Errors by Concept This report presents the types of errors that students made while using the Tutor.
Tutor:  Transaction Analysis Tutor
Data Collected:  All data from 2010-01-15 to 2010-03-15
For:    Jim D.
Accounting Equation  
Error Description Students Making This Error  Overall Frequency % of All Errors
Reported an increase for an account when there should have been a decrease or vice versa 80 387 32.8%
Put an account in the wrong A/L/E category 73 345 29.3%
Included an account that is not involved in the transaction 69 289 24.5%
Reported the incorrect amount for an account 29 78 6.6%
Put an account in the accounting equation more than once for a transaction 25 72 6.1%
Did not enter a numerical value for the amount 7 8 0.7%
       
Accounting Journal      
Error Description Students Making This Error  Overall Frequency % of All Errors
Put debit or credit amounts in the wrong journal column. 27 55 24.7%
Included an account in the journal that is not involved in the transaction 30 42 18.8%
Did not put debits first for a journal entry 24 36 16.1%
Entered the wrong debit or credit amount in the journal 19 29 13.0%
Put negative amounts for debits and credits in the journal 18 29 13.0%
Entered both a debit and credit amount for a single account 9 14 6.3%
Put an account in a journal/ledger entry more than once for a transaction 7 9 4.0%
Did not enter a debit or credit amount 4 6 2.7%
Did not enter a numerical value for the debit or credit amount in a journal entry 3 3 1.3%
       
Accounting Ledger      
Error Description Students Making This Error  Overall Frequency % of All Errors
Put debit or credit amounts in the wrong journal column. 31 67 61.5%
Entered the wrong debit or credit amount in the journal 13 24 22.0%
Entered both a debit and credit amount for a single account 5 8 7.3%
Put negative amounts for debits and credits in the journal 4 7 6.4%
Did not enter a numerical value for the debit or credit amount in a journal entry 2 3 2.8%