INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR RESEARCH AND RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT

ICRRD QUALITY INDEX RESEARCH JOURNAL

ISSN: 2773-5958, https://doi.org/10.53272/icrrd

Confirmatory Factor Analysis for Headmaster Leadership Style, Teacher Management Motivation and Standard1 Assessment MEQSw2 Management of Terengganu National Schools

Confirmatory Factor Analysis for Headmaster Leadership Style, Teacher Management Motivation and Standard1 Assessment MEQSw2 Management of Terengganu National Schools

Abstract: There are two ways to conduct Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA) using individual confirmatory factor analysis or group confirmatory factor analysis based on the measurement model. The number of items depends on the construct used in the study and the measurement model analysis is conducted separately if the number of items in the construct is more than four. Whereas, pooled CFA runs all measurement models at the same time. Items with a factor loading value of less than 0.6 are considered unimportant to the measurement of the construct and can be discarded Chik, Abdullah, Ismail and Mohd Noor (2024). A total of 384 study samples were involved in this research. Data were analyzed using the IBM-SPSS-AMOS (Structural Equation Modeling-SEM) program version 21.0. Adjustment tests were conducted to ensure that the tested indicators truly represent the construct being measured and Confirmatory Factor Analysis was conducted in this study as a prerequisite that must be met. The findings of the study show that all the correlations between the constructs Headmaster Leadership Style (based on Transformational Leadership, Transactional Leadership, Laisez_Faire Leadership), Teacher Management Motivation and Malaysian Education Quality Standards (MEQS) Wave 2 (MEQSw2) have a value less than 0.85 (<0.85) teachers Management of Terengganu National Schools. The results of the combined confirmatory factor analysis of all measurement models (Pooled CFA), prove that all constructs do not have a strong relationship with each other to avoid the existence of multicollinearity problems.

Keywords: Headmaster Leadership Style, Teacher Management Motivation, Standard1 Assessment MEQSw2, Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA), Pooled CFA