Principal Components of Life style and Attitude towards Research among Internet-users. A Factor Analytical Study on Higher Education Students

Abstract

The objectives of the present study are to find out the dominant set of factors of Internet-users on various domains of Lifestyle and Attitude towards Research. Sample of 300 Internet-user post graduate students were selected through random sampling technique from various departments of three faculties i.e. (faculty of Science, faculty of Social science and faculty of Arts).100 students selected from each of the three faculties of University of Kashmir, (J&K) India. Lifestyle Scale by S. K. Bawa and S. Kaur & Attitude Scale towards Research Scale by Vishal Sood and Y. K. Sharma was used to collect the data. Moreover Information Blank developed by the investigator to ascertain the Internet-users. The obtained data is analyzed by using the Principal Component Factor Analysis (PCFA with SPSS 20). The results indicate the emergence of three factors in case of Internet-users with 74% of the total variation in data. First factor is designated as “Contemporary Lifestyle with Career and Physical Efficacy”. This is more influential among the Internet-users with high factor loadings. The Second factor is designated as “Academic Attainment and Research Affinity”. This is the second influential factor. The variables that loaded on the third factor labeled as “Research Connivance in Routine Life”. This is the least influential factor among Internet-users. It is to be recorded that first and second factor exhibited a greatest variability and last identified factor emerged exhibits low variability among Internet-users.

Keywords: Principal Components, Life style, Attitude, Research, Internet-users, Factor Analytical, Higher Education Students