The Psychometric Properties of an Intrinsic Motivation Scale in Conducting Research: The Application of Rasch Measurement Model

Research culture a system that posits importance to conducting and communicating scholarly research, is highly expected from academic staff in the higher learning institutions. Skillful academics with high levels of (intrinsic) motivation in conducting research are most likely needed to achieve the...

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Main Authors:	Badrasawi, Kamal J I, Idrus, Faizah, Abd Razak, Afareez, Hisham, Nik Ahmad Ismail
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spelling	iium-684172018-12-14T14:32:33Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/68417/ The Psychometric Properties of an Intrinsic Motivation Scale in Conducting Research: The Application of Rasch Measurement Model Badrasawi, Kamal J I Idrus, Faizah Abd Razak, Afareez Hisham, Nik Ahmad Ismail H Social Sciences (General) L Education (General) Research culture a system that posits importance to conducting and communicating scholarly research, is highly expected from academic staff in the higher learning institutions. Skillful academics with high levels of (intrinsic) motivation in conducting research are most likely needed to achieve the desired research culture. Therefore, a research project has been conducted to examine the possibility of understanding and promoting research culture at a public university in Malaysia. Distinctive instruments were developed to achieve the purpose. This paper, thus, is aimed at examining the psychometric properties of a 44-item survey instrument developed to delve into the academic staff’s intrinsic motivation in conducting research. The survey was administered to 326 academic staff from various faculties in a public university. The Rasch Measurement model, which provides evidences on the fundamental measurement requirements of research instrument, was used to analyse the psychometric properties of the survey instrument using the Winsteps software program. The results of the Rasch analysis combined with qualitative investigation showed that the survey measured two distinct subscales or sub-dimensions of intrinsic motivation (namely positive and negative), which should be carried out separately in the final analysis. The resulted two subscales met the measurement requirements as evidenced by the individual analyses of the Rasch Model. Three misfit items were deleted from the first subscale (i.e. positive). Further items could be added to the two subscales to target the respondents with high ability measures. Recommendations were also given to revise the 5-point Likert scale used in the surveys in other related studies. Academic Research Publishing Group 2018-12 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/68417/1/Abstract_Main%20Manuspcript_Validation%20of%20an%20Intrinsic%20Motivation%20Scale%20in%20Conducting%20Research_The%20Application%20of%20Rasch%20Measurement%20Model.doc application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/68417/2/ARPG.pdf Badrasawi, Kamal J I and Idrus, Faizah and Abd Razak, Afareez and Hisham, Nik Ahmad Ismail (2018) The Psychometric Properties of an Intrinsic Motivation Scale in Conducting Research: The Application of Rasch Measurement Model. The Journal of Social Sciences Research. ISSN 2413-6670 E-ISSN 2411-9458 (In Press) https://arpgweb.com/journal/journal/7
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description	Research culture a system that posits importance to conducting and communicating scholarly research, is highly expected from academic staff in the higher learning institutions. Skillful academics with high levels of (intrinsic) motivation in conducting research are most likely needed to achieve the desired research culture. Therefore, a research project has been conducted to examine the possibility of understanding and promoting research culture at a public university in Malaysia. Distinctive instruments were developed to achieve the purpose. This paper, thus, is aimed at examining the psychometric properties of a 44-item survey instrument developed to delve into the academic staff’s intrinsic motivation in conducting research. The survey was administered to 326 academic staff from various faculties in a public university. The Rasch Measurement model, which provides evidences on the fundamental measurement requirements of research instrument, was used to analyse the psychometric properties of the survey instrument using the Winsteps software program. The results of the Rasch analysis combined with qualitative investigation showed that the survey measured two distinct subscales or sub-dimensions of intrinsic motivation (namely positive and negative), which should be carried out separately in the final analysis. The resulted two subscales met the measurement requirements as evidenced by the individual analyses of the Rasch Model. Three misfit items were deleted from the first subscale (i.e. positive). Further items could be added to the two subscales to target the respondents with high ability measures. Recommendations were also given to revise the 5-point Likert scale used in the surveys in other related studies.
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author	Badrasawi, Kamal J I Idrus, Faizah Abd Razak, Afareez Hisham, Nik Ahmad Ismail
author_facet	Badrasawi, Kamal J I Idrus, Faizah Abd Razak, Afareez Hisham, Nik Ahmad Ismail
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title	The Psychometric Properties of an Intrinsic Motivation Scale in Conducting Research: The Application of Rasch Measurement Model
title_short	The Psychometric Properties of an Intrinsic Motivation Scale in Conducting Research: The Application of Rasch Measurement Model
title_full	The Psychometric Properties of an Intrinsic Motivation Scale in Conducting Research: The Application of Rasch Measurement Model
title_fullStr	The Psychometric Properties of an Intrinsic Motivation Scale in Conducting Research: The Application of Rasch Measurement Model
title_full_unstemmed	The Psychometric Properties of an Intrinsic Motivation Scale in Conducting Research: The Application of Rasch Measurement Model
title_sort	psychometric properties of an intrinsic motivation scale in conducting research: the application of rasch measurement model
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