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b. Perceptions on the Reliability of the Test Based on the Interview
To facilitate the results of the questionnaire with excellent verification, the researcher then conducted an interview. Three interviewees, namely student B,
student D and student F, acknowledged that the tests were well designed and correctly written. They stated that the form of the test was clear enough so that the
test instruction could be followed smoothly. The design of the test was good as well. However, those students advised the lecturer to make use of computer rather
than typewriter to improve the appearance and clearance of the test. Even so, there was an interesting result showing that the other
interviewees argued against them. Student A, student C and student E stated that the test was not well designed and correctly written. They added that the test was
not neatly written. They also suggested improving the quality of the paper for the test and making use one of technology tool, namely computer.
Based on those two findings, the researcher found that in order to be more reliable, the quality of the test should be improved. The way it was designed and
written should be better. All the interviewees recommended that the use of computer was imperative to replace the typewriter. Moreover, dealing with the
coverage of the test, all interviewees admitted actually the tests covered materials they had learned.
Having known the results of the questionnaire and interview about the reliability of the tests, the researcher made an effort to discuss those results and
finally made a conclusion. Brown 1996: 185 stated that a test is considered reliable when it gives the same results every time it measures, measures exactly
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what it is supposed to measure, and should be practical to use. This claim means that the test is said reliable if it is consistent and dependable. Therefore, in the
questionnaire, the researcher included four statements which were wished to raise the students’ perceptions about the reliability of the tests. From the interview
conducted, the researcher attempted to verify the answers acquired from the questionnaire.
It had been shown that there were only 56 students who admitted that the tests were well designed and carefully written. The results of the interview
also demonstrated there were only three out of six interviewees admitting the tests were well designed and carefully written. Moreover, all interviewees suggested
the use of computer to replace the typewriter. They perceived that computer would make the design of the test better. The use of computer had been familiar in
recent days. Hence, it would be better to use the computer to construct the tests rather than the typewriter.
In addition, 92 students confirmed that the tests were really related to the material they had learned. The researcher also found out that the majority of
students felt stressed with the number of test items. As stated, there were 65 students confessing that they felt stressed about the number of the test items.
Furthermore, in correlation to the fourth statement, namely the coverage of the test, 90 students admitted that the tests covered all materials they had learned.
The data gathered from the interview conducted also verified that finding. All interviewees declared that the tests really covered all materials they had learned.
Accordingly, it could be concluded that the weekly tests actually had covered PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI
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