Journal of Educational and Learning Studies
Vol 2, No 1 (2019): Journal of Educational and Learning Studies

Application of Rasch Rating Scale Model to Analysis of Fear of Missing Out a Smartphone

Alizamar Alizamar (Guidance and Counseling Department, Universitas Negeri Padang)



Article Info

Publish Date
30 Jul 2019

Abstract

The presence of smartphones is one of the technological advancements that have contributed greatly to changes in social behavior. This led to the inception of the Fear of Missing Out (FoMO) smartphone device. The purpose of this study therefore was to determine the right instrument to measure the FoMO smartphone by analyzing response points obtained from respondents. The study sample consisted of three groups of test subjects, from large city, small town and villages with n values of 226, 248, and 55 respectively. The data in this study were obtained using the 5-point Likert scale politomy data from a Fear of Missing out scale instrument, distributed online. The research data were analyzed using the Rasch model by testing rating scale analysis through Threshold. The results showed that the rating scale answered choices turned into a 3-point Likert scale with those not right, less right, and very right.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

jels

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Subject

Education Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media Mathematics Other

Description

Journal of Educational and Learning Studies is a multi-disciplinary, peer-refereed open-access international journal which has been established for the dissemination of state-of-the-art knowledge in the field of education, teaching, development, instruction, educational projects and innovations, ...