COURSE CODE : BPMN3143

COURSE NAME : RESEARCH METHODOLOGY

GROUP ASSIGNMENT: SPSS HANDS ON EXERCISE – 10 Marks

Based on the data collected for your research project, please perform suitable analysis and answer the
following questions.

a) Does the instrument meet the reliability standard? Please provide evidence.
Yes, it does.This has been done using SPSS 25 software. We have done this by analyzing factors for
Student Academic Performance.
1. The Reability of Student Academic Performance
Reliability Statistics
Cronbach's
Alpha N of Items
,788 10

Item-Total Statistics
Cronbach's
Scale Mean if Scale Variance if Corrected Item- Alpha if Item
Item Deleted Item Deleted Total Correlation Deleted
My goal is to do my best, 36,28 15,764 ,323 ,785
event if others doing better.
I am able to contribute with 36,65 14,700 ,519 ,763
good ideas in class.
I am more concerned with 36,65 14,592 ,536 ,760
improving from week to week
that i am in doing better than
others in class.
I want to get good grade on 36,27 15,701 ,355 ,782
quizzes, test, assignment
and project.
I can improve my 36,63 14,468 ,529 ,761
understanding on the subject
or course every week.
I can increase my mental 36,65 14,552 ,503 ,764
abilities through the learning
process.
I feel i am able to 36,70 14,332 ,484 ,767
communicate effectively
when i need to present in
class
I am able to relate the 36,59 14,832 ,483 ,767
material that i am learning to
my job or work.
My studies have changed my 36,46 15,143 ,407 ,776
view about many things.
I am able to get good grades 36,55 15,258 ,431 ,773
on examination.

From the analyzing the data of Student Motivation, we can see that the Cronbach’s Alpha is 0.788 which it
is mean that the reliability of the data from this factor is acceptable.

2. Reliability of Teaching Method

After we analyze the data, as we can see bellow as the result the data of Teaching Method.We can see that
the Cronbach’s Alpha is 0.742 which it is mean that the reliability of the data from this factor is acceptable.

Reliability Statistics

Cronbach's Alpha N of Items

,742 7

Item-Total Statistics
Cronbach's
Scale Mean if Scale Variance if Corrected Item- Alpha if Item
Item Deleted Item Deleted Total Correlation Deleted
The role played by the 24,15 8,297 ,514 ,698
Lecturer/ Tutor in the
teaching process aided my
learning.
Tutorial classes help me to 24,19 8,241 ,476 ,707
improve preparations
towards examinations
oriented
I like it when teachers are 23,91 8,695 ,463 ,710
well organized for a session
Technology was essential in 23,98 8,579 ,463 ,710
the teaching process, which
aided my learning.
I rely on my teachers to tell 24,29 8,538 ,434 ,716
me what is important for me
to learn.
The questioning methods are 24,20 8,788 ,434 ,716
likely to enhance the my
development on the
conceptual
understanding/problem
solving
The instructional methods 24,20 8,866 ,406 ,722
and activities used reflect the
Lecturers attention to my
experiences and readiness

3. Reliability of Student Motivation

The analyzing of this factor by spss resulted thatCronbach’s Alpha for Student Motivation is 0.857 which it
is mean that the reliability of the data from this factor is good.

Reliability Statistics

Cronbach's Alpha N of Items

,857 10

Item-Total Statistics
Cronbach's
Scale Mean if Scale Variance if Corrected Item- Alpha if Item
Item Deleted Item Deleted Total Correlation Deleted
It is important to me to do 36,25 22,493 ,632 ,838
better than the other student.
My goal in this class is to get 36,32 21,596 ,716 ,829
a better grade than most of
students.
I am striving to demonstrate 36,41 22,410 ,682 ,834
my ability relative to others in
this class.
I am motivated by the 36,35 22,267 ,712 ,831
thought of outperforming my
peers in this class.
It is important to me to do 36,36 22,336 ,639 ,837
well compared to others in
this class.
I want to do well in this class 36,25 22,244 ,621 ,839
to show my ability to my
family, friends, advisors, or
others.
I want to learn as much as 36,06 24,747 ,413 ,856
possible from this class.
It is important for me to 36,06 25,401 ,344 ,860
understand the content of
this course as thoroughly as
possible.
I hope to have gained a 36,16 25,193 ,386 ,857
broader and deeper
knowledge of psychology
when i am done with this
class
I desire to completely master 36,23 24,350 ,454 ,853
the material presented in this
class.

