Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA) of Assessment Practice Skill Among Lecturers in Malaysia
Abstract
The aim of this study was to adapt the Assessment Practices Inventory Modified (APIM) scale instrument developed by Matovu, (2019) for higher education lecturers in Malaysia. To ensure that the adapted questionnaire was apt for the lecturers, the exploratory factor analysis (EFA) method was used. This research was carried out as part of a pilot study involving 102 lecturers from Malaysian higher education institutions. Multistage random sampling was used to select the respondents. Results of the Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA) showed five underlying components of assessment practice skills among Malaysian lecturers with 27 indicators namely design, interpretation, management, application, and evaluation. Apparently, the five components explained 73.3% of the total variance. The reliability of the APIM construct was 0.96, while that of sub-constructs ranges from 0.74 to 0.94. Apart from contributing further insight to the current literature on assessment practices skill among the lecturers, the results also provide a reliable source of information to researchers for future research on assessment practice skills in Higher Education Institutions (HEIs).
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