METHODS OF DETERMINING CORRELATION COEFFICIENT

1. Spearman-Brown Formula

rwt = where: rwt = reliability of the whole test

rht = reliability of the half test

2. Spearman Rank Correlation Coefficient or Sperman Rho

rs = 1 - where D2 is the sum of the squared differences between ranks

N is the total number of cases

3. Kuder – Richardson Formula 20

rxx = where N is the number of items

SD2 is the variance

piqi is the product of proportion of passing for item i

SD2 =  ( X - )2 where n is the number of students

n–1 X is the score of each student

 = X qi = 1 – p i

STEPS IN APPLYING THE KUDER-RICHARDSON FORMULA 20

1. Compute for the variance ( SD2) of the test scores for the whole group.

2. Find the proportions of passing each item ( p i ) and the proportion of failing each item ( qi ).

3. Multiply pi and qi for each item.

4. Compute for the correlation coefficient using the Kuder-Richardson Formula 20.

 EXAMPLES 

1. Given below the scores of students using test-retest method, compute for the reliability coefficient of
the test.

Students Scores Initial Ranks Final Ranks Differences

S1 S2 R1 R2 R1 R2 D D2

1 89 90 2 1 2 1.5 0.5 0.25

2 85 85 4 3 4.5 4 0.5 0.25

3 77 76 9 9 9 9 0 0

4 80 81 7 8 7.5 8 - 0.5 0.25

5 83 83 6 6 6 6.5 - 0.5 0.25

6 87 85 3 4 3 4 -1 1

7 90 90 1 2 1 1.5 - 0.5 0.25

8 73 72 10 10 10 10 0 0

9 85 85 5 5 4.5 4 0.5 0.25

10 80 83 8 7 7.5 6.5 1 1

total 3.5

rs = 1 - 6 D2 = 1 – 6 ( 3.5 ) = 0.98 ( very high relationship )

N3 – N 103 - 10
2. KUDER-RICHARDSON FORMULA 20

Item Students f pi qi pi qi

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 9 0.9 0.1 0.09

2 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 9 0.9 0.1 0.09

3 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 8 0.8 0.2 0.16

4 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 8 0.8 0.2 0.16

5 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 8 0.8 0.2 0.16

6 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 7 0.7 0.3 0.21

7 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 7 0.7 0.3 0.21

8 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 8 0.8 0.2 0.16

9 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 7 0.7 0.3 0.21

10 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 6 0.6 0.4 0.24

11 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 7 0.7 0.3 0.21

12 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 6 0.6 0.4 0.24

13 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 6 0.6 0.4 0.24

14 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 5 0.5 0.5 0.25

15 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 4 0.4 0.6 0.24

16 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 6 0.6 0.4 0.24

17 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 4 0.4 0.6 0.24

18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 3 0.3 0.7 0.21

19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0.2 0.8 0.16

20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.1 0.9 0.09

Item Students f pi qi pi qi

Total 4 5 5 7 12 14 17 18 19 20 3.81

Student X (X-) ( X -  )2

1 4 - 8.1 65.61

2 5 - 7.1 50.41

3 5 - 7.1 50.41

4 7 - 5.1 26.01

5 12 - 0.1 0.01

6 14 1.9 3.61

7 17 4.9 24.01

8 18 5.9 34.81

9 19 6.9 47.61

10 20 7.9 62.41

Total 121 364.90

 = X = 121 = 12.1 SD2 = (X -)2 = 364.90 = 40.54

n n–1 10 – 1

rxx = N SD2 -  piqi = 20 40.54 – 3.81 = 0.96 ( Very high correlation )

N–1 SD2 20 – 1 40.54

INTERPRETATION OF CORRELATION COEFFICIENT

 0.0 to  0.20 denotes NEGLIGIBLE CORRELATION

 0.21 to  0.40 denotes LOW or SLIGHT CORRELATION

 0.41 to  0.70 denotes MARKED or MODERATE CORRELATION

 0.71 to  0.90 denotes HIGH CORRELATION

 0.91 to  0.99 denotes VERY HIGH CORRELATION

 1.00 denotes PERFECT CORRELATION

V. ASSESSMENT:
Choose a topic(any subject) then complete the table below.
***NOTE: Use junior high school books for your references.
TOPIC:

Learning Objective Learning Activity

Cognitive Domain
Affective Domain
Psychomotor Domain

Construct a performance checklist for assessing the performance of a student in delivering an

oratorical speech. Give at least five behaviors.

Given the result of a spilt half method, compute for the reliability coefficient of the test then
interpret. Based on the interpretation of the reliability coefficient that was computed, what can you
say about the test?
Students S1 S2 Initial Ranks Final Ranks D D2

( Odd items) ( Even items) R1 R2 R1 R2

1 23 28
 Students S1 S2 Initial Ranks Final Ranks D D2

2 35
( Odd items) 30
( Even items)

3 36 36

4 40 38

5 35 36

6 28 28

7 15 20

VI. REFERENCES
Assessment of Learning 1
Textbook and Reviewer
By: Yonardo A. Gabuyo
 ANSWER SHEET

NAME: ___________________________________________ Course/Year: ____________________

1. Choose a topic(any subject) then complete the table below.

***NOTE: Use junior high school books for your references.

TOPIC:

Reference:

Learning Objective Learning Activity

Cognitive Domain

Affective Domain
TOPIC:

Reference:

Psychomotor Domain

Construct a performance checklist for assessing the performance of a student in delivering an

oratorical speech. Give at least five behaviours.
1. ____________________________________________________________________________
2. ____________________________________________________________________________
3. ____________________________________________________________________________
4. ____________________________________________________________________________
5. ____________________________________________________________________________
Given the result of a spilt half method, compute for the reliability coefficient of the test then
interpret. Based on the interpretation of the reliability coefficient that was computed, what can you
say about the test?

Studen S1 S2 Initial Ranks Final Ranks D D2

ts
( Odd items) ( Even items) R1 R2 R1 R2

1 23 28

2 35 30

3 36 36

4 40 38

5 35 36

6 28 28

7 15 20

4.