Academic performance

Report marks

altogether

Report marks

as mean and SEM

statistical comparisons

Report Final Marks

For BIOL1040, when Semesters 1 and 2 are pooled, there is a statistically significant difference in final marks (overall and) for all pair-wise comparisons between Report 1, 2, 3 and 4, EXCEPT Report 3 final marks are not different to Report 4

##                     Df Sum Sq Mean Sq F value Pr(>F)    
## as.factor(report)    3  89738   29913   179.4 <2e-16 ***
## Residuals         5312 885701     167                   
## ---
## Signif. codes:  0 '***' 0.001 '**' 0.01 '*' 0.05 '.' 0.1 ' ' 1
##   Tukey multiple comparisons of means
##     95% family-wise confidence level
## 
## Fit: aov(formula = Final.Grade.percent ~ as.factor(report), data = AcP.biol.df)
## 
## $`as.factor(report)`
##                         diff        lwr       upr     p adj
## Report 2-Report 1  4.7651220  3.5756149  5.954629 0.0000000
## Report 3-Report 1  9.6042949  8.4092097 10.799380 0.0000000
## Report 4-Report 1 10.4215265  8.8855292 11.957524 0.0000000
## Report 3-Report 2  4.8391729  3.6469436  6.031402 0.0000000
## Report 4-Report 2  5.6564046  4.1226282  7.190181 0.0000000
## Report 4-Report 3  0.8172317 -0.7208748  2.355338 0.5212129

For BIOL1040, Semester 1 only, there is a statistically significant difference in final marks (overall and) for all pair-wise comparisons between Report 1, 2, 3 and 4.

##                     Df Sum Sq Mean Sq F value Pr(>F)    
## as.factor(report)    3  70267   23422   144.4 <2e-16 ***
## Residuals         2657 430925     162                   
## ---
## Signif. codes:  0 '***' 0.001 '**' 0.01 '*' 0.05 '.' 0.1 ' ' 1
##   Tukey multiple comparisons of means
##     95% family-wise confidence level
## 
## Fit: aov(formula = Final.Grade.percent ~ as.factor(report), data = subset(AcP.biol.df, sem == "Sem1"))
## 
## $`as.factor(report)`
##                        diff       lwr       upr     p adj
## Report 2-Report 1  3.014750  1.209579  4.819921 0.0001073
## Report 3-Report 1  9.459033  7.651280 11.266785 0.0000000
## Report 4-Report 1 13.109070 11.296074 14.922066 0.0000000
## Report 3-Report 2  6.444283  4.666202  8.222364 0.0000000
## Report 4-Report 2 10.094320  8.310907 11.877733 0.0000000
## Report 4-Report 3  3.650037  1.864012  5.436063 0.0000010

For BIOM2011, there is a statistically significant difference in final marks between Report 1 and Report 2

## 
##  Welch Two Sample t-test
## 
## data:  Final.Grade by report
## t = -8.2232, df = 661.839, p-value = 1.048e-15
## alternative hypothesis: true difference in means is not equal to 0
## 95 percent confidence interval:
##  -11.052026  -6.791365
## sample estimates:
## mean in group Report 1 mean in group Report 2 
##               59.78776               68.70946

Criteria Marks

BIOL1040

MANCOVA to see if there are differences due to semester or report number in any of the criteria

