Expert system to test anxiety | |
| Author | Hasin, Muhammad Khoirul |
| Call Number | AIT Thesis no. IM-13-06 |
| Subject(s) | Expert systems (Computer science)--Indonesia Test anxiety |
| Note | A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the d egree of Master of Science in Information Management, School of Engineering and Technology |
| Publisher | Asian Institute of Technology |
| Series Statement | Thesis ; no. IM-13-06 |
| Abstract | Each year, Republic Indonesia records around 1.5 million senior high school students follow the National Examination (NE). However, it is recorded that 10.12% students did not pass the NE and had to repeat even some students who have a good perform ance in school or at the national and international level has failed to pass the NE . The phenomenon of anxiety experienced by the participants of the NE is in line with the latest research. The study showed that the majority of the examinees failed to appear the truth ability because of anxiety triggered by the exam situation and atmosphere . Therefore, the presence of a psychologist is needed on this issue. On the other hand, the number of psychologists in Indonesia is not enough to deal with so many NE participants. Comparison between the NE participants and psychologists is still under ideal ratio according to the WHO standard , which is 1:42 thousand ( the WHO ideal ratio is 1:30 thousand). Therefore, it is required an expert system to cover the problem s. This expert system can identify the symptoms of anxiety along with advice and suggestions and can also monit or the development of studenttest anxiety. The symptoms of t est anxiety are taken from the Hamilton Anxiety Rate Scale (H ARS ). The reason to us e HA R S is besides the recommendation of a psychologist as well as the value of validation of its clinic trial is high, which is between 0.93 and 0.97. The s ymptom s wh ich still have the common sense are made specific by changing in the form of questions. F urthermore, the questions in the questionnaire are distributed to the students who will face national exam. Resu lt of the questionnaire was tested its validity using Pearson Correlation. Meanwhile, the knowledge pattern is gained from the interviews and si mulations repeat edly . Then, the presentation of knowledge pattern is changed in form of decision tree. The goal is to facilitate psychologist in understanding the knowledge pattern when he check s his knowledge compliance . The k nowledge pattern that has been validated by psychologist is implemented in expert systems. Conclusion of knowledge pattern that contains the facts in the form of answers of questions is obtained using rule - based system and forward chaining. Result of this study is 66% of the resp ondents said strongly agree and agree this expert system can help reduce their test anxiety. In addition, the improvement test of 10 students in seven days is found that 50% of respondents experiencing good imporvement, 30% of constant and 20% of poor. The refore, in general the expert system can be used as alternative to students to detect test anxiety they experienced. |
| Year | 2013 |
| Corresponding Series Added Entry | Asian Institute of Technology. Thesis ; no. IM-13-06 |
| Type | Thesis |
| School | School of Engineering and Technology (SET) |
| Department | Department of Information and Communications Technologies (DICT) |
| Academic Program/FoS | Information Management (IM) |
| Chairperson(s) | Guha, Sumanta; |
| Examination Committee(s) | Vatcharaporn Esichaikul;Hadikusumo, B.H.W.; |
| Scholarship Donor(s) | Directorate General of Higher Education (DIKTI)/Ministry of Education and Culture, Indonesia;Asian Institute of Technology Fellowship; |
| Degree | Thesis (M. Sc.) - Asian Institute of Technology, 2013 |