Confirmatory Factor Analysis of Scientific Creativity

Abstract

The objective of this research is to deploy confirmatory factor analysis of scientific creativity among student of Mattayom 3 in the Secondary Educational Office Service Area 15. The stratified random sampling technique is used to select 500 student. The population used in the research is 46 students in Mathayomsuksa 3 under the Office of the Secondary Educational Service Area 15, with a total number of 28,095 students (refer to the information of the information of the 2017 academic year 2017). The instrument used in this research was a scientific creativity scale with validity between 0.60 to 1.00, difficulty between 0.33 to 0.49, discriminant between 0.22 to 0.48 and reliability of 0.98. The data are analyzed using confirmatory factor analysis. The opinion test of the measurement model was determined by statistical values. (Model measurement) A fair idea based on the Goodness of fit measure (Goodness of fit measure) in conjunction with the shellac cutting or heat in the calibration (Fitted residuals matrix) and the opinion test of the measurement model. By finding the model's suitability index (Goodness of fit indices).

            The results were that scientific creativity consisted of three factors with fluency, originality and flexibility which were consistent of the empirical data = 8.87, df = 46, p-value = 0.35 , RMSEA = 0.011, RMR = 0.011, CFI = 1.00, GFI =1.00. The weight of factor between 0.20 to 0.52.