Reliability and Validity Of Wrong Belief System Detector Instrument Among Higher Education Students In Malaysia

Mohd Nur Al Sufi Bin Romele, Syed Mohamed Shafeq Bin Syed Mansor

Abstract: Purpose of this study to develop Wrong Belief System Detector Instrumen. Constructs of this instrument are values, experiences, educations and sosioeconomic status. The design used in this study is quantitative methods. The quantitative study involved 240 respondents in the actual survey. All respondents were selected among university students who in the pure sciences, social sciences and engineering sciences in Malaysia. Quantitative data were collected and analyzed by Rasch Measurement Model using Winstep Software Version 3.69.1.11. Preliminary results showed that 36 items were identified. Analysis of the findings of the analysis conducted with respondents reliability index was 0.84, while the index of reliability was 0.99. Separation of respondents was 6:30 and the separation of items iwas 8.85. Cronbach Alpha showed the reliability of  item was 0.87. Infit MNSQ value in range 0.89 to 1:20 and the outfit MNSQ in the range 0.88 to 1.28 was show the suitability of the measuring instrumen. The analysis actually shows that the variance explained by measures (%) shows the instrumen has a value of 57.0 and the unexplained variance in 1 st contrast showed that 2.3% is indicated item was very good.

Keyword: Wrong Belief System, Rasch Measurement Model, Reliability, Validity.

Title: Reliability and Validity Of Wrong Belief System Detector Instrument Among Higher Education Students In Malaysia

Author:  Mohd Nur Al Sufi Bin Romele, Syed Mohamed Shafeq Bin Syed Mansor

International Journal of Social Science and Humanities Research

ISSN 2348-3156 (Print), ISSN 2348-3164 (online)

Research Publish Journals

Vol. 3, Issue 1, January 2015 - March 2015

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Reliability and Validity Of Wrong Belief System Detector Instrument Among Higher Education Students In Malaysia by Mohd Nur Al Sufi Bin Romele, Syed Mohamed Shafeq Bin Syed Mansor