ANALYSING THE VALIDITY OF EXCELLENT UMMAH PERSONALITY AMONG UNIVERSITY STUDENTS USING CONFIRMATORY FACTOR ANALYSIS

Abstract

This study was carried out to confirm the validity of the excellent ummah personality scale. The excellent ummah personality was represented using six sub-constructs, namely ibadah (worship), akidah (faith), akhlak (attitude) towards self (6 items), akhlak (attitude) towards family (6 items) and akhlak (attitude) towards society (6 items). Using purposive sampling technique, a total of 415 respondents from six universities were chosen as the participants. Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) was conducted using the AMOS software version 25.0. Initially, the measurement model of excellent ummah personality had demonstrated poor-fit indices whilst the correlation between sub-constructs was shown to be high. However, after undergoing the goodness-of-fit, results for the fit indices for measurement model were found to have been improved. The evaluation on the validity and reliability has also been performed for the measurement model. The number of items remaining for modified measurement model was 3 items for ibadah, 3 items for akidah, 3 items for akhlak towards family and 3 items for akhlak towards society. Therefore, this scale, which has undergone the CFA process, is valid as the measurement tool to assess the level of excellent ummah personality among Muslim students.