Validity and reliability are essential to the effectiveness of any data-collecting research procedure. This study was to test the validity and reliability of the Academic Motivation Scale (AMS), consisting of 28 questions with. The questions was used a Likert scale of 1-7 on each question point. This instrument is grouped into seven dimensions, namely intrinsic motivation to know (IMK); intrinsic motivation towards achievement (IMA); intrinsic motivation to experience stimulation (IMES); extrinsic motivation to identify (EMId); extrinsic motivation to introjected (EMInt); extrinsic motivation external regulation (EMR); and amotivation (AM). The researcher set a sampling quota of 100 activist students as respondents from various faculties at the State University of Surabaya. This research is survey research with a quantitative approach. The data collection technique was a questionnaire filled out by respondents online. The data analysis technique was by conducting validity and reliability tests using SPSS. A total of 28 questions in the AMS questionnaire were declared valid with a Sig. (2-tailed) value of 0.05. Reliability in the AMS questionnaire with a Cronbach's Alpha score of .864. It was concluded that the AMS instrument can be used to measure the achievement motivation of activist students.
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