Principal Factors Analysis on IS Survey

Principal Factor Analysis of IS-Survey (and some EFA too…) By Paul Pajo

Details of IS Survey

Research initiated by Ms. Menchu Cueto, Chairperson of the IS Department of De La Salle – College of Saint Benilde

Given to first batch of IS graduates for SY 2008-2009

N=30; male=27; female=3

Ages 19-21

Survey is composed of

Factors why they entered IS program

Awareness of DLS-CSB policies

Satisfaction over aspects of IS program

Program Implentors’ perceived competency

Faculty’s perceived competency

Perceived Student’s Developed Skills

Perceived Relevance of Courses

Perceived Attained Objectives

PFA (first pass)

PFA on perceived Student’s developed skills and

Perceived attained objective

Why? The scales are the same:

(5) Developed/Attained to a very great extent (VGE)

(4) Developed/Attained to a great extent (GE)

(3) Developed/Attained to a moderate extent (ME)

(2) Developed/Attained to a slight extent (SE)

(1) Developed/Attained to a very slight extent (VSE)

(0) Not Applicable or no sufficient information to respond (NA)

21 factors on perceived Student’s developed skills

IT Understanding

Systems Analysis

Systems Design

Systems Development

Project Management

Financial Analysis

Org Behavior Understanding

Achievement-Orientation

Analytical

Communication

Delegating

Feedback

Futuring

Group Process

Interpersonal

Leadership

Negotiation

Organization

Presentation

Problem-solving

Business Writing

6 factors on perceived attained Objectives

Attained practical and theoretical knowledge of the utilization of IT in an enterprise

Positive contribution to the development of the Philippine ICT industry.

Well rounded CSR Benildean IT professional

Partnerships via academic linkages

Commitment to social improvement

Appreciation of diversity

Correlation Matrix

Scree Plot (3 factors!)

Unrotated Factor Loading

Eigenvalues Explained Variance

Varimax Rotation Raw

Factor 1 is dominated by items that measure organizational communication

Factor 2 is dominated by items that measure ICT external relations & diversity

Factor 3 is dominated by items that impact Project Management

New Survey Form reduces the 27 items to 13

Factor 1 items will be 8 items on the Perceived Developed Student’s skills related to Organizational Behavior

Factor 2 items on the Attained Objectives will be 3 items

Factor 3 items will be 2 items on the Perceived developed Student’s skills focusing on Project Management + Financial Analysis

PFA (2 nd Pass)

PFA on Program Implentors’ perceived competency and

(5) Excellent (E)

(4) Very Satisfactory (VS)

(3) Satisfactory (S)

(2) Needs Improvement (NI)

(1) Poor (P)

(0) Not applicable or Not enough information to respond (NA)

14 factors on Project Implementor’s perceived competency

Dean

Chairperson

Practicum Coordinator

BS-IS support staff

Student Org Adviser

Guidance Counselor

Final Academic Adviser for IMPROJ1/IMPROJ2

19 factors on Faculty’s Perceived Competency

Mastery of subject matter

Use of effective teaching strategies/methods

Effective Communication

Able to share decision-making with students

Smoothness of relationship with students

Knowledge of recent trends

Ability to maintain discipline

Emphasis on Analysis and synthesis vs. memorization

Ability to present lessons in an organized manner

Able to give feedback through prompt return of exam results and projects

Efficiently plans classroom activities

Traits

Flexibility

Openness

Creativity

Respectful to students

Sensitive to Student’s needs

Trusting of student’s skills

Listens actively to students

Makes time Available for consultations

Correlation Matrix

Varimax Raw Factor Loading Factor 1 is dominated by teacher skills that impact student interaction and discipline Factor 2 is dominated entirely by Final Academic Paper (FAP1) Interaction + Chairperson Factor 3 is dominated by entirely by FAP2 Interaction Factor 4 is dominated by faculty’s consultative activities

New survey reduces 33 to 19 items Factor 1 items will be 8 items on Faculty’s perceived student interaction and discipline Factor 2 items will be 4 items on Final Academic Paper (FAP1) Interaction including perceived Chairperson competency Factor 3 items will be 3 items focused only FAP2 Interaction Factor 4 items will be 4 items on Faculty’s perceived consultative activities

PFA (3 rd Pass)

PFA on Perceived Relevance of Courses

(4) Extremely Relevant (ER)

(3) Relevant (R)

(2) Irrelevant (I)

(1) Extremely Irrelevant (EI)

(0) Not Applicable or Not Enough Information to respond (NA)

30 Subjects

BASACCT

ADVACCT

BUSLAWS

PRINMAN

PRINMAR

PERMANA

PRODUMA

BUFINMA

SYSANAL

SYSDESI

IMPROG1

IMPROG2

IMPROG3

DBS-CON

PRJ-MGT

INFORES

PROGAP1

PROGAP2

IM-EBIZ

WEBDEVT

VERTSOL

IT-DOCU

PROGLAN

WEBTECH

ENTDBAS

SOFTEST

APPLDEV

IMPROJ1

IMPROJ2

IM_PRAC

Correlation Matrix

Varimax Raw Factor Loading Factor 1 is dominated by the Systems Analysis & Design subjects Factor 2 is dominated by the accounting and business finance subjects Factor 3 is dominated by the Marketing and Management subjects Factor 4 is dominated by the programming, FAP and Practicum subjects Factor 5 is dominated by introduction to new frameworks/languages subjects

New Survey reduces from 30 to 16 Items Factor 1 items will be 2 items on the relevance of the Systems Analysis & Design subjects Factor 2 items will be 2 items on the relevance of the accounting and business finance subjects Factor 3 items will be 3 items on the relevance of the Marketing and Management subjects Factor 4 items will be 6 items on the relevance of the programming, FAP and Practicum subjects Factor 5 items will be 2 items on the relevance of introduction to frameworks/languages subjects

PFA (4th Pass)

(4) Extremely Satisfied (ES)

(3) Satisfied (S)

(2) Unsatisfied (U)

(1) Extremely Unsatisfied (EU)

(0) Not Applicable or Not Enough Information to respond (NA)

25 Aspects

Academic Advising

Assistance to students

Innovativeness

Help in Lectures

Group work or case analysis or programming activities

Help in Multimedia

Benildean core values

Group presentations

Online Resources

Required Analysis

Textbooks

Reference library materials

Close linkages

OJT

Industry-based

Initial interview

Exit interview

Follow-up interview

Individual counseling

Seminars& Workshops

Quality of

Lecture classrooms

Computer labs

LRC

Cafeteria

Consultation venues

Correlation Matrix

Varimax Raw Factor Loading Factor 1 is only on helpful references Factor 2 is dominated by seminar/career related aspects Factor 3 is dominated by lecture and multimedia aspects Factor 4 is only on the LRC Factor 5 is only on the cafeteria Factor 5 is only Benildean Core values Note: adjusted eigenvalue factor loading threshold from .70 to .69 to load LRC to Factor 4

New survey reduces 25 items to 13 Factor 1 item is 1 item on helpful references Factor 2 items are 5 items on seminar/career-related aspects Factor 3 items are 4 items on lecture and multimedia aspects Factor 4 item is 1 item on LRC Factor 5 item is 1 item on cafeteria Factor 5 item is 1 item on Benildean Core values Note: chose this rotation, NOT only because it makes sense but because it extracts Benildean Core Values (ANIMO BENILDE!)

Item reduction because of PFA