PATHWAY ANALYSIS AND ITS APPLICATIONS TO IDENTIFY FACTORS THAT INFLUENCE THE SOLEMNITY OF PRAYER

• Main Author: Agustina Nurfadilah, Mia
• Format: Final Project
• Language: Indonesia
• Online Access: https://digilib.itb.ac.id/gdl/view/65439
• Institution: Institut Teknologi Bandung

Prayer services will never be separated from the solemn discussion, and it is interesting to know the factors that influence a person to be able to pray solemnly and the magnitude of the influence of these factors on the solemnity of prayer. Solemnity in praying is a demand recommended by the Shari'a. Modeling the solemnity of prayer is important to determine the magnitude of the influence of each factor on the solemnity of prayer. This modeling can be modeled using Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) methods as well as path analysis models. Factor analysis is used to classify the factors that affect the solemnity of prayer based on their characteristics. These groups of factors formed are variables constructs or latent variables that can not be measured directly, so the SEM method deemed able to resolve these problems. However, SEM has some assumptions that must be met and often when using real data in the field assumptions were violated, so we need a method that is free of assumptions (free distribution) and flexible that is SEM methods of alternative-based variance is often called the Partial Least Square (PLS). PLS is an estimation method that focuses on maximizing the variance between latent variables. This study was conducted to estimate the factor scores in the model of solemnity of prayer with Partial Least Square (PLS) approach using factor scheme. The results showed that the model of solemnity in prayer was influenced by the factors situation, elements, and infrastructure for prayer with an R-square of solemnity of prayer of 56.90 percent.