COLLEGE OF TEACHER EDUCATION

Name: ___________________________________________ Score: ____________

Exercises 2.2
ITEM ANALYSIS

Directions: A 15-item multiple choice test was administered by teacher Ben to his 20 students in the special
class. Result of the examination is presented in the following table.

Student Item Item Item Item Item Item Item Ite Item Item Item Item Item Item Item TOT
No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 m 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
8
1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 12
2 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 10
3 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 10
4 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 9
5 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 9
6 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 9
7 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 9
8 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 9
9 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 8
10 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 7
11 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 6
12 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 6
13 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 6
14 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 6
15 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 6
16 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 5
17 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 5
18 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 5
19 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 4
20 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3
Uc
Lc
IDF

Diff.
Level

IDN

Disc.
Level

Action
Note:
1. The item with a score of 1 means that it is answered correctly by the student. If it is scored 0, it is incorrectly
answered.
2. Students 1 to 10 compose the upper group while students 11 to 20 compose the lower group.

Tasks: (105 points)

1) Count the number of students from the upper (Uc) and lower group (Lc) who answered each item correctly.
Write your answers in the appropriate column in the table.
2) Compute the Difficulty Index (IDF) of each test item and determine its difficulty level. Write the answers in the
appropriate column in the table.
3) Compute the Discrimination Index (IDN) of each test item and determine its discrimination level. Write the
answers in the appropriate column in the table.
4) Based on the difficulty and discrimination indices and levels, what would you do with each test item? Write your
action or decision in the appropriate column in the table.