##                                    Df   Pillai approx F num Df den Df
## as.factor(sem)                      1 0.041069   18.908     12   5298
## as.factor(report)                   3 0.303884   49.781     36  15900
## as.factor(sem):as.factor(report)    2 0.082145   18.914     24  10598
## Residuals                        5309                                
##                                     Pr(>F)    
## as.factor(sem)                   < 2.2e-16 ***
## as.factor(report)                < 2.2e-16 ***
## as.factor(sem):as.factor(report) < 2.2e-16 ***
## Residuals                                     
## ---
## Signif. codes:  0 '***' 0.001 '**' 0.01 '*' 0.05 '.' 0.1 ' ' 1
##  Response Hypoth :
##                                    Df  Sum Sq Mean Sq F value    Pr(>F)
## as.factor(sem)                      1   13.57 13.5707  31.806 1.792e-08
## as.factor(report)                   3   60.53 20.1777  47.291 < 2.2e-16
## as.factor(sem):as.factor(report)    2   11.83  5.9156  13.864 9.872e-07
## Residuals                        5309 2265.22  0.4267                  
##                                     
## as.factor(sem)                   ***
## as.factor(report)                ***
## as.factor(sem):as.factor(report) ***
## Residuals                           
## ---
## Signif. codes:  0 '***' 0.001 '**' 0.01 '*' 0.05 '.' 0.1 ' ' 1
## 
##  Response Methods.writing :
##                                    Df  Sum Sq Mean Sq  F value    Pr(>F)
## as.factor(sem)                      1    1.12   1.116   1.9580  0.161788
## as.factor(report)                   3  194.40  64.800 113.7153 < 2.2e-16
## as.factor(sem):as.factor(report)    2    6.16   3.081   5.4067  0.004511
## Residuals                        5309 3025.29   0.570                   
##                                     
## as.factor(sem)                      
## as.factor(report)                ***
## as.factor(sem):as.factor(report) ** 
## Residuals                           
## ---
## Signif. codes:  0 '***' 0.001 '**' 0.01 '*' 0.05 '.' 0.1 ' ' 1
## 
##  Response Methods.details :
##                                    Df Sum Sq Mean Sq F value    Pr(>F)    
## as.factor(sem)                      1  106.6 106.615 116.894 < 2.2e-16 ***
## as.factor(report)                   3  286.3  95.433 104.634 < 2.2e-16 ***
## as.factor(sem):as.factor(report)    2   41.4  20.680  22.674 1.566e-10 ***
## Residuals                        5309 4842.2   0.912                      
## ---
## Signif. codes:  0 '***' 0.001 '**' 0.01 '*' 0.05 '.' 0.1 ' ' 1
## 
##  Response Methods.design :
##                                    Df Sum Sq Mean Sq F value  Pr(>F)    
## as.factor(sem)                      1    4.2   4.195  4.1808 0.04093 *  
## as.factor(report)                   3   81.5  27.151 27.0613 < 2e-16 ***
## as.factor(sem):as.factor(report)    2  121.6  60.799 60.5986 < 2e-16 ***
## Residuals                        5309 5326.6   1.003                    
## ---
## Signif. codes:  0 '***' 0.001 '**' 0.01 '*' 0.05 '.' 0.1 ' ' 1
## 
##  Response Results.text :
##                                    Df Sum Sq Mean Sq F value    Pr(>F)    
## as.factor(sem)                      1   25.5  25.548  31.539 2.054e-08 ***
## as.factor(report)                   3  199.8  66.590  82.205 < 2.2e-16 ***
## as.factor(sem):as.factor(report)    2   45.9  22.926  28.302 5.937e-13 ***
## Residuals                        5309 4300.5   0.810                      
## ---
## Signif. codes:  0 '***' 0.001 '**' 0.01 '*' 0.05 '.' 0.1 ' ' 1
## 
##  Response Results.figures :
##                                    Df Sum Sq Mean Sq F value    Pr(>F)    
## as.factor(sem)                      1   54.2  54.226 73.8299 < 2.2e-16 ***
## as.factor(report)                   3  127.7  42.565 57.9526 < 2.2e-16 ***
## as.factor(sem):as.factor(report)    2   10.4   5.204  7.0858 0.0008449 ***
## Residuals                        5309 3899.3   0.734                      
## ---
## Signif. codes:  0 '***' 0.001 '**' 0.01 '*' 0.05 '.' 