A Confirmatory Factor Analysis of the Digital Culture for Extra-Large Schools Under the Secondary Educational Service Area Office of Buriram

Abstract

The purposes of this research were: 1) to analyze the components of digital culture and 2) to analyze the levels of digital culture of extra-large schools under the secondary educational service area office of Buriram. A sample including 340 teachers and administrators from extra-large schools was drawn using stratified random sampling. The tool used for data collection was a 5-level rating scale questionnaire with content validity values between 0.60 and 1.00 and the reliability coefficient of 0.96.  Descriptive statistics were percentage, mean, and standard deviation. Inferential statistics were tested by Bartlett’s Test of Sphericity and KMO test. And confirmatory factor analysis (CFA). The research found as follows: 1) Digital culture for extra-large schools under the secondary educational service area office of Buriram consisted of 6 main components, 17 subcomponents, namely (1) digital mindset comprising 3 subcomponents, (2)digital risk-taking comprising 3 subcomponents, (3) data driven comprising 2 subcomponents, (4) digital agility comprising 3 subcomponents, (5) collaborative value comprising 3 subcomponents, and (6) customer-centric comprising 3 subcomponents. 2) The model for measuring digital cultural components for extra-large schools under the secondary educational service area office of Buriram was congruent with the empirical data according to the statistical values of Chi square = 82.129, df = 63, P-Value = 0.0532, RMSEA = 0.030, SRMR = 0.021, CFI = 0.996, TLI  = 0.991