Integrating multiple intelligences and personality traits in a dynamic personal decision aid for youth

• Main Authors: Ibrahim, Norfiza, Supli, Ahmad Affandi, Sarif, Siti Mahfuzah, Shiratuddin, Norshuhada, Mohd, Haslina, Ab. Aziz, Azizi, Zaibon, Syamsul Bahrin
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Language: English
• Published: 2014
• Subjects: QA76 Computer software
• Online Access: http://repo.uum.edu.my/14711/1/K26.pdf; http://repo.uum.edu.my/14711/; http://www.kmice.cms.net.my/kmice2014/intro.asp
• Institution: Universiti Utara Malaysia

As far as the development of youth community is concerned, the implementation of a dedicated decision aid is believed to have ample potentials in building their skills in making decisions.The absence of proper guidance in making crucial decisions could cause irreversible effects to youth’s future and consequently to the development plan of the country.Accordingly, this study focuses on the development of a computerized personal decision aid for youth named as Youth Personal Decision Aid (YouthPDA).The aid manifests the integration of Personality Traits (PT) and Multiple Intelligence (MI) data in a contextual aware recommender system.The system uses Rule Based Reasoning (RBR) that will display the recommendations based on set of programmed rules. This paper also discusses findings from helpfulness evaluation of YouthPDA, which comprises of four dimensions; reliability, decision-making effort, confidence, and decision process awareness. The mean value for each dimension (which is >5) indicated that the YouthPDA is accepted to be a helpful tool for youth in making decision.