ACTIVITY 9

Relationship Between Item difficulty and Item Discrimination

Instruction: Table 2 contains the scores of the top 27% and the bottom 27% of
examinees of a 30 item test being develop. Compute the item difficulty index of each
of these items and interpret it based on Table 1.

Table 1.
Indices of Difficulty and Discrimination
Difficulty Index Difficulty Discrimination
Above .85 Very easy To be discarded
.71- .85 Easy To be revised
.30- .70 Moderate Very good item
.15 - .29 Difficult To be revised
Below .15 Very difficult To be discarded

Table 2.

Upper 27% Lower 27%

Student 1

Student 2

Student 3

Student 4

Student 5

Student 6

Student 7

Student 8

Student 9

Student 1

Student 2

Student 3

Student 4

Student 5

Student 6

Student 7

Student 8

Student 9
Item

1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 1

2 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0

3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1

4 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 0

5 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 0

6 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1

7 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0

8 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 0

9 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0

10 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0

11 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

12 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 0

13 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1

BPSYCH8 Psychological Assessment 1

 14 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1

15 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0

16 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0

17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

18 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 1

19 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0

20 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0

21 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1

22 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1

23 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1

24 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 0

25 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0

26 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1

27 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 0

28 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0

29 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1

30 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0

Note: 1= Correct answer, 0= Wrong Answer

BPSYCH8 Psychological Assessment 2