Research Questions LITERATURE REVIEW AND RESEARCH QUESTIONS

learners. The activity of test item analysis will include the validity, reliability, distinguishing power, level of difficulty, and the pattern of answer distribution. Test items analysis in Odd Semester Final Examination at Accounting Economics Subject of Grade XII IPS academic year of 20142015 is done after the test was held in mid-December 2014. The activity of test item analysis aimed to provide information to the teachers about the quality of the questions used. Teachers can find out the real quality whether it is sufficient and can be used as a material consideration in decision making or not, especially the decision to go to the next grade. In addition, teachers can develop and revise a question which is less good or not good.

D. Research Questions

Based on the theoretical review and research framework above, the research questions are: 1. How does the validity level of the questions in the Odd Semester Final Examination at Accounting Economics Subject in Grade XII IPS SMA Negeri Banyumas academic year of 20142015? 2. How does the reliability level of the questions in the Odd Semester Final Examination at Accounting Economics Subject in Grade XII IPS SMA Negeri Banyumas academic year of 20142015? 3. How does the level of difficulty of the questions in the Odd Semester Final Examination at Accounting Economics Subject in Grade XII IPS SMA Negeri Banyumas academic year of 20142015? 4. How does the distinguishing power of the questions in the Odd Semester Final Examination at Accounting Economics Subject in Grade XII IPS SMA Banyumas academic year of 20142015? 5. How does the distribution pattern answer of the questions in the Odd Semester Final Examination at Accounting Economics Subject in Grade XII IPS SMA Negeri Banyumas academic year of 20142015? 6. How does the quality of the questions based on the analysis jointly on the validity, level of difficulty, Distinguishing Power and Distribution Pattern Answers? 30

CHAPTER III RESEARCH METHODS

A. Research Place and Time

This research was conducted in SMA Negeri Banyumas which is located at Jalan Pramuka No 13 Banyumas. Implementation of data collection conducted in April 2015.

B. Research Design

This research is a quantitative descriptive research. In practice, this research intends to seek information and data that can be used to describe the quality of the test in SMA Negeri Banyumas. While the approach used is a quantitative approach because the data obtained will be realized in the form of figures and analyzed using Anates version 4.0.9

C. Research Variables

The variables in the research entitled “Test Item Analysis of The Final Examination on Economics Subject in Grade XII IPS SMA Negeri Banyumas Acad emic Year of 20142015” are Validuty, Reliabiliy, Level of Difficulty, Distinguishing Power, and Pattern of Answer Distributions.

D. Research Subject and Object

The subject in this research are the students of Grade XII IPS SMA Negeri Banyumas that consist of four classes. Details of the number of research subjects are as follows: