Open AccessOnline Test Analysis: Determining the Difficulty Level of Test Questions
Author(s) -
Tracy N. Tacuban
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
proceedings journal of interdisciplinary research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2423-298X
pISSN - 2423-2998
DOI - 10.21016/irrc.2015.ma15wf14o
Subject(s) - respondent , test (biology) , reliability (semiconductor) , task (project management) , perception , quality (philosophy) , computer science , set (abstract data type) , psychology , statistics , applied psychology , engineering , mathematics , paleontology , power (physics) , philosophy , physics , systems engineering , epistemology , quantum mechanics , neuroscience , political science , law , biology , programming language
A thorough analysis of the examination result encompasses the purpose of assessing the learning progress of the students, the effectiveness of the educators as well as of the educational materials and methods. It provides an important framework for planning and decision support. The analysis of test result is a complicated task which takes time and effort, and so oftentimes is a neglected task. The purpose of this study is to create and evaluate an online test analyzing system that will allow users to enter the test results, determine the difficulty level of each test item as well as the overall difficulty level of the administered test, determine the mean, median and mode of the test scores and provide the marking of the examinee answers and test scores. The validity and reliability of the system were evaluated based on the perception of ten (10) respondents from the Information and Communications Technology (ICT) sector, carefully selected through judgment sampling. Using the criteria set by ISO/IEC 9126 for software quality, it was found out that the overall mean value (M) and the standard deviation (SD) of the system as rated by the respondent is M=3.79., SD=0.23 and is designated as “Very Satisfactory”. Likewise, in each of the ISO criteria, the respondents’ perception of the system is “Very Satisfactory”, proving that the system conforms to international standards and is therefore valid and reliable.