FCI: The Force Concept Inventory (FCI) dataset

FCIR Documentation

The Force Concept Inventory (FCI) dataset

Description

The focus of the FCI is intended to measure students’ conceptual understanding of Newtonian mechanics. It comprises of 30 multiple-choice items with five possible responses (a key and four distractors).

Usage

data(FCI)

Format

A data frame of students' responses on the following 30 FCI multiple choice items.

FCI1

A student's response on the FCI item number 1.

FCI2

A student's response on the FCI item number 2.

FCI3

A student's response on the FCI item number 3.

FCI4

A student's response on the FCI item number 4.

FCI5

A student's response on the FCI item number 5.

FCI6

A student's response on the FCI item number 6.

FCI7

A student's response on the FCI item number 7.

FCI8

A student's response on the FCI item number 8.

FCI9

A student's response on the FCI item number 9.

FCI10

A student's response on the FCI item number 10.

FCI11

A student's response on the FCI item number 11.

FCI12

A student's response on the FCI item number 12.

FCI13

A student's response on the FCI item number 13.

FCI14

A student's response on the FCI item number 14.

FCI15

A student's response on the FCI item number 15.

FCI16

A student's response on the FCI item number 16.

FCI17

A student's response on the FCI item number 17.

FCI18

A student's response on the FCI item number 18.

FCI19

A student's response on the FCI item number 19.

FCI20

A student's response on the FCI item number 20.

FCI21

A student's response on the FCI item number 21.

FCI22

A student's response on the FCI item number 22.

FCI23

A student's response on the FCI item number 23.

FCI24

A student's response on the FCI item number 24.

FCI25

A student's response on the FCI item number 25.

FCI26

A student's response on the FCI item number 26.

FCI27

A student's response on the FCI item number 27.

FCI28

A student's response on the FCI item number 28.

FCI29

A student's response on the FCI item number 29.

FCI30

A student's response on the FCI item number 30.

Source

Santoso, P. H. et al. SPHERE: Students' performance dataset of conceptual understanding, scientific ability, and learning attitude in physics education research (PER). Mendeley Data, V1, (2024). doi: 10.17632/88d7m2fv7p.1.

References

Hestenes, D., Wells, M. & Swackhamer, G. Force concept inventory. Phys Teach 30, 141–158 (1992).

Examples

library(spheredata)
# Call the data from spheredata package
get("FCI")
# Open the data
FCI

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