Student Misconceptions [S24]

Primary Research Questions :

• What are the misconceptions of the students?

• How can we scallably analyze Exams?

Sub-Research Questions :

• What questions do people generally get incorrect?

  • What types of questions do Pass/Fail students get incorrect?

• Is their a statistically significant difference between Status groups in response patterns?

  • What general patterns do we see between groups?

  • What general patterns do we see within groups?

Graphics :

We define failure as scoring below a B (approximately 80%), which effectively splits the dataset in half–allowing for more power in our comparisons. This threshold highlights substantial room for improvement and the need to strengthen students’ statistical literacy.

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## 2        B 28    0.19
## 3       C+ 12    0.08
## 4   Failed 62    0.42

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Statistical Analysis :

Technical Considerations :

• Q3 has 4 options [A, B, C, D] but only : “A”, “B” and ” ” as possible answer choices

• There are 9 students who are NA, 155 to 146 students