Item Analysis: Item Analysis

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ITEM ANALYSIS: Item analysis is a statistical technique which is used for selecting and rejecting the items of the test on the basis of their difficulty value and discriminated power. OBJECTIVES OF ITEM ANALYSIS: ---To select appropriate items for the final draft. ---To obtain the information about the difficulty value (D.V) of all the items. ---To provide discriminatory power (D.I) to differentiate between capable and less capable examinees for the items. ---To provide modification to be made in some of the items to prepare the final draft properly (easy to difficult items). STEPS OF ITEM ANAYSIS: 1)- Arrange the scores in descending order. 2)- Separate two sub groups of the test papers. 3)- Take 27% of the scores out of the highest scores and 27% of the scores falling at bottom. …show more content…

5)- Count the non-response (N.R) examinees. USES OF ITEM ANALYSIS: Item analysis is useful for obtaining: --- Difficulty value (D.V). --- Discriminative power (D.P) Difficulty value (D.V): According to J.P. Guilford “The difficulty value of an item is defined as the proportion or percentage of the examinees who have answered the item correctly”. The formula for difficulty value can be written as: D.V = (R.H + R.L)/ (N.H + N.L) • R.H = rightly answered in highest group. • R.L = rightly answered in lowest group. • N.H = no of examinees in highest group. • N.L = no of examinees in lowest group. In case non-response examinees available means, the formula for difficulty value (D.V) can be written as: D.V = (R.H + R.L)/ [(N.H + N.L)-

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