Confirmatory Factor Analysis of Skills Necessary for Life and Work of Faculty of Education Students, Chiang Rai Rajabhat University
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This research aimed to study the components of essential soft skills for students in the Faculty of Education at Chiang Rai Rajabhat University. The objective was to create a model and verify the consistency of these essential soft skill components among the subjects. The sample consisted of 485 students from 15 majors in the academic year 2023, selected through stratified random sampling. The key results were as follows. 1) Confirmatory factor analysis revealed that all five components had positive factor loadings ranging from 0.796 to 0.924. When ranked by importance, interpersonal skills ranked first, followed by development of teacher professional practice, teamwork skills, communication skills, and information technology skills. The predictive equation in standardized scores is as follows: Soft Skill=0.897***DTPP+0.857***CS+0.924***
IS+0.868***TS+0.796***ITS. 2) The statistical analysis assessment of model fit revealed that it aligned well with the data. This is indicated by a Relative Chi-Square of 1.946, which is less than 2. The goodness-of-fit indices TLI=0.966, CFI=0.972, GFI=0.990, and NFI=0.944 are all greater than 0.90. The error of approximation measures RMSEA=0.044 and SRMR=0.037 are both less than 0.05.
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