0.1 ' ' 1
## 
##  Response Results.legends :
##                                    Df Sum Sq Mean Sq F value    Pr(>F)    
## as.factor(sem)                      1   33.0  33.002  34.465 4.602e-09 ***
## as.factor(report)                   3  318.0 106.016 110.719 < 2.2e-16 ***
## as.factor(sem):as.factor(report)    2   74.5  37.244  38.896 < 2.2e-16 ***
## Residuals                        5309 5083.5   0.958                      
## ---
## Signif. codes:  0 '***' 0.001 '**' 0.01 '*' 0.05 '.' 0.1 ' ' 1
## 
##  Response Disc.knowlede :
##                                    Df Sum Sq Mean Sq F value    Pr(>F)    
## as.factor(sem)                      1   38.3  38.307 53.7596 2.607e-13 ***
## as.factor(report)                   3   29.9   9.970 13.9920 4.392e-09 ***
## as.factor(sem):as.factor(report)    2    2.4   1.194  1.6751    0.1874    
## Residuals                        5309 3782.9   0.713                      
## ---
## Signif. codes:  0 '***' 0.001 '**' 0.01 '*' 0.05 '.' 0.1 ' ' 1
## 
##  Response Disc.InterpFindings :
##                                    Df Sum Sq Mean Sq F value    Pr(>F)    
## as.factor(sem)                      1   27.0 27.0378 35.8707 2.247e-09 ***
## as.factor(report)                   3   66.9 22.3055 29.5924 < 2.2e-16 ***
## as.factor(sem):as.factor(report)    2    7.2  3.6013  4.7778   0.00845 ** 
## Residuals                        5309 4001.7  0.7538                      
## ---
## Signif. codes:  0 '***' 0.001 '**' 0.01 '*' 0.05 '.' 0.1 ' ' 1
## 
##  Response Disc.Evidence :
##                                    Df Sum Sq Mean Sq  F value    Pr(>F)
## as.factor(sem)                      1   14.2  14.218  14.1657 0.0001692
## as.factor(report)                   3  401.7 133.914 133.4250 < 2.2e-16
## as.factor(sem):as.factor(report)    2   11.0   5.479   5.4586 0.0042833
## Residuals                        5309 5328.4   1.004                   
##                                     
## as.factor(sem)                   ***
## as.factor(report)                ***
## as.factor(sem):as.factor(report) ** 
## Residuals                           
## ---
## Signif. codes:  0 '***' 0.001 '**' 0.01 '*' 0.05 '.' 0.1 ' ' 1
## 
##  Response Refs :
##                                    Df  Sum Sq Mean Sq  F value    Pr(>F)
## as.factor(sem)                      1    47.2   47.17  24.9664 6.021e-07
## as.factor(report)                   3  1919.6  639.88 338.6432 < 2.2e-16
## as.factor(sem):as.factor(report)    2    18.9    9.43   4.9892  0.006843
## Residuals                        5309 10031.5    1.89                   
##                                     
## as.factor(sem)                   ***
## as.factor(report)                ***
## as.factor(sem):as.factor(report) ** 
## Residuals                           
## ---
## Signif. codes:  0 '***' 0.001 '**' 0.01 '*' 0.05 '.' 0.1 ' ' 1
## 
##  Response Writing :
##                                    Df  Sum Sq Mean Sq F value    Pr(>F)
## as.factor(sem)                      1    3.64   3.637  6.9453  0.008428
## as.factor(report)                   3   97.52  32.508 62.0722 < 2.2e-16
## as.factor(sem):as.factor(report)    2    3.64   1.820  3.4745  0.031048
## Residuals                        5309 2780.41   0.524                  
##                                     
## as.factor(sem)                   ** 
## as.factor(report)                ***
## as.factor(sem):as.factor(report) *  
## Residuals                           
## ---
## Signif. codes:  0 '***' 0.001 '**' 0.01 '*' 0.05 '.' 0.1 ' ' 1

