Rank the scores and find the range.

(d)      Present an (f) table with interval size of 10 beginning with 40.

(e)      Find the Mean.

(f)      Calculate the (S), and state the social information it conveys.                      (30 Marks)

2. Discuss the essentials of political evaluation as well as its goals in decision making.  (20 Marks)

3. (a) Explain what you understand by research.

   (b)  Distinguish between quantitative and qualitative research strategies. (20 marks)

4. Explain the meaning of scaling and its applications in political evaluation. Discuss any two of the following: nominal, ordinal, interval and ratio. (20 Marks)

5. Assess major steps to be taken by a researcher conducting a study on demographic or socio-economic characteristics of NOUN students.  (20 Marks)