Baseline Test 5 Statistics - Tables

How difficult are the questions?

The number in each cell is the percentage of the group that got this question wrong.

A high number indicates a difficult question, a low number an easy question.

Question	Year 6			Year 7			Year 8			Year 9			Year 10
	Boys	Girls	All	Boys	Girls	All	Boys	Girls	All	Boys	Girls	All	Boys	Girls	All
1	22	21	22	16	18	17	16	15	16	22	15	19	19	20	20
2	19	16	18	17	17	17	16	15	16	22	23	23	26	15	21
3	14	9	12	11	8	10	12	8	10	15	8	12	20	8	14
4	23	20	22	22	16	19	19	14	17	25	8	17	21	21	21
5	51	43	47	41	39	40	37	33	35	42	40	41	48	43	46
6	32	29	31	20	18	19	19	20	20	21	25	23	28	25	27
7	47	45	46	45	46	46	48	51	50	42	50	46	54	64	59
8	67	64	66	63	62	63	59	60	60	62	73	68	65	74	70
9	82	82	82	83	82	83	83	84	84	79	88	84	78	76	77
10	25	27	26	25	24	25	23	21	22	25	33	29	36	35	36
11	48	43	46	47	41	44	41	40	41	42	50	46	53	50	52
12	79	80	80	77	79	78	74	80	77	72	88	80	84	81	83
13	64	64	64	63	64	64	65	66	66	69	78	74	84	71	78
14	66	57	62	64	62	63	61	58	60	61	50	56	63	54	59
15	35	38	37	36	37	37	30	32	31	33	43	38	37	33	35
16	37	36	37	31	30	31	29	27	28	27	23	25	43	35	39
17	65	61	63	63	60	62	62	61	62	54	68	61	74	71	73
18	38	37	38	32	27	30	28	26	27	24	33	29	43	44	44
19	74	71	73	73	69	71	72	71	72	72	80	76	72	68	70
20	66	67	67	66	67	67	65	67	66	57	65	61	70	57	64
21	74	73	74	72	73	73	70	72	71	74	68	71	72	74	73
22	78	73	76	78	73	76	74	73	74	68	73	71	82	72	77
23	56	50	53	54	45	50	50	45	48	54	55	55	53	40	47
24	77	79	78	77	77	77	76	79	78	68	68	68	74	72	73
25	75	72	74	78	74	76	80	76	78	74	78	76	78	72	75
26	55	54	55	54	49	52	48	50	49	39	55	47	62	56	59
27	75	74	75	74	70	72	69	71	70	60	75	68	81	82	82
28	22	14	18	22	15	19	21	13	17	17	10	14	44	31	38
29	46	52	49	45	51	48	37	48	43	31	55	43	48	47	48
30	42	41	42	36	32	34	31	31	31	35	45	40	47	33	40
31	25	15	20	27	14	21	23	15	19	20	8	14	41	28	35
32	36	34	35	35	28	32	32	27	30	35	30	33	42	31	37
33	76	79	78	70	75	73	64	75	70	58	73	66	79	82	81
34	41	46	44	34	41	38	27	32	30	30	60	45	41	36	39
35	46	45	46	45	40	43	36	37	37	36	48	42	56	46	51
36	54	49	52	52	48	50	49	46	48	38	63	51	62	61	62
37	72	73	73	73	72	73	71	71	71	68	73	71	73	83	78
38	60	57	59	60	53	57	51	53	52	55	75	65	61	72	67
39	59	56	58	58	56	57	56	58	57	50	58	54	66	53	60
40	58	50	54	52	43	48	47	43	45	42	38	40	72	61	67
41	67	59	63	64	55	60	61	58	60	55	55	55	80	69	75
42	42	32	37	44	30	37	43	33	38	43	40	42	56	43	50
43	59	50	55	57	47	52	55	47	51	53	55	54	68	49	59
44	36	26	31	37	24	31	33	24	29	36	18	27	48	38	43
45	80	80	80	80	77	79	79	78	79	77	88	83	75	82	79
46	57	50	54	53	44	49	52	46	49	53	45	49	71	63	67
47	82	78	80	79	73	76	73	77	75	57	78	68	77	63	70
48	71	76	74	71	73	72	64	71	68	58	75	67	65	72	69
49	57	45	51	53	41	47	49	41	45	39	48	44	71	57	64
50	58	51	55	56	49	53	54	51	53	52	53	53	66	57	62

Popular wrong answers.

