Data Analysis Assignment Name Daphne Yoner

1. Data Summary

Frequency Distribution Graph

Frequency
10
9
9
8
7
6
5
4 4
4
3
2
2
1
1
0 0 0 0 0
0
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

Mean Mode Median Range

7.05 8 7.5 5-9
2. Item Analysis

Item # Upper Lower Difference Discrimination Total Difficulty

A
B
C* 2 1 1 0.1 3 0.15
D
Notes: This item may be better if there is more context, for example the question could say “Which of the
following would be the best tool to view the sun for a long period of time?”. The students may also not have
experience with a pinhole camera and therefore there is a bias in this question if the students do not understand
what this tool does. In that case the teacher may have not explicitly talked about this tool in class and may have
needed to in order to answer this question.

Item # Upper Lower Difference Discrimination Total Difficulty

A* 10 8 2 0.2 18 0.9
B
C
D
Notes: For this question it would have been helpful to add more context. For example, the question could read
“Which of the following is not a source that emits light?”. This clarification makes the question not as confusing.
As for the difficulty it is an easier question although it is critical to understand between an emitting source of light
and a reflecting light, therefore I would personally keep this question.

Item # Upper Lower Difference Discrimination Total Difficulty

A
B
C
D* 10 6 4 0.4 16 0.8
 Item # Upper Lower Difference Discrimination Total Difficulty
A
B* 8 4 4 0.4 12 0.6
C
D

Question

Item # Upper Lower Difference Discrimination Total Difficulty

A* 10 4 6 0.6 14 0.7
B
C
D

Question

Item # Upper Lower Difference Discrimination Total Difficulty

A
B
C* 3 5 -2 -0.2 8 0.4
D
Notes: This question appears to be confusing to the students and was done poorly overall. The students appear
to have also picked answer a. a lot as well. This suggests that there may have been two answers that could be
correct, which in this case a. is also correct but not the outcome the teacher was looking for. There should only
be one clearly correct answer. As well the answer b. is clearly the wrong choice which makes process of
elimination easier if the student does not know what the correct answer is. This question is also very wordy and
can be stated more clearly.

Question
 Item # Upper Lower Difference Discrimination Total Difficulty
A
B
C
D* 9 5 4 0.4 14 0.7

Question

Item # Upper Lower Difference Discrimination Total Difficulty

A* 10 9 1 0.1 19 0.95
B
C
D
Notes: This question was done very well, with a high difficulty meaning it was easy for the students. There was
one clear correct answer in this question because all the other answers were modern inventions. This reduces
validity, therefore creating different answers may make the question more valid.

Question

Item # Upper Lower Difference Discrimination Total Difficulty

A* 10 10 0 0 20 1.0
B
C
D
Notes: This question was too easy for the students. The answer is clearly a. in this question, if there were similar
alternative answers like answer a. it may make this questions difficulty increase.
Question

Item # Upper Lower Difference Discrimination Total Difficulty

A* 9 8 1 0.1 17 0.85
B
C
D
Notes: The story in the question is slightly confusing and may not be explicit enough. The question could also
state which item is a source that emits light, this would make the question more precise and be less confusing for
the students to answer.