Introduction: Students' perception of an examination reflects their feelings, while its item analysis refers to a statistical analysis of students’ responses to examination items. The study was conducted to compare the student’s perception towards examination to its item analysis. Material and methods: This is a cross-sectional study conducted at the college of medicine, from January to April 2019. The study used a structured questionnaire and standardized item analysis of students’ examinations. All students who had registered for semester two (2018-2019) were included in the study. Exclusion criteria included students who refused to participate in the study or those who did not fill the questionnaire.
Result: KR-20 of the examination was 0.906. The average difficulty index of the examination was 69.4. The response rate of the questionnaire was 88.9% (40/45). Students considered the examination to be easy (70.4%). A significant correlation was reported between student perceptions towards examination difficulty and standard examination difficulty.
Discussion: Student perceptions support the evidence of examination validity. Students were found able to estimate examination difficulty.
Keywords: Student perception, Item analysis, Assessment, validity, reliability.
Introduction Student perception of an exam is a reflection of their feelings towards the exam items while item analysis is a statistical analysis of students responses to exam items. The study was formulated to compare the students perception of the results of item analysis. Material and methods Type of the study is cross-sectional. The study was conducted in the college of medicine, in the duration from January to April 2019. The study uses a structured questionnaire and standardized item analysis of students exam. Participants are students registered for semester two level year (2018-2019). Exclusion criteria included all students who refused to participate in the study or do not fill the questionnaire.
Result The response rate of the questionnaire was 88.9% (40/45). Students considered the exam as easy (70.4%). The average difficulty index of the exam is acceptable. KR-20 of the exam was 0.906. A significant correlation was reported between student perceptions towards exam difficulty and standard exam difficulty.
Discussion: Student perceptions support the evidence of exam validity. Students can estimate exam difficulty.
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