Indicators of the Exploratory and Confirmatory Factor Analysis of the Technology Readiness Index (TRI)

The study aims to identify the indicators of the exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis of the Parasuraman’s scale of technology readiness (TRI) for students of A'Sharqiyah University in the Sultanate of Oman by identifying the explanatory model of the factors inherent in the scale as little as possible, depending on its psychometric factor properties. The scale is translated into Arabic, reviewed linguistically, and codified on the Arab–Omani environment to accomplish this. The study adopted a descriptive methodology using a study sample involving 234 male and female students; whereas Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) v.23 was used for exploratory analysis; AMOS was used for confirmatory analysis; SmartPLS was used to confirm the assertiveness result; and the principal component method was used; factors whose latent roots exceeded Eigenvalue > 1 were used; and the orthogonal rotation was carried out using the Varimax method. Findings from the factorial analysis were as follows: The “KMO” and “MSA” indices for the sample's suitability for conducting the practical analysis were 0.788 at 946 degrees of freedom and 0.000, which is a very good coefficient reflecting the sample's sufficiency and quality for statistical analysis. There were four factors identified: “Ease and Usefulness Factor,” “Comfort and Security Factor,” “Optimism Factor,” and “Innovation Factor.” It is concluded that the scale has sound psychometric features considering these data.