The Techniques of Data Analysis
11 He was a hard-
working man 29 Exercises
4 Exercises 2 Exercises
Exercise 8 and 13
12 I would like to
teach the world to sing
16 Exercises 3 Exercises
2 Exercises Exercise 10 and 11
Total 284 Exercises
56 Exercises 33 Exercises
The table above shows that there are 284 exercises that practice all the four basic language skills and the language components in the textbook while 56
exercises practice the reading skill. However, 33 reading exercises out of 56 reading exercises in the textbook are the essay exercises while the rests of them
are the exercises like short answer question, true or false question, fill in the blank, and completing the column exercise. It can be said that the distribution of
the essay exercises in the Pathway to English textbook is the highest if it is compared to the others test types of exercises in the textbook.
In addition, to explain more about the distribution of the test types in the reading exercises like short answer question, true or false question, fill in the
blank, fill the column, and essay question in the textbook, the following table explains the distribution of those kinds of reading exercise.
Table 4.2 The Test Types of Reading Exercise
No. Reading
Exercise
Chapter Total
1 2
3 4
5 6
7 8
9 10
11 12
1 Essay
Ex. 16,
17, 18
Ex. 7,14
Ex. 4,8
,12 ,16
Ex. 6,
14, 15
Ex. 1,3
,11 ,12
Ex. 5
Ex. 2
Ex. 3,6
Ex. 7,
14 Ex.6,9
,10,11 ,14,18
,22 Ex.8
,13 Ex.
10, 11
33 Ex.
2 True or
False -
- -
Ex. 20
- Ex.
6 Ex.
18 -
- Ex.7
- -
4 Ex.
3 Matching
Ex. 19
- -
- Ex.
4 -
- -
- -
- -
2 Ex.
4 Short
Answer Ex.
20 -
- -
- -
Ex. 8
- Ex.
17, 19
- -
-
4 Ex.
5 Fill in the
Blank -
- -
Ex. 8,
21, 23
Ex. 18
- -
- -
- -
-
4 Ex.
6 Complete
the Column -
- -
- -
Ex. 22
Ex. 16
- Ex.
8, 18
Ex.12, 23
Ex. 12,
16 Ex.
9
9 Ex.
Total 5
Ex. 2
Ex. 4
Ex. 7
Ex. 6
Ex. 3
Ex. 4
Ex. 2
Ex. 6
Ex. 10
Ex. 4
Ex. 3
Ex. 56
Ex.
Regarding to the table above, it shows that there are 6 types of reading exercises in the Pathway to English textbook, essay question, true or false,
matching word, short answer, fill in the blank, and completing the column. Moreover, the table shows that the essay question obtains the highest
distribution with 33 exercises out of 56 exercises which practice the reading skill in the textbook while true or false question, short answer, and fill in the blank
obtain 4 exercises for each, matching word obtains 2 exercises, and completing the column obtains 9 exercises out of 56 exercises.
The table also shows that only essay question which is available in all 12 chapters in the reading exercises of the Pathway to English textbook. Thus, it can
be said that the distribution of the essay question in the reading exercises is spread evenly in the Pathway to English textbook while the others test types are not.