4. Reliability of Attendance

After analyzed this factor we can know that the Cronbach’s Alpha is 0.477. it is mean that this factor is unacceptable so it is not
reliable.

Reliability Statistics
Cronbach's
Alpha N of Items
,477 5
 Item-Total Statistics
Cronbach's
Scale Mean if Scale Variance if Corrected Item- Alpha if Item
Item Deleted Item Deleted Total Correlation Deleted
I think it is important to 15,10 5,840 ,205 ,454
attend all the classes.
I seldom miss the class 15,52 4,574 ,440 ,280
I attend the class on regular 15,32 5,216 ,432 ,319
basis.
I attend the class because I 15,14 5,936 ,252 ,428
want to obtain important
I often come late to class 16,15 5,574 ,064 ,596

The result of analyzing all factors through data analysis with SPSS, we can see that some factors are reliable
because it is fulfill the criteria for the Cronbach’s Alpha dergrees. But unfortuantely the degree for
Attendance is very low it is mean that data for attendance is not reliable or unacepptable.

b) Does the data distribute normally? Please provide evidence.

Yes, it does. Since the normality test is used to determine whether the data is normal and consistent.
Skewness and Kurtosis were adopted to carry out normality tests in this study. As shown in table
below, the calculated results indicate that the data is normal and acceptable. The results showed that
all items from the Skewness test variables were less than 2 and they were either positive or negative
while in the Kurtosis test they were not more than 7. This indicates that the Skewness results were
less than 2 and the Kurtosis results were less than 7. These results met the request most rigorous of
multivariate normality of variance.
 Descriptive Statistics
Minimu Maximu Std.

c) N m m Mean Deviation Skewness Kurtosis What

Statisti Statisti Statisti Std. Statisti Std. type of
c Statistic Statistic c Statistic c Error c Error analysis
should
SP1 310 1 5 4,32 ,691 -1,051 ,138 2,444 ,276
you
SP2 310 2 5 3,95 ,707 -,208 ,138 -,270 ,276 perform
if SP3 310 2 5 3,96 ,712 -,211 ,138 -,308 ,276 you want
to SP4 310 2 5 4,33 ,664 -,685 ,138 ,270 ,276 answer
SP5 310 1 5 3,98 ,744 -,629 ,138 1,065 ,276
the
question
SP6 310 1 5 3,95 ,753 -,611 ,138 1,185 ,276 on the
SP7 310 2 5 3,90 ,820 -,344 ,138 -,440 ,276 influence
of SP8 310 2 5 4,02 ,717 -,395 ,138 ,035 ,276 IV on
SP9 310 2 5 4,14 ,735 -,372 ,138 -,604 ,276
DV?
Please
SP10 310 2 5 4,06 ,680 -,196 ,138 -,416 ,276
provide
TM1 310 1 5 4,00 ,774 -,765 ,138 1,559 ,276 the
TM2 310 1 5 3,96 ,827 -,825 ,138 1,166 ,276 outputs.
TM3 310 2 5 4,24 ,722 -,504 ,138 -,573 ,276
TM4 310 2 5 4,18 ,753 -,488 ,138 -,516 ,276
TM5 310 1 5 3,86 ,794 -,448 ,138 ,516 ,276
TM6 310 2 6 3,95 ,727 -,033 ,138 -,559 ,276
TM7 310 1 7 3,95 ,736 -,125 ,138 ,966 ,276
SM1 310 1 5 4,02 ,851 -,766 ,138 ,633 ,276
SM2 310 1 5 3,95 ,891 -,795 ,138 ,716 ,276
SM3 310 1 5 3,86 ,813 -,437 ,138 ,354 ,276
SM4 310 1 5 3,92 ,805 -,683 ,138 1,068 ,276
SM5 310 1 5 3,91 ,867 -,777 ,138 ,874 ,276
SM6 310 1 5 4,03 ,899 -,938 ,138 1,064 ,276
SM7 310 1 5 4,21 ,737 -,799 ,138 1,163 ,276
SM8 310 1 5 4,21 ,701 -,832 ,138 1,815 ,276
SM9 310 2 5 4,11 ,686 -,321 ,138 -,222 ,276
SM10 310 1 5 4,05 ,758 -,570 ,138 ,672 ,276
ATDN1 310 1 5 4,20 ,885 -1,198 ,138 1,579 ,276
ATDN2 310 1 5 3,79 1,011 -,678 ,138 ,077 ,276
ATDN3 310 1 5 3,98 ,818 -,933 ,138 1,684 ,276
ATDN4 310 1 5 3,16 1,246 -,208 ,138 -1,010 ,276
ATDN5 310 1 5 4,17 ,780 -,885 ,138 1,145 ,276
Valid N 310
(listwise)
 Regression Analysis (Anova).
Descriptive Statistics

