An Analysis of Difficulty Level and Discrimination Indices of Items of Questionnaires on Reproductive Health Awareness of Adolescents

Abstract

The study aims to analyze the difficulty level and discrimination index of the items on the questionnaires designed and developed to ascertain the awareness of adolescents about reproductive health. This pilot study was conducted to select the items in the research tools comprising preliminary drafts of two questionnaires having multiple-choice questions on reproductive health. The data was collected through purposive sampling, a total of 109 students of class eight from three private unaided CBSE affiliated schools from Sonipat district of Haryana participated in the study. The data was analyzed for difficulty level and discrimination index of each item on both the tools. The findings of the study led to the selection of the items in the final version of each tool. Those items which did not satisfy the criteria for difficulty level and discrimination index were discarded from the final version of the tool.