Path analysis of recording system innovation factors affecting adoption of goat farmers

The objective of this study was to evaluate the path analysis of recording system innovation factors affecting adoption of goat farmers. this study was conducted from january to february 2014 in pringapus district,semarang regency by using survey method. for determining the location,this study used purposive sampling method. the amount of respondents were determined by quota sampling method. total respondents randomly chosed were 146 farmers. the data were descriptively and quantitatively analyzed by using path analysis of statistical package for the social science (spss) 16. independent variables in this study were internal factor,motivation,innovation characteristics,information source,and dependent variable was adoption. analysis of linear regression showed that there was no significant effect of internal factor on adoption,so that it was important to use the trimming method in path analysis. the result of path analysis showed that the influence of motivation,innovation characteristics and information source on adoption were 0.168; 0.720 and 0.09,respectively. innovation characteristics were the greatest effect on adoption. in conclusion,by improving innovation characteristics of respondent through motivation and information source may significantly increase the adoption of recording system in goat farmers. © 2014 diponegoro university. all rights reserved.