Educational statistics belongs to the category of applied statistics, which is the application of mathematical statistics and probability theory in the field of education (including practice and theoretical research). Among them, it is the collation and analysis of various data in the field of education, especially quantitative data.
The main contents are divided into three parts: descriptive statistics, inferential statistics and data processing methods, including the arrangement, concentration, difference, correlation coefficient, relative position, common probability distribution, parameter estimation, hypothesis test, variance analysis, X2 nonparametric test, regression analysis and data processing methods using calculators and computers.
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Learning requirements of educational statistics:
1. "Educational problems" are based on "educational facts" and guided by educational values, aiming at exploring and revealing the regular relationship between educational activities and serving educational practice.
2. Educate children according to their physical and mental characteristics at different ages; Educational principles and methods should be "natural", oppose corporal punishment, and initially establish a system of modern educational principles and methods.
3. Oppose the suppression of children's personality by medieval religious education or feudal education, and advocate that education should follow children's nature; The purpose of education is to cultivate people who can adapt to the needs of capitalist production relations and social relations and develop harmoniously in body and mind; Schools should let children live and study happily.
Baidu encyclopedia-education statistics
Baidu Encyclopedia-Education Statistics (Second Edition)