An Application of Factor Analysis to Identify the Most Effective Reasons that University Students Hate to Read Books

Kadir, Dler Hussein and Blbas, Hazhar (2019) An Application of Factor Analysis to Identify the Most Effective Reasons that University Students Hate to Read Books. International Journal of Innovation, Creativity and Change, 6 (2). pp. 251-265.

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Abstract

Factor analysis (FA) is a method of location for the structural anomalies of a communality consisting of p-variables and a huge numbers of values and sample size. It cuts the value of original variables by finding a minor value of the latest variables that are known as factors. In this study, a principal components analysis (PCA) will be applied to summarise the factor analysis and their application by estimating the factors with Varimax rotation and using the SPSS statistic package. The application is survey based using 462 random undergraduate candidates aged between 17 to 33 years old at Salahaddin University-Erbil. The most significant effect in this phenomenon was shown as a poor level of book contents, cost of books, unknown other languages, and lack of basic facilities including water and electricity respectively.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: Factorial analysis, Principal components analysis, students don’t read books.
Subjects: H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General)
L Education > L Education (General)
Divisions: Department of Business Administration > Research papers
Depositing User: ePrints Depositor
Date Deposited: 08 Oct 2024 12:50
Last Modified: 08 Oct 2024 12:50
URI: https://eprints.cihanuniversity.edu.iq/id/eprint/1673

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