On the day of the pre-TOEIC test, 1 female and 7 male students missed the test
and therefore, these eight students were excluded from the statistical analysis. It was
evident that both male and female students performed better on the post-TOEIC. Only
4 male and 3 female students’ scores dropped on the post-TOEIC (one student scored
the same on the post-TOEIC) but the difference was only by 5 points for most of them
(4 students) whereas the largest drop was 50 points for one male student. However,
this particular student had a stomachache in the middle of the post-TOEIC and was
excused from the test for about ten minutes causing his scores dropped.