1.differential item functioning in malaysian generic skills instrument

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Differential Item Functioning In Malaysian Generic Skills Instrument (MyGSI)

( Kebezaan Kefungsian Item Dalam Instrumen Kemahiran Generik Malaysia)

SITI RAHAYAH ARIFFIN

RDIAH IDRIS

NRIAH MHD ISHA!

A"STRA#T

A$art from goo% aca%emic $erformance& generic skills are necessary for stu%ents in or%er to 'e

more successful an% to ecel as $ractitioners in aca%emic fiel%s& ork an% careers* T+e

%e,elo$ment of t+e Malaysian Generic Skills Instrument (MyGSI) is 'ase% on t+e Malaysian

-ualification Frameork +ic+ a$$lies cogniti,e& 'e+a,iorism an% social t+eories* T+e $ur$oseof t+is stu%y is to %etect Differential Item Functioning (DIF) in MyGSI 'ase% on gen%er& ty$es of

$rogram an% race* Data as o'taine% from .&/0/ un%ergra%uate stu%ents ran%omly c+osen from

./ faculties at 1ni,ersiti !e'angsaan Malaysia (1!M)* T+e MyGSI use% consists of .2

constructs an% .3/ items on a 45$oint likert scale* In a%%ition& 6inste$s softare ,ersion 2*04*/+as 'een use% for %ata analysis* T+e fin%ings +a% %etecte% fi,e misfitting items7 one item as

%istinguis+e% as DIF 'ase% on ty$es of $rogramme an% ./ items ere %etecte% as DIF 'ase% onrace* T+e final analysis using t+e Rasc+8s mo%el +as %ro$$e% .9 items an% maintaine% :; items

t+at ere legitimate an% relia'le to gauge .2 constructs in MyGSI* T+is MyGSI& free from DIF&

coul% 'e use% to o'tain Hig+er uan ka>ian ini a%ala+ untuk mengesan !e'e@aan !efungsian Item (DIF)

'er%asarkan faktor gen%er& aliran $enga>ian %an 'angsa* !a>ian ini meli'atkan .&/0/ $ela>ar $rasisa@a+ yang %i$ili+ secara raak %ari$a%a ./ fakulti 1ni,ersiti !e'angsaan Malaysia

(1!M)* Instrumen MyGSI mengan%ungi .2 konstruk %an .3/ item skala likert 45mata* ?erisian

6inste$s ,ersi 2*04*/ %igunakan untuk analisis %ata* Hasil ka>ian menun>ukkan se'anyak limaitem %ikesan misfit B& satu item %ikesan DIF 'er%asarkan aliran %an ./ item %ikesan DIF

'er%asarkan 'angsa* Analisis ak+ir menggunakan mo%el Rasc+ tela+ mengugurkan .9 item %an

mengekalkan :; item yang sa+ %an 'ole+ %i$ercayai untuk mengukur .2 konstruk %alam MyGSI*Instrumen MyGSI yang 'e'as DIF ini 'ole+ %igunakan untuk men%a$atkan $rofil $ela>ar5$ela>ar

Institusi ?enga>ian Tinggi (I?T) secara le'i+ a%il %an saksama se'agai in%ikator 'agi

meningkatkan kema+iran generik $ela>ar se$an>ang $enga>ian %i uni,ersiti*


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Kata Kunci: Kemahiran Generik, Kebezaan Kefungsian Item, Model !engukuran asch,

!olariti Item, Misfit item"

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