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Table 5 Two-way sign test comparing student performance on distracter categories

From: A valid assessment of students’ skill in determining relationships on evolutionary trees

 

Proximity

Similarity

Node counting

None

Proximity

(60 ± 3.42 %)

    

Similarity

(71 ± 3.16 %)

p < 0.001

(t = 4.89)

   

Node counting

(57 ± 3.46 %)

p = 0.356

(t = −1.50)

p < 0.001

(t = 6.04)

  

None

(69 ± 3.23 %)

p = 0.0012

(t = −5.41)

p = 0.9327

(t = 1.10)

p < 0.001

(t = −6.29)

 

Multiple

(53 ± 3.49 %)

p = 0.001

(t = 2.94)

p < 0.001

(t = 6.50)

p = 0.2211

(t = 1.49)

p < 0.001

(t = 6.19)

  1. Left column: distracter categories with average performance ± standard error (205 students). Cells include p value and t-statistic (df = 204)