TW30403

TUTORIAL TASK
Interpreting Test Scores & Item Analysis
1. Measures of Central Tendencies
Calculate the mean, median and mode of the following scores
(a) 46, 45, 45, 43, 42, 41, 40, 37, 32, 31, 29, 28, 25, 22, 19 (n= 15)
(b) 45, 50, 60, 32, 67, 89, 56, 76, 90, 78, 45, 32, 45, 66, 56 (n = 15)
2. Measures of Dispersion
Calculate the range and standard deviation of the following scores:
Candidate
A B C D E F G H I
J
Marks
13 11 7 13 11 4 9 11 13 18
3. Item difficulty(Difficulty index/facility value)
and Item discrimination (discrimination index)
(a) Compute the difficulty index, for the following items. Interpret your
results. (The asterisk indicates the correct option)
Options

Item A
A
B*
10
5

C
8

Item B
A
B
4
2

D
0

C*
16

D
3

(b) Compute the discrimination index for the following items. Intepret your
results.
Item
Class size
Options
Upper half
Lower half

X
40
A
3
5

B
0
4

C
7
9

Y
30
A*
3
8

D*
10
2

B
5
5

C
7
1

D
0
1

4. Quantitative Item analysis

Look at the information on the following items, item X, Y and Z.
Options

Item X
Item Y
A B C* DA* B C D

Upper
Lower

1
2

0
0

11
7

3
6

4
1

1
7

Item Z
A B* C D
5
3

4
3

Find out:
(a) What is the difficulty level?
(b) What is the discrimination index?
(c) Should this item be eliminated?
(d) Should any distractor be eliminated or modified?
Dr Lee

3
0

4
10

3
2

5
3

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NOTES:
Quantitative Item Analysis Checklist
1. Item number
2. Difficulty level:

F.V. = No. correct =

Total

3. Discrimination Index:
D = Number correct (U) Number correct (Lower) =
Number of students in either group
4. Eliminate or revise item? Check
a.
Does key discriminate positively?
b.
Do distractors discriminate negatively?
If you answer yes to both a and b, no revision may be necessary.
If you answer no to a and b, revision is necessary. If you answer no to
a or b, eliminate the item.

Dr Lee