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Table 5 shows the items’ distractor efficiency, difficulty index, and discrimination index (n = 59)

From: Item analysis: the impact of distractor efficiency on the difficulty index and discrimination power of multiple-choice items

DE

DIF

DIS

Interpretation

NU

%

Interpretation

NU

%

Interpretation

NU

%

Excellent

22

37.3

Difficult

0

0.0

Excellent

16

72.7

Acceptable

20

90.9

Good

0

0.0

Easy

2

9.1

Acceptable

3

13.6

-

-

-

None

3

13.6

Moderate

13

22

Difficult

7

53.8

Excellent

8

61.5

Acceptable

6

46.2

Good

0

0.0

Easy

0

0.0

Acceptable

4

30.8

-

-

-

None

1

7.7

Good

22

37.3

Difficult

5

22.7

Excellent

17

77.3

Acceptable

17

77.3

Good

0

0.0

Easy

0

0.0

Acceptable

3

13.6

-

-

-

None

2

9.1

Poor

2

3.4

Difficult

2

100.0

Excellent

0

0.0

Acceptable

0

0.0

Good

0

0.0

Easy

0

0.0

Acceptable

0

0.0

-

-

-

Non

2

100.0

  1. DE = distractor efficiency, DIF = difficulty index, DIS = discrimination index