E-Consult: The Effectiveness of Thesis Advisory Model Using Management Information Systems in IAIN Bukittinggi

Abstract

This study aims to obtain accurate data about the effectiveness of thesis advisory model using management information systems or e-Consult in IAIN Bukittinggi. This model has been developed in previous research in a series of research and development and has been validated by several experts with the result of very valid category. The effectiveness testing in this study involved 30 students whose thesis are advised by the researcher himself. It was done to facilitate the data selection. They were divided into the experimental group and the control group, each consisting of 15 students. This study was conducted through pre-experimental design with Static Group Comparison model. The data were analyzed by using non-parametric statistics through Binomial test. From this statistic test, the obtained level of effectiveness of this model is in very effective category.