Item Analysis

Question 1

Identify the term: a statistical test that is important in the development of test questions

Answer 1

Item Analysis

Question 2

Identify the term: determines the ability of a student against a group of student

Answer 2

Item Analysis

Question 3

Identify the term: used as a norm-reference and criterion-referenced test

Answer 3

Item Analysis

Question 4

A norm-referenced test is applied for _____

Answer 4

Pre-test data

Question 5

A criterion-referenced test is for _____

Answer 5

Post-test data

Question 6

Identify the term: identifies the test based on its item quality, item sets, and the relationship between and among test items

Answer 6

Item Analysis

Question 7

Identify the term: identifies the distractors that do not function or serve its purpose

Answer 7

Item Analysis

Question 8

Identify the term: essentially appropriate in the multiple-choice format of test questions

Answer 8

Item Analysis

Question 9

Identify the term: measures the relationship between students’ performance on a test item and the overall score of students

Answer 9

Index of discrimination (point biserial)

Question 10

Formula for index of discrimination

Answer 10

D = no. of correct scores - correct answers

Question 11

T/F: the higher the discrimination index, the better the item

Answer 11

T

Question 12

T/F: the positive discrimination index indicates that most low scoring students got the item correctly than high scoring students

Answer 12

F

Question 13

T/F: negative discrimination index shows that most low scoring students got the item correctly than the high scoring students

Answer 13

T

Question 14

T/F: if the discrimination index is positive, there is a problem in the item

Answer 14

F

Question 15

T/F: if the discrimination index is negative, the item is either too hard or poorly written

Answer 15

T

Question 16

T/F: if the discrimination index is below 0.0, this indicates that there is a problem

Answer 16

T

Question 17

T/F: if the low ability group got the most correct answers than the high ability group, there is no need to review to options

Answer 17

F

Question 18

Interpret >,= 0.40 discrimination index

Answer 18

very good

Question 19

Interpret 0.30-0.39 discrimination index

Answer 19

reasonably good

Question 20

Interpret 0.20-0.29 discrimination index

Answer 20

marginal items need improvement

Question 21

Interpret <0.20 discrimination index

Answer 21

Poor, rejected, revised

Question 22

What should be the decision for a positive discrimination index?

Answer 22

Selected

Question 23

What should be the decision for negative and zero discrimination index?

Answer 23

Rejected

Question 24

What should be the decision for high and low difficulty value items?

Answer 24

Rejected

Question 25

Identify the term: determines if the students have learned the concept being tested

Answer 25

Index of difficulty (p-value)

Question 26

Identify the term: measures the percentage of students who get the item correctly

Answer 26

Index of difficulty (p-value)

Question 27

Identify the term: mean score of each item and the relative frequency of choosing the item correctly

Answer 27

Index of difficulty (p-value)

Question 28

What is the formula of difficulty index?

Answer 28

Difficulty = (no. of students who answered an item correctly/total no. of student) x 100

Question 29

What does a higher difficulty index imply?

Answer 29

Easier item

Question 30

What does a lower difficulty index imply?

Answer 30

Difficult item