IELTS Research Reports

Guoxing Yu, Pauline Rea-Dickins and Richard KielyQuestionStatement29 I recognize how the different components of agraph (e.g. X and Y axes, legends, colours) arecombined to represent the data30 I understand the relationships between a graphand the numerical data it representsFrequency1 2 3 4 5 6meanStd.deviation1 3 5 9 6 4.67 1.131 6 10 7 4.96 .8631 I can identify the relationships or the patternsdisplayed in one graph32 I can identify the relationships or the patternsdisplayed in a few graphs about one similartheme33 I can tell when one type of graph is a betterrepresentation of the data than another3 6 10 5 4.71 .961 4 6 11 2 4.33 1.132 3 3 9 7 4.67 1.2734 I can identify a poorly constructed graph 1 3 7 6 6 1 3.67 1.2435 I can revise and improve a poorly constructedgraph36 I can describe the general trend or overall patternof a graph in words37 I can use a graph to describe/convey the generaltrend or overall pattern of numerical data38 I find graphs useful to vividly represent thenumerical data39 I find graphs helpful for me to remember the keyinformation in the numerical data40 Graphs are a waste of space in a text (datarecoded)41 I am concerned that I can not fully demonstratemy writing ability in IELTS Academic WritingTask One because I am not good at interpretinggraphs42 I may do better in IELTS Academic Writing TaskOne using familiar graphs than unfamiliar ones43 I would prefer one type of graph to be used inIELTS Academic Writing Task One44 Special training on how to interpret graphs wouldbe helpful for me to get a higher score in IELTSAcademic Writing Task One45 Overall, on a scale of 1-6, how would you rateyour own experience in using graphs?46 Overall, on a scale of 1-6, how would you rateyour own ability in interpreting graphs?2 5 10 6 1 3.96 .9992 3 7 9 3 4.33 1.133 6 11 4 4.67 .924 2 7 11 5.04 1.122 5 5 12 5.04 1.237 17 5.71 .466 5 5 5 3 3.75 1.391 8 9 6 4.83 .871 3 1 11 5 3 4.04 1.302 1 13 8 5.13 .854 4 5 11 3.96 1.161 7 11 5 3.83 .82N=24.436 www.ielts.org