16 - ITEM ANALYSIS

Question 1

• A statistical test that is important in the development of test questions.
• Evaluates based on its item quality, item sets, and relationship between and among test items.
• Essentially appropriate in the multiple-choice format of test questions.

Answer 1

Item Analysis

Question 2

Applied for pre-test data

Answer 2

Norm-referenced test

Question 3

Applied for post-test data

Answer 3

Criterion-referenced test

Question 4

● Review the students’ understanding and ability to answer a question or item
● Measure students’ knowledge or comprehension accurately
● Assesses a question if it is valuable
● Serves as a guide for improving the test construction skills of an instructor

Answer 4

Purpose of Item Analysis

Question 5

The distractor analysis determines the effectiveness of the incorrect answers/ distractors to the quality of Multiple-Choice items

Answer 5

Effectiveness of Distractors

Question 6

measures the relationship between the student’s performance on a test item and the overall score of students

Answer 6

Index of Discrimination (point biserial)

Question 7

Discrimination index (D) may be computed using:

Answer 7

D = No. of correct scores - correct answers

Question 8

• determines if the students have learned the concept being tested.
• It measures the percentage of
  students who get the item correctly

Answer 8

Index of Difficulty (p-value)

Question 9

mean score of each item and the relative
frequency of choosing the item correctly.

Answer 9

Item Difficulty

Question 10

how to compute for item difficulty

Answer 10

difficulty = no of students who answered an item correctly / total no of students X 100

Question 11

easier item

Answer 11

Higher Difficulty Index

Question 12

difficult item

Answer 12

Lower Difficulty Index