What did the Students Say Preliminary Data Analysis

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What did the Students Say?Preliminary Data
Analysis

• Dr John Peters,
• Louise Robertson
• Dr Derek Peters

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The Sample

• 185 participant records
• 149 returned questionnaires
• Gender 71females 29 males
• Status 28 mature 72 traditional
• Course 95 full time 5 part time
• Predominantly white (84)

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Approaches to Studying Questionnaire instrument
consistency and PCA

• Suitable for Principal Component Analysis (KMO
  Sampling adequacy gt0.6)
• Items related sufficiently (Bartletts Test of
  Sphericity Plt0.001)
• 11 factors identified (Eigenvalues gt1)
• Limited discernable factors in relation to 8
  proposed 2 factors forced- itemsgt0.4
• Supported by Scree plot

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Scree plot
2 Factors only
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Preliminary analyses

• Modified 12 and 9 item scales for DEEP and
  SURFACE respectively (may change with additional
  questionnaires!)
• NSD in Deep approach between gender or PDP
  engagement.
• NSD in Surface approach between gender or PDP
  engagement.

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Significant difference Mann-Whitney U
Test U1256, Z-2.4, Plt0.05
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Significant difference Mann-Whitney U
Test U1840, Z-2.7, Plt0.01
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Significant difference Mann-Whitney U
Test U1156, Z-2.2, Plt0.05
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No Significant differencePgt0.05