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Analysis
Item Analysis
refers to a statistical technique that
helps instructors identify the
effectiveness of their test items
is a process of examining the
students response to individual item
in the test.
---through this, we can identify which
of the given are good and defective
test items.
Two Important
Characteristics of an Item
1. Item
difficulty
2. Discrimination index
1. Item difficulty
(Difficulty Index)
P=R +R
T
who answered
who
Difficulty Indices
Index Range Interpretati
on
0.91-0.95
0.76-0.90
0.25-0.75
0.10-0.24
0.05-0.09
Very easy
Easy
Average
Difficult
Very
difficult
2. Discrimination index
It
Discrimination Indices
Index Range
Interpretation
0.40 or higher
0.30 0.39
0.20 0.29
0.10 0.19
Below 0.10
Marginal item
Poor item
In
Ambiguity-one
Difficulty Index
0.24 or lower
0.25-0.75
or higher
Difficult
Acceptable
Easy
0.30-0.39
(Good item)
Difficult
Improvable
Easy
0.20-0.29
(Reasonably good
item)
Difficult
Marginal
Easy
0.10-0.19
(Marginal item)
Below 0.10
(Poor item)
Rejected
Rejected
Rejected
0.76
Option
s
*B
Upper
10
Lower
10
Compute
the a) difficulty
index(P=Ru+RL/T)and
b)
discrimination index (D=Ru-RL/1/2 T)
b) D=Ru-RL/1/2 T
= 8-4/ (20)
a) P=Ru+RL/T
= 4/10
= 8+4/20
= 0.40 or 40%
=12/20
* Very good item
=0.60 or 60%
* Average/ moderately
difficult
RETAIN,REVISE or REJECT?
Thank you!!