data interpretation rules and practice

Data Analysis & Interpretation
The attempt to fully and accurately summarize and represent the data that has been collected.”
Data Analysis and Interpretation includes

●Organized by theme

●Description of facts (data)

●Source:

●What you did to get the information regarding each theme

●How you gathered your data

●Analysis:  How you analyzed your data

●Interpretation of the facts- What does the data “mean”?

how did you got the data?(on the basis of survey,or chart etc.

EXAMPLE:

I.Student’s pre-existing knowledge & use of reading strategies

A.Surveys:

a.10/12 students  claimed to have extended knowledge of reading strategies

b.10/12 students admitted using some of these strategies, especially while reading

B.Pre-test: …

C.Observations: …

The themes become your sub-headings

●Themes that emerge from your data (what you learned or found)

Could be research questions/variables

NOTE

Write paragraphs under each subheading

Include (from your outline):

●Brief summary of how you got the information (sources) regarding the theme.

●What information was found (data) regarding the theme

●How it was analyzed (data analysis method: used charts, coding, etc.).

●Data interpretation (so what?)

Data Analysis and Interpretation

The following themes emerged from the analysis of surveys, interviews, observations and students tests.

Student’s pre-existing knowledge and use of reading strategies

Taking into account the surveys, ten of the students  claimed to have extended knowledge of reading strategies; they also admitted using some of these strategies, especially while reading. Eleven of them recognized.... Other less frequent reading strategies mentioned by students were…. Even though the students  were observed to understand and often use reading strategies, the pre-test also showed a poor or lack of reading strategies. As shown in the table 1, most of the students did not use visible reading strategies while answering the reading comprehension test. A high percentage of students underlined complete paragraphs without properly identifying the main idea, and underlined isolated ideas, but not necessarily the most important from each paragraph. During the pre-test , it was observed that none of the students used graphic organizers or diagrams after reading the text.

Level of proficiency, thinking skills and time spent on reading comprehension pre- test

The student´s results in the pre-test showed… etc.