nicole kotras masters thesis

Stage 6
Stage 7
For the large revised pictures.
Descriptive statistics for the four cultural groups (Black, Coloured, Indian & White) of
both Sample 1 and 2, were provided separately in terms of frequency counts (f),
means (X's) and percentages (%). This was performed for:
* each 2-month age interval (60-61 to 82-83 months);
* each SES group (upper, middle & lower);
* each language group (English, Afrikaans, Xhosa); and
* both gender groups (male & female).
For the 20 small revised pictures.
Descriptive statistics for the four cultural groups (Black, Coloured, Indian & White) of
both Sample 1 and 2, were provided separately in terms of frequency counts (f),
percentages (%) and means (X's). This was performed for:
* each 2-month age interval (60-61 to 82-83 months);
* each SES group (upper, middle & lower);
* each language group (English, Afrikaans, Xhosa); and
* both gender groups (male & female).
Every child's response was recorded as to whether he/she passed or failed each of
the 20 small revised pictures. This then allowed for the frequency and percentage of
passes and fails for each picture to be calculated.
As mentioned in Chapter 2, for each 2 month age-interval tested Griffiths (1960)
proposed an expected number of correct responses for the 20 small pictures and the
original large picture utilized for the Hearing and Speech Scale. (See Table 1). The
proposed number of correct responses suggested by Griffiths (1960), were utilized as
a constant factor against which the responses gathered from both large revised
pictures and the 20 small pictures, for each cultural group, were described.
This stage involved the interpretation of the results and a discussion thereof
which are provided in Chapter 5.
This stage involved a critical evaluation of the study, which is provided in Chapter 6.
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