Purok 3 San Antonio, Jones,

Isabela, Philippines 3313

Reliability Analysis
Instrument: Grammatical Competence Level | Type: Test
Analysis by Bryan Carlo P. Responso

Analysis Notes
This section will describe the reliability testing executed on the data.

Data analysis was executed in Microsoft® Office™ Excel 365. Since the
instrument is a test and of dichotomous form (there is a right and wrong answer),
the most appropriate test is Kuder-Richardson 20 (KR20), the formula of which is
shown in Equation 1 (see Appendix A: for more information).

Equation 1. Formula for Kuder-Richardson 20

æN ö
ç
KR20 = ç ÷
æ
ç
ç1 - åpqö
÷
÷
÷ 2 ÷
èN - 1 øç
ç ÷ç
ç
è s ø÷
÷

Generally, KR20 values greater than .7 indicates good reliability. However,

values below .7 indicates that the test needs revision. Specifically, values of KR20
are interpreted using Table 1.

Table 1. Description for Values of Kuder-Richardson 20

Descriptio
Range n
.50 and Questiona
below ble
.51 - .60 Low
.61 - .70 Slightly
low
.71 - .80 Good
.81 - .90 Very good
.91 – 1.00 Excellent

Results
Reliability analysis show that the test has an excellent reliability (KR20 = .
9914). Shown in Equation 2 is the solution in obtaining said KR20 value.

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Equation 2. Solution for Kuder-Richardson 20

æ 141 ö ÷æ 14.9266 ö÷
KR20 = ç
ç ÷ç1 -
÷ç ÷
÷
ç141 - 1 ø
è ç 955.1171 ø
è
= ( 1.0071)( .9844)
= .9914

Appendices
Appendix A: More Information on the Formula for Kuder-Richardson 20
The value of Kuder-Richardson 20 coefficient is obtained using the formula

æN ö
KR20 = ç ÷
æ
ç
ç1 - å pqö
÷
÷
ç ÷
֍
çN - 1 øç 2 ÷
÷
è ç
è s ø÷

where, N is the number of test takers;

p is the per item proportion of correct answer;
q is the per item proportion of wrong answer; and
s2 is the variance of the scores.

Moreover, the variance is computed using the formula

å ( x-
2
2
x)
s =
N- 1

where x is the per test-taker score;

x́ is the average score; and
N is number of test takers.