A Confirmation Factor Analysis of Distance Learning Management Achievement Factors for Bachelor of Business Administration (Management), Sukhothai Thammathirat Open University

Abstract

The objective of this research was to examine the coherence between the success factor structure models in the management of distance learning, Bachelor of Business Administration (Management), Sukhothai Thammathirat Open University, Nonthaburi Province, based on assumptions and empirical data. The sample group was 400 current students in the Bachelor of Business Administration programs who entered the academic year 2018 and still have student status in the second semester of the academic year 2021. The Construct Validity of Success Factors in distance learning management, Bachelor of Business Administration Program by analyzing the second corroborative component using a statistical computer program. The second corroborative component analysis revealed that the success factors in managing distance learning consisted of nine elements of equal importance with component weights of 0.945, 0.926, 0.923, 0.918, 0.914, 0.827, 0,808, 0.712 and 0.686.

The results of checking the consistency of the empirical component model found that the chi-squared statistic was 444.466, the probability of 442 degrees of freedom was 0.458, the relative chi-squared statistic was 1.006, Goodness of Fit Index (GFI) was 0.936, Adjusted Goodness of Fit Index (AGFI) was 0.909, Comparative Fit Index (CFI) was 1.000, Root Mean Square Residual (RMR) was 0.014 and the Root Mean Square Error of Approximation (RMSEA) was 0.004. The research shows that the success factor model in the management of distance learning The Bachelor of Business Administration program was consistent with the empirical data and that the success factors in distance learning management consisted of 9 components including expected learning outcomes, course requirements, course structure and content learning and teaching strategies, learner assessment, quality of support personnel learner, quality Support and mentoring of learners and facilities and infrastructure.