The group and the individuals (Brown, 1998), complete the activity on p. 74 Understanding research in second language learning – See descriptive statistics for fall 1977 sample ( 1. Which group was larger? 2. Which group typically had higher grades? 3. Which measure probably had more possible points on it? What additional piece of information would have helped to answer this question? 4. Which group performed better on the cloze test? How do you know that? 5. Which group performed more heterogeneously on the final exam? How do you know that? 6. What additional information would you have liked to see in this table to help you interpret the groups’ behaviors
