PRESENTATION AND DATA ANALYSES
A. Data Presentation and Analysis II ( Completion Test )
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In answering this item, there are 7 students who give the correct answer by choosing „at‟ and there are 23 students who choose incorrect answer. 14 students choose „on‟ and 9 students choose „for‟. At is the correct answer because at is used with points in time. On and for are not suitable. On is mostly used with days and dates. While, for is used with partular duration.
The number of the students who give the correct answer in this item is very bad. There are 7 students who answer correctly and 23 students make mistakes by incorrect answer. For the students who make mistakes by giving incorrect answer, they do not have any reasons why they choose on and for as their answer.
4. The weather……….spring is beautiful.
There are 14 students who give the correct answer by choosing „in‟
and there are 16 students who choose incorrect answer. There are 7 students choose „for‟ . There are 6 students who choose „by‟. There are 2 students choose „since‟ and only 1 student chooses „in‟. There are 14 students who answer correctly and 16 students make mistake by incorrect answer. In is the correct answer because in is used season.
5. The conference held……….March, 10.
In answering this item, there are 22 students choose the correct answer by choosing „on‟ and 8 only students choose „in‟. On is used date or day.
The correct answer for the sentence sentence The conference
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held...March, 10 should be completed by the word „on‟. This is correct preposition of time in used date or days. So, the word appropriate for the sentence above is on.
6. I have been living here……….four years.
In answering this item, there are 16 students who give the correct answer by choosing „for‟ and there are 14 students who choose the incorrect answer. There are 7 students choose „since‟ and there are 3 students choose „from‟. But, there are 4 students choose „at‟. The correct answer for the sentence I have been living here...four years should be completed by the word „for‟. For is used with particular durations except that also used present perfect tense as the sentence above it is mean „he began live here four years ago and still lives here‟.
7. I meet Wati in a party……….Friday night.
In question number 7, there are 7 students who give the correct answer by choosing answer at and there are 23 students give the correct answer.
There are 16 students choose „on‟ and there are 7 students choose „by‟ as their answer. At is used with the following times of the day. So, the correct answer for this sentence i meet Wati in a party...Friday night is at. For the students who make mistakes by giving incorrect answer, they do not have any reasons why they choose on and by as their answer.
8. Melly will be in the classroom……….8 a.m.
For this number, all students who giving the correct answer by choosing answer at. There are no students make mistakes for this number.
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They are know the correct answer is at because the sentence above clearly explain about time/hour. This number the students very good in answering the sentence above.
9. The World War Two lasted……….1939 until 1945.
For number 9, there are 13 students who giving the answer by choosing answer from and there are 15 students who choose „since‟. There is 1 student chooses „in‟ and there is 1 student chooses „on‟. So, the corret answer is from . From is used to refer to the beginning of one period to the beginning of another or is used to refer to beginning and end of an event. The students do not have any reasons why they choose „since‟ as their answer.
10. He had been away from home……….two weeks.
In this question, there are 17 students who giving the answer by choosing answer for and there are 13 students who answer incorrect.
There are 10 students who choose „in‟ and there is 1 student chooses
„since‟. There is 1 student chooses „on‟ and there is 1 student chooses
„from‟. For is used with particular durations and it is using past perfect tense as this sentence he had been away from home...two weeks.
After looking at the data and analyzing the result of the test, the writer shows on the table the result of the students work in choosing the correct answer that consists of ten numbers. For knowing the answer presentation that is correctly from the test result of the students, so the writer uses formula as follow:
50 P = SC x 100%
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Table 2: To show in general the result of completion test, the ability of each student.
Number of
Number of
Total of Correct Answers
Percentage
Students Questions
Correct Answer Score
2 10 8 32 80%
3 10 7 28 70%
5 10 6 24 60%
7 10 5 20 50%
1 10 4 16 40%
7 10 3 12 30%
1 10 2 8 20%
4 10 1 4 10%
30 Score Average 41,11
Based on the table above, there is no student who answers the entire questions correctly (100%). There are two students who give 8 correct answers (80%), and it is excellent criterion. There are three students who give 7 correct answers (70%), and it is good criterion. There
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are five students who give 6 correct answers (60%), and it is fair criterion.
There are seven students who give 5 answers (50%), and it is poor criterion. There is one student who gives 4 correct answers (40%), and it is fail criterion. There are seven students who give 3 correct answers (30%), and it si fail criterion. There is one student who gives 2 correct answers (20%), and it is also fail criterion. There are four students who gives 1 correct answers (10%), and it is fail criterion too. The level student‟s ability in using preposition of time appropriately in completion test is fail (41).
To know the student‟s ability in general multiple choice and completion test in determining a criterion, the writer uses the formula and shows on the table, as follows:
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Table 3: To show in general the result of multiple choice and completion test, the ability of each students.
Students Total of Number of correct Total of Total Number Questions Answer correct Score
answer Multiple Completion
Choice Choice
1 30 10 6 16 60
2 30 15 2 17 64
3 30 12 1 13 56
4 30 11 7 18 66
5 30 9 3 12 54
6 30 10 5 15 60
7 30 16 3 19 68
8 30 14 1 15 60
9 30 12 5 17 64
10 30 7 7 14 58
11 30 11 1 12 54
12 30 9 5 14 58
13 30 10 3 13 56
14 30 14 1 15 60
15 30 11 3 14 58
16 30 9 4 13 56
17 30 9 5 14 58
18 30 11 6 17 64
19 30 12 5 17 64
20 30 14 7 21 72
21 30 18 8 26 82
22 30 9 5 14 58
23 30 10 3 13 56
24 30 14 6 20 50
25 30 9 3 12 54
26 30 11 6 17 64
27 30 15 6 21 72
28 30 16 6 22 74
29 30 17 8 25 80
30 30 15 5 20 70
Score Average 62,33
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Based on the table above, it can be seen that the ability of the students in using Prepositions of time in English appropriately in multiple choice and completion test is fair (62, 33).
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