BIOM2011

MANCOVA to see if there are differences due to semester or report number in any of the criteria

##                                   Df   Pillai approx F num Df den Df
## as.factor(sem)                     1 0.070726   3.7937     13    648
## as.factor(report)                  1 0.163804   9.7645     13    648
## as.factor(sem):as.factor(report)   1 0.094484   5.2011     13    648
## Residuals                        660                                
##                                     Pr(>F)    
## as.factor(sem)                   6.719e-06 ***
## as.factor(report)                < 2.2e-16 ***
## as.factor(sem):as.factor(report) 7.007e-09 ***
## Residuals                                     
## ---
## Signif. codes:  0 '***' 0.001 '**' 0.01 '*' 0.05 '.' 0.1 ' ' 1
##  Response Intro :
##                                   Df Sum Sq Mean Sq F value    Pr(>F)    
## as.factor(sem)                     1    138   138.3  0.3858    0.5348    
## as.factor(report)                  1  15750 15750.5 43.9280 7.083e-11 ***
## as.factor(sem):as.factor(report)   1    211   210.5  0.5872    0.4438    
## Residuals                        660 236644   358.6                      
## ---
## Signif. codes:  0 '***' 0.001 '**' 0.01 '*' 0.05 '.' 0.1 ' ' 1
## 
##  Response Hypoth :
##                                   Df Sum Sq Mean Sq F value    Pr(>F)    
## as.factor(sem)                     1   1865  1865.1  4.8827 0.0274704 *  
## as.factor(report)                  1   4766  4765.7 12.4763 0.0004409 ***
## as.factor(sem):as.factor(report)   1    332   331.9  0.8689 0.3515902    
## Residuals                        660 252109   382.0                      
## ---
## Signif. codes:  0 '***' 0.001 '**' 0.01 '*' 0.05 '.' 0.1 ' ' 1
## 
##  Response Methods :
##                                   Df Sum Sq Mean Sq F value    Pr(>F)    
## as.factor(sem)                     1    808   808.3  2.6079    0.1068    
## as.factor(report)                  1  12800 12799.6 41.2967 2.506e-10 ***
## as.factor(sem):as.factor(report)   1    453   452.8  1.4608    0.2272    
## Residuals                        660 204563   309.9                      
## ---
## Signif. codes:  0 '***' 0.001 '**' 0.01 '*' 0.05 '.' 0.1 ' ' 1
## 
##  Response Results.text :
##                                   Df Sum Sq Mean Sq F value    Pr(>F)    
## as.factor(sem)                     1   1888  1887.9  3.4464   0.06383 .  
## as.factor(report)                  1   8935  8935.3 16.3115 6.005e-05 ***
## as.factor(sem):as.factor(report)   1   2118  2117.8  3.8661   0.04969 *  
## Residuals                        660 361543   547.8                      
## ---
## Signif. codes:  0 '***' 0.001 '**' 0.01 '*' 0.05 '.' 0.1 ' ' 1
## 
##  Response Fig.Tables :
##                                   Df Sum Sq Mean Sq F value   Pr(>F)    
## as.factor(sem)                     1     73    73.1  0.1801   0.6715    
## as.factor(report)                  1   8963  8962.8 22.0761 3.19e-06 ***
## as.factor(sem):as.factor(report)   1   1055  1054.9  2.5982   0.1075    
## Residuals                        660 267957   406.0                     
## ---
## Signif. codes:  0 '***' 0.001 '**' 0.01 '*' 0.05 '.' 0.1 ' ' 1
## 
##  Response Legend.Title :
##                                   Df Sum Sq Mean Sq F value  Pr(>F)  
## as.factor(sem)                     1    418   417.8  0.7532 0.38580  
## as.factor(report)                  1   3408  3407.7  6.1432 0.01344 *
## as.factor(sem):as.factor(report)   1    500   500.0  0.9013 0.34279  
## Residuals                        660 366116   554.7                  
## ---
## Signif. codes:  0 '***' 0.001 '**' 0.01 '*' 0.05 '.' 