Research Article | Open Access
APPLICATION OF FUZZY DELPHI METHOD IN DEVELOPING A CONSTRUCT OF THE MALAYSIAN ARMED FORCES SPIRITUAL ASSESSMENT
Azlisham bin Abdul Aziz , Mohd Nor Mamat , Daud Mohamed Salleh , Norazura Said , Zulkifli Ismail , Pg Ahmad Hasanuddin, Aziah Samichan , Fazli Abdul-Hamid
Pages: 4616-4628
Abstract
In line with the Strategic Management System Plan of the Malaysian Armed Forces 2021 – 2025, the spiritual
aspect in the core values to develop defence human resources are emphasized. Therefore, this research was
implemented to develop the construct of the dimension of appreciation of faith in assessing the spirituality of
human defence by the panel of experts' agreement in developing the construct of the dimension of the
evaluation. The researcher used the Design and Development Research (DDR) approach in producing this study.
In the context of this article, the researcher discusses the consensus phase process of a panel of 15 experts on the
construct of faith appreciation. The process aims to obtain consensus agreement on the construct of assessment
of faith appreciation and determine the position of the items. This process applies the Fuzzy Delphi Method
(FDM) based on a 7-point linguistic scale questionnaire. The collected data were subsequently analyzed using
fuzzy triangle numbering. The position of each construct was determined using a defuzzification process. The
research findings concluded that the expert panel agreed to all items for constructs under the faith appreciation
dimension of spiritual evaluation with defuzzification value exceeding a – cut value = 0.5 (threshold value was
≤ 0.2 and expert agreement exceeded 75%). Next, the application process of the Fuzzy Delphi method shows
that the constructs of belief in Allah, belief in angels, belief in the Quran, belief in the messenger, belief in the
hereafter and belief in qada and qadar (fate and destiny) have reached a good agreement. The application
process of the FDM has resulted in a consensus construct of the dimension of appreciation of the creed of
spiritual evaluation. Therefore, it can contribute to developing the dimension of spiritual evaluation of the
Malaysian military
Keywords
Islamic Spirituality, Fuzzy Delphi Method, Expert Consensus, Malaysian Armed Forces