Abstract: There are two
ways to conduct Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA) using individual
confirmatory factor analysis or group confirmatory factor analysis based on the
measurement model. The number of items depends on the construct used in the
study and the measurement model analysis is conducted separately if the number
of items in the construct is more than four. Whereas, pooled CFA runs all
measurement models at the same time. Items with a factor loading value of less
than 0.6 are considered unimportant to the measurement of the construct and can
be discarded Chik, Abdullah, Ismail
and Mohd Noor (2024; 2022). A total of 384 study samples were involved in
this research. Data were analyzed using the IBM-SPSS-AMOS (Structural Equation
Modeling-SEM) program version 21.0. Adjustment tests were conducted to ensure
that the indicators tested truly represented the constructs being measured and
Confirmatory Factor Analysis was conducted in this study as a prerequisite that
must be met. The study findings show that all correlations between Soft Skills
(based on Communication Skills, Critical Thinking and Problem Solving Skills,
Entrepreneurial Skills, Leadership Skills, Information Management, Professional
Ethics and Morals), Graduate Awareness and Graduate Employability, have values
less than 0.85 (<0.85). The combined results of confirmatory factor analysis
of all measurement models (Pooled CFA), prove that all constructs do not have a
strong relationship with each other to avoid the existence of multicollinearity
problems.
Keywords: Soft Skills, Graduate
Awareness, Graduate
Employability, Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA),
Pooled CFA