5 Analysis
A number of the paired descriptors were removed during the analysis where tests for
internal reliability indicated that students clearly misunderstood the terms or the descriptors
did not consistently measure the perceptions, reducing the pairings to 31. The removed
paired descriptors were effectiveness versus efficiency [structure], easy versus challenging,
theoretical versus practical, analytical versus conceptual [precision], benefits society versus
profit driven [solitary] and ordinary versus prestigious [interest]. This agrees with what was
done by Byrne and Willis (2005:372).