Question

Prepare a list of statistical information that you will facilitate comparison of academic performance of your school with others in your neighbourhood.

Answer 1

To compare the academic performance of your school with other schools in your neighbourhood, the following statistical information would be required:-

i) Census of schools providing information about the total number of schools, total number of students in each school, etc.
ii) Mean marks (in %) of students in each class in each school.
iii) Average marks (in %) for the each of the schools as a whole.
iv) Variation of marks in each class of the school form the average marks for the school as a whole.
v) Coefficient of variation (at school level and at class level) for each of the schools.

School with the highest mean marks and the lowest coefficient of variation can said to be performing academically better than other school.