Item Analysis Worksheet

What type of item analysis procedure would yield you an output that looks like the following?
- Item Discrimination

Item 1 A B C D

Freq 65 123* 16 13
Prop .30 .57* .07 .06
Corr -.17 .29* -.12 .15

Item 2

Freq 117 18* 16 66

Prop .54 .08* .07 .30
Corr .10 .05* -.05 -.11

Interpret the output of the two items listed above. Are they good? How do you know? What
could you do to improve the items? Should any of them be “thrown out”?

Item 1 A B C D
Freq 65 123* 16 13
Prop .30 .57* .07 .06
Corr -.17 .29* -.12 .15
Interpretation
and
Recommendation

Item 2 A B C D
Freq 117 18* 16 66
Prop .54 .08* .07 .30
Corr .10 .05* -.05 -.11
Interpretation
and
Recommendation
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What must be available for that type of item analysis to work? In other words, when might you
use it?

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What does Prop refer to? Corr? Freq?

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Outline the “show of hands method of item analysis. What procedure would you use to assess
discrimination power of a particular item? What would you use to determine the difficulty of an
item?

When would this method be useful? What must be available for this type of item analysis to
work? When might you use it?

What type of item analysis would give you a computer output that looks like the following?

Item scale mean if item scale variance if alpha if item

deleted item deleted deleted
MO15 11.94 17.31 .90
MO16 11.59 16.63 .90
MO17 11.70 17.35 .90
MO19 12.00 17.50 .90
MO29 11.12 18.49 .93
MO30 10.11 20.23 .75

Reliability coefficient
Alpha = .92

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When would this type of item analysis be useful? What must be available for this type of
analysis to work? When could you use this type of item analysis?

Interpret the output. Are there any “bad items” on the scale? Are all of the items important to
this scale? Would you drop any? Explain.

What happens to items difficulty and discrimination? Explain.

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