HOW TO DETERMINE IF AN

ITEM IS EASY OR DIFFICULT?

how to determine if an item is easy or
difficult?
Get the total score of each student and arrange scores from higest to lowest.

obtain the upper and lower 27% of the group. Multiply 0.27 by the total
number of students, and you will get a value of 2.7. The rounded
wholenunber value is 3.0. Get the top three students are students 2,5, and
9. The bottom three students are students 7,8 and 4. The rest of theP.2
students are not included in the item analysi.
 Obtained the proportion correct for each item. This is
computed for the upper 27% group . This is done by
summating the correct answer per item and dividing it by the
total number of student.

THE DIFFICULTY IS INTERPRETED

The item difficulty is obtained USING THE TABLE:

using the following formula:

Item difficulty= pH +pL Difficulty Index Remarks

————— 0.76 or higher Easy item

P.2
2 0.25 to 0.75 Average item

0.24 pr lower Difficult item

The index of discrimination is obtained using the formula:
item discrimination = pH - pL

THE VALUES IS INTERPRETED

USING THE TABLE:

Index discrimination Remarks

0.40 or higher Very good item

0.30 to 0.39 Good item

0.20 to 0.29 Reasonably Good item

P.2
0.10 to 0.19 Marginal item

Below 0.10 Poor item

Thank you!