Mean Std. Deviation N

student performance 4,06 ,424 310

teaching method 4,02 ,478 310

student motivation 4,03 ,532 310

attendance 3,86 ,548 310

d) State the IV and DV involves in that analysis.

Dv : Student performance
Iv : - Student motivation
- Teaching Methods
- Attendance

e) Does IV influence DV? Please justify.

The focus of this research works primarily to study the effect of student motivation, teaching
methods, and attendance on the academic performance of students at the Universiti Utara Malysia.
The relevance of research can contribute to theory and practice. From a theoretical perspective, this
study aims to contribute to the debate by exploring the influence of student motivation, teaching
methods, and attendance on student academic performance in the Malaysian context. In addition, it
looks for the role of student motivation, teaching methods, and attendance on students 'academic
performance in influencing students' academic performance.

f) Does IV well explain the level of DV? Please justify.

Generally, students consist of two groups, for example those who increase and those who do not
increase. The inconsistency of student performance at Universiti Utara Malaysia has motivated
researchers to conduct research on student performance. This study examines the factors that
influence student academic achievement and find out what needs to be done to improve academic
achievement at Universiti Utara Malaysia. In this study, researchers conducted a research on
Cumulative Average Class Students (CGPA). This research is to find out the factors that influence
student performance from the third to seventh semester. In this study also, researchers tried to
investigate several identified factors that could be controlled by students and could affect their
performance.
 This research has been conducted to analyze the factors that influence academic performance. It also
examines determinants that may have a certain level of relevance in influencing student academic
performance.
Achievement motivation is a ubiquitous feature of everyday life. In classrooms, at work, and in the
racing arena, individuals strive to be competent in their business activities. In the last decade, many
theorists have used a social cognitive goal approach, achieving in accounting for relevant individual
competency efforts.

g) Develop the null and alternative hypotheses (refer question g).

Hypothesis 1
H1: Motivation positively influences the academic performance of students at Universiti Utara
Malaysia
Table x, shows that the teaching method has a beta value of 1.712 which indicates that the teaching
method has a positive relationship with student academic performance. Because the significant value
of 0,000 is lower than 0.05, the hypothesis is supported. There is sufficient evidence to support H1.
This shows that there is a positive relationship between teaching methods and student academic
performance.
Hypothesis 2
H2: Teaching methods positively influence student academic performance at Universiti Utara
Malaysia
Table X shows that the beta value of time management is 0.256. Thus, the teaching method is
positively related to student academic performance. Because the significant value of 0,000 is lower
than 0.05, the hypothesis is supported by sufficient evidence. This shows that there is a positive
relationship between teaching methods and student academic performance.
Hypothesis 3
H3: Student presence positively influences student academic achievement at Universiti Utara
Malaysia
Table X shows that the beta value of time management is 0.034. Because the significant value is
0.409 more than 0.05. Attendance is not significantly related to the student's academic performance
hypothesis not supported by sufficient evidence. This shows that there is no significant relationship
between student attendance and student academic achievement.

h) If you want to compare the level of your DV between male and female, what types of statistical test
that you should perform? Please provide the outputs.
 Using Descriptive Analysis

Gender of the Respondents

Gender
Valid Cumulative
Frequency Percent Percent Percent
Valid male 150 48.4 48.4 48.4
female 160 51.6 51.6 100.0
Total 310 100.0 100.0

This diagram shows the frequency of the respondent’s gender. From the pie chart above, most of the
respondents are female which consist of 51,61% (160 respondents) and male respondents consist of 48,39%
(150 respondents).