PSYC 2: Biological Foundations - Fall 2012 - Professor Claffey

Test 4 Analysis

Exam was taken on Friday, November 30th, 2012

The test had 38 graded multiple choice questions (one question was dropped due to poor wording).

Descriptive Statistics

Number of students: 277 (2 less than test 3)
Median: 29/38 (76.3%)

Mean: 28.3/38 (74.5%)
SD: 5.97 (15.7%)
Reliability coefficient: 0.85
Max: 38/38
Min: 8/38

Curve

A +3% curve was applied, up to a maximum of 100%. The curve is not included in the numbers above, but is included in grades on moodle and in the distribution below.

Grade distribution


Test 1
grades
Test 2
grades
Test 3
grades
Test 4
grades
Median
81.7%
78.4%
80.5%
79.3%





A
31%
18%
34%
22%
B
26%
30%
26%
25%
C
17%
22%
18%
23%
D
10%
12%
11%
14%
F
17%
19%
11%
14%

Survey Questions

There were no survey questions or additional analyses for this test.



Copyright 2012 - Michael Claffey