Development of Interest Recommendation Analysis Application

Until this time, counsellors in junior high school had used Microsoft excel to help make interest recommendations. Thus, counsellors needed eight weeks to analyze some data to produce interest recommendations. This research aims to produce an application that can assist counsellors in saving data, analyzing data, and producing interest recommendations according to guidance and counselling operational guidelines at junior high school 2016. The application was developed is Aplikasi Analisis Peminatan (AAP). It was developed using research and development procedures, according to Borg and Gall. Through the stages of research and information collecting, planning, developing a preliminary form of product, preliminary field testing, and primary product revision. Data collection used a feasibility questionnaire. Data analysis used a percentage formula. The results of data analysis showed that AAP has 95,72% feasibility to save data, analyze some data to make interest recommendations. AAP can be used by counsellors to save time when making interest recommendations.