This table identifies the wrong answer with the most selections for each question for each group.

Question

Year 6

Year 7

Year 8

Year 9

Year 10

Boys

Girls

All

Boys

Girls

All

Boys

Girls

All

Boys

Girls

All

Boys

Girls

All

a. circle

b. Square and circle

d. Triangle and circle

b. Square and circle

d. Triangle and circle

a. Playing Pokemon Go near a railway track

d. Giving your online password to your friend’s cousin

a. Playing Pokemon Go near a railway track

d. Giving your online password to your friend’s cousin

a. Playing Pokemon Go near a railway track

b. A message from the Queen to your gran who turned 100 this week

d. A pop up message telling you to upgrade your Adobe reader software

b. A message from the Queen to your gran who turned 100 this week

d. A pop up message telling you to upgrade your Adobe reader software

c. An email from the company that makes your computer OS to update your system

d. A pop up message telling you to upgrade your Adobe reader software

d. They can be downloaded with just 2 clicks

b. They were designed by artists

d. They can be downloaded with just 2 clicks

b. They were designed by artists

d. They can be downloaded with just 2 clicks

b. They were designed by artists

a. Chess

c. Despotism

a. Chess

c. Despotism

a. Chess

c. Work only with modern computers

a. 6000 volts of electricity will be needed for 6000 connections

a. Prints multiples of 5 from 5 to 60

b. Prints numbers from 0 up to 5

a. Prints multiples of 5 from 5 to 60

b. Prints numbers from 0 up to 5

a. A computer can talk to people like another person

c. A computer can beat people at the game Go

a. A computer can talk to people like another person

c. A computer can beat people at the game Go

a. A computer can talk to people like another person

b. it is impossible to find the Ace of Hearts using algorithm 3

a. the most effective algorithm for finding the Ace of Hearts is number 3.

b. it is impossible to find the Ace of Hearts using algorithm 3

a. the most effective algorithm for finding the Ace of Hearts is number 3.

b. it is impossible to find the Ace of Hearts using algorithm 3

a. the most effective algorithm for finding the Ace of Hearts is number 3.

b. it is impossible to find the Ace of Hearts using algorithm 3

d. 47

b. 50

d. 47

c. 48

d. 47

b. 50

d. 47

b. 50

b. .jpg

c. They pixelate easily

a. Web browsers

c. Defragmentation tools

b. Source code is harder for the computer to understand

a. It is easier to spot mistakes in all the 1s and 0s

c. It can now be “killed off”

b. Source code is harder for the computer to understand

c. It can now be “killed off”

c. Infomatics

a. Interrogators

c. Infomatics

a. Interrogators

c. Infomatics

a. Interrogators

c. Infomatics

a. Interrogators

a. 800 X 600

b. 1000 X 1000

a. 800 X 600

c. Use by multiple users at once

d. Publication of performance tests

c. Use by multiple users at once

a. Copyright

a. Created by robotics

c. Measured in Nm rather than Hz.

a. Created by robotics

c. Measured in Nm rather than Hz.

b. FM to AM signals

a. Your password

c. The school field temperatures for the month of April

d. The number of students who travel to school on the Number 65 bus

c. The school field temperatures for the month of April

d. The number of students who travel to school on the Number 65 bus

b. The number one favourite food of all your classmates

c. The school field temperatures for the month of April

b. The number one favourite food of all your classmates

a. The data is random and has no visible pattern

c. Internetism

a. Internationalism

c. Internetism

a. Internationalism

c. Internetism

a. Internationalism

c. Internetism

a. Internationalism

c. Internetism