Analysis of College Students’ mUltiple Major Selection Factors through Importance and Satisfaction Analysis

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (6) ◽  
pp. 697-704
Author(s):  
Jun-Hyeok Seo ◽  
◽  
Young-Gu Kim ◽  
Kyu-Chul Lee
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Major Selection ◽  
Selection Factors ◽  
Satisfaction Analysis

scholarly journals The Effects of Major Selection Motivations on Dropout, Academic Achievement and Major Satisfactions of College Students Majoring in Foodservice and Culinary Arts

Information ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (9) ◽  
pp. 444
Author(s):  
Jung Soo Kim
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Academic Achievement ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Career Change ◽  
Equation Model ◽  
Drop Out ◽  
Culinary Arts ◽  
Major Selection ◽  
Empirical Survey ◽  
Practical Implications

This study is aimed at figuring out the effects of major selecting motivation on dropout, academic achievement, and major satisfactions of college students majoring in foodservice and culinary arts. To accomplish this, an empirical survey was conducted through a structural equation model. These findings showed that students are likely to drop out of college due to a career change or major maladjustment if they decide their major in consideration of college reputation or department recognition rather than their aptitude. Unlike existing studies, this study has practical implications concerning the importance of these factors in that their academic achievement is affected by their relationship and perception of their major satisfactions rather than their major selection motivations.

Factors in Students' Seat Selection: An Exploratory Study

2013 ◽  
Vol 112 (2) ◽  
pp. 651-666 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marta Losonczy-Marshall ◽  
P. Douglas Marshall
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Exploratory Factor Analysis ◽  
Exploratory Study ◽  
Item Questionnaire ◽  
Environment Factor ◽  
Seating Location ◽  
Selection Factors

The purpose of this study was to explore reasons for students' seat selection. Participants were 346 college students (14% freshmen, 47% sophomores, 24% juniors, and 14% seniors) from 12 classes (six sections of two courses). A 20-item questionnaire was used to ask students why they chose their seats in class. An exploratory factor analysis reduced the items to five seat-selection factors: Performance, Social, Asocial, Noticeability, and Environment. Seat selection factors were analyzed in terms of seating location: by row, by front/middle/back of the room, by center versus perimeter of the room, and by mid-room versus sides of the room. Performance and Noticeability ratings decreased by row from the front toward the back of the room. The Asocial factor was rated higher by those who sat in the back of the room, while the Environment factor was rated higher by those who sat in the center of the room.

Sign in / Sign up

Export Citation Format

Share Document