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DATA ANALYSIS 1

Data Analysis

Diana Franco

RSCH 7100

Valdosta State University

Dr. Meagan Arrastia-Chisholm

November 17, 2024


DATA ANALYSIS 2

Data Analysis

I received four responses on my data form. I provided sections for the data collection

questions. The first set of questions were related to symptoms of testing anxiety. The first

question stated: Do you feel tense, have trouble breathing, or experience headaches or stomach

aches before or during a test? 50% percent stated rarely and the other 50% states sometimes. The

next question stated: Do you feel like your mind wanders during a test, or do you feel like you've

forgotten everything you've learned? 75% stated sometimes and 25% stated often. Another

question stated: Do you make careless errors on tests, or do you have difficulty choosing

answers? 75 % stated sometimes and 25% stated always. The next question stated: Do you worry

that you're doing poorly on a test, or do you worry about what other students are doing? 25%

stated sometimes, 25% stated often, and 50% stated always. I noticed that many did not state

having physical symptoms, but results did indicate that they often made careless mistakes due to

anxiety and experienced worrying thoughts.

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DATA ANALYSIS 3
DATA ANALYSIS 4

The tools I used for the data collection survey was Microsoft Forms. Although I have

answered other surveys for work and school, this was my first time making my own form. I had

to learn how to make a form and it was a bit confusing at first but it got easier after using it. At

first, I started off with a few questions and then I decided to add more questions. Applying the

options was a bit confusing at first and I realized that I mixed up the options for always and

often. I did not realize until after. Although, I found it interesting to find questions to choose

from the survey. I tried to use questions such as how anxious they felt before taking the test,

symptoms they may have felt during the test, and the outcome of their test to see if it had any

effect. I also added beliefs about testing and whether testing affected their self-esteem. I also

added a write in question because I was curious to see if there were any other experiences that

may have occurred where they felt like their anxiety affected their test scores negatively. I also

chose this question to provide more information for the data collection to see whether anxiety

affects testing or not. I think adding more options would have been helpful to analyze the data.

After looking at the results, I found them interesting. For the question, on a scale to 1-5

how anxious did you feel prior to taking your test? I noticed that all that answered experienced

some form of anxiety before taking their tests. Two people rated a three, one person rated a four,

and another person rated a five. For the statement, my testing scores affect my self-esteem. There

were options that they had to select through strongly disagree being zero to strongly agree being

ten. Many selected agree, selecting about seven. I also included questions about the beliefs. All

of the people who took the survey agreed that they believed that anxiety can affect testing scores

negatively. Everyone also disagreed with the statement that there is no correlation between

anxiety and test scores. For the question about the test results, I found it very interesting. There

were two that stated that they made an A or above, one made a C, and another one made a D.
DATA ANALYSIS 5

Therefore, the results were 50/50. At the end of the data form, I included a written response

where they could write an experience where anxiety affected some of their scores negatively.

They also had a choice to write in N/A if they did not have an experience where anxiety affected

them negatively. All the people who took the survey wrote of an experience where they did not

make a good grade because they felt like their anxiety affected their grades. Overall, I wasn't sure

if I had enough results to determine whether anxiety affected testing scores or not. Half of the

respondents selected that they made an A and the other respondents selected that they made a C

or below. Although, all of them did write that they did have at least one experience in their life

where their testing scores did affect them negatively.

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