Chapter 6: Problem Solving

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

Item No. 1 2 3 4 5
No. of Correct 2 10 20 30 15
Response
No. of Students 50 30 30 30 40
0.04
Difficulty Index 0.33 0.67 1 0.38
Action Taken
(Revise, Retain
or Include, Retain Retain Discard Retain
Discard) Discard

2. Solve for the discrimination indexes of the following test items:

Item No. 1 2 3 4 5

UG LG UG LG UG LG UG LG UG LG

No. of Correct 12 20 10 20 20 10 10 24 20 5
Responses

No. of 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25
Students

Discrimination - 0.32 -0.4 0.4 -0.56 0.6

Index

Interpretation Discard Discard Revise Revise Include

Solution for Item No. 1

Solution for Item No. 2