CHAPTER VI

Item Analysis- Discrimination and Difficulty Index

A. Give the term described/explained.

1. Refers to a statistical technique that helps instructors identify the effectiveness of

their test items.
_____________________
2. Refers to the proportion of students who got the test item correctly. _____________
3. Which is the difference between the proportion of the top scorers who got
an item correct and the proportion of the bottom scorers who got the item
right? _______________
4. Which is one is concerned with how easy or difficult a test item is?
5. Which adjective describes and effective distracter?

B. Write TRUE if the statement is correct and FALSE if it is wrong.

1. Difficulty index indicates the proportion of students who got the item right.
2. Difficulty index indicates the proportion of students who got the item wrong.
3. A high percentage indicates an easy item/question and a low percentage indicates a
difficult item.
4. Authors agree, in general, that items should have values of difficulty no less than
20% correct and no greater than 80%.
5. Very difficult or very easy items contribute greatly to the discriminating power of a
test.
6. The discrimination index range is between -1 and +2.
7. The farther index is to +1, the more effectively the item distinguishes between the two groups
of students.
8. When an item discriminates negatively, such item should be revised and eliminated
from scoring.
9. A positive discrimination index indicates that the lower performing students
actually selected the key or correct response more frequently than the top
performers.
10. If no one selects a distracter it is important to revise the option and attempt to
make the distracter a more plausible choice.

C. Problem Solving

1. Solve for the difficulty index of each test item:

Item No. 1 2 3 4 5
No. of Correct Responses 2 10 20 30 15

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 No. of Students 50 30 30 30 40
Difficulty Index

1. Which is most difficult? Most easy?

2. Which needs revision? Which should be

discarded? Why? D. Solve for the discrimination indexes

of the following test items:

Item No. 1 2 3 4 5
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Oxford Brookes University. (2013, December). Recruitment and selection guidance - A step
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