0.1 ' ' 1
## 
##  Response Disc.InterpFindings :
##                                   Df Sum Sq Mean Sq F value    Pr(>F)    
## as.factor(sem)                     1   2488  2487.6  5.6515   0.01772 *  
## as.factor(report)                  1  12888 12887.8 29.2786 8.779e-08 ***
## as.factor(sem):as.factor(report)   1     32    31.8  0.0722   0.78821    
## Residuals                        660 290518   440.2                      
## ---
## Signif. codes:  0 '***' 0.001 '**' 0.01 '*' 0.05 '.' 0.1 ' ' 1
## 
##  Response Disc.IntegrateLit :
##                                   Df Sum Sq Mean Sq F value   Pr(>F)    
## as.factor(sem)                     1    432   432.4  0.8816   0.3481    
## as.factor(report)                  1  26115 26115.4 53.2450 8.48e-13 ***
## as.factor(sem):as.factor(report)   1   1391  1391.4  2.8369   0.0926 .  
## Residuals                        660 323714   490.5                     
## ---
## Signif. codes:  0 '***' 0.001 '**' 0.01 '*' 0.05 '.' 0.1 ' ' 1
## 
##  Response Refs :
##                                   Df Sum Sq Mean Sq F value    Pr(>F)    
## as.factor(sem)                     1     65    65.0  0.1473   0.70129    
## as.factor(report)                  1  29694 29693.9 67.2957 1.223e-15 ***
## as.factor(sem):as.factor(report)   1   1945  1944.9  4.4077   0.03616 *  
## Residuals                        660 291222   441.2                      
## ---
## Signif. codes:  0 '***' 0.001 '**' 0.01 '*' 0.05 '.' 0.1 ' ' 1
## 
##  Response Kn.PhysMechs :
##                                   Df Sum Sq Mean Sq F value    Pr(>F)    
## as.factor(sem)                     1   1583  1583.1  3.7372   0.05364 .  
## as.factor(report)                  1  14542 14542.2 34.3296 7.345e-09 ***
## as.factor(sem):as.factor(report)   1   1324  1323.6  3.1246   0.07758 .  
## Residuals                        660 279580   423.6                      
## ---
## Signif. codes:  0 '***' 0.001 '**' 0.01 '*' 0.05 '.' 0.1 ' ' 1
## 
##  Response Kn.ExpApproach :
##                                   Df Sum Sq Mean Sq F value  Pr(>F)    
## as.factor(sem)                     1   1163  1162.7  3.1217 0.07772 .  
## as.factor(report)                  1  26770 26770.1 71.8721 < 2e-16 ***
## as.factor(sem):as.factor(report)   1    148   147.7  0.3967 0.52904    
## Residuals                        660 245829   372.5                    
## ---
## Signif. codes:  0 '***' 0.001 '**' 0.01 '*' 0.05 '.' 0.1 ' ' 1
## 
##  Response W.Structure :
##                                   Df Sum Sq Mean Sq F value    Pr(>F)    
## as.factor(sem)                     1   2512  2512.4  8.4094  0.003857 ** 
## as.factor(report)                  1  12040 12039.8 40.2993 4.053e-10 ***
## as.factor(sem):as.factor(report)   1      6     5.8  0.0196  0.888785    
## Residuals                        660 197181   298.8                      
## ---
## Signif. codes:  0 '***' 0.001 '**' 0.01 '*' 0.05 '.' 0.1 ' ' 1
## 
##  Response W.LanguageJargon :
##                                   Df Sum Sq Mean Sq F value    Pr(>F)    
## as.factor(sem)                     1     74    74.1  0.2211   0.63836    
## as.factor(report)                  1   9623  9622.6 28.7039 1.166e-07 ***
## as.factor(sem):as.factor(report)   1   1762  1762.1  5.2563   0.02218 *  
## Residuals                        660 221257   335.2                      
## ---
## Signif. codes:  0 '***' 0.001 '**' 0.01 '*' 0.05 '.' 0.1 ' ' 1

Report marks for BIOL1040 as letter grades

seperated by semester Where A = 4, B = 3, C = 2, D = 1, E = 0