extended · article · 2013

COMPETENCY ASSESSMENT OF CLOTHING FASHION DESIGN: RASCH MEASUREMENT MODEL FOR CONSTRUCT VALIDITY AND RELIABILITY

Arasinah Kamis; Ab. Rahim Bakar; Ramlah Hamzah; Soaib Asimiran; Ab. Halim Norhaily; William P. Fisher Jr.

The Clothing Fashion Design (CFaD) assessment instrument was used to measure the level of competence among instructors in Skills Training Institute (STI).This study was conducted to select items that are valid, fair, and of quality.The CFaD instrument consists of 97 Likert scale items with six constructs of designing, pattern drafting, computer, sewing, creative, and trade/entrepreneurship.The instrument was administered for the first stage of testing to 95 instructors in STI who teach in the field of fashion and clothing.The Rasch measurement model was used to obtain the reliability, validity, relevance of person items and unidimensionality of items.Therefore, Winsteps software version 3.72.3 was used to analyze the data.The findings showed that the items in the six constructs of skill competency have high reliability, from 0.63 to 0.96 for the Likert scale items.Meanwhile, the reliabil...