Reading habit among students: a case study in Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka (UTEM) / Nursyella Mohamad Nazri and Ahmad Wafil Razali

The aim of this quantitative research is to identify the reading habit among students from the Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka (UTEM). There are four variables were used in this research to collect quantitative data from the subjects which were the Function of Library, Parents Influence, Peers I...

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Main Authors: Mohamad Nazri, Nursyella, Razali, Ahmad Wafil
Format: Student Project
Language:English
Published: Faculty of Administrative Science and Policy Studies 2012
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Online Access:https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/15244/1/PPb_NURSYELLA%20MOHAMAD%20NAZRI%20AM%2012_5.pdf
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description The aim of this quantitative research is to identify the reading habit among students from the Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka (UTEM). There are four variables were used in this research to collect quantitative data from the subjects which were the Function of Library, Parents Influence, Peers Influence, and Book Availability. The respondents for this study consist of the students of Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka City Campus. The data from this research was collected by the questionnaire that given to the respondents. 357 questionnaires had been design and distributed among the students to indicate whether there is a relationship between the variables and reading habits. Then the data were analyzing using reliability analysis, frequency analysis, Pearson’s correlation coefficient, and multiple linear regressions. Result of the study show that there are significance positive relationship between the four variables and reading habit. The result also indicate that the Function of Library was found to be the only independent variable with most significant impact on reading habit among the teenagers in UTEM (b=2.057, p<.001). The findings imply that the good libraries function will provide quality sources, services, and unite a large cross-section of people through the effectiveness of their design and the quality of their services and collections.
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spelling oai:ir.uitm.edu.my:152442016-11-01T04:41:41Z https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/15244/ Reading habit among students: a case study in Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka (UTEM) / Nursyella Mohamad Nazri and Ahmad Wafil Razali Mohamad Nazri, Nursyella Razali, Ahmad Wafil Institutions of higher education Graduate students The aim of this quantitative research is to identify the reading habit among students from the Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka (UTEM). There are four variables were used in this research to collect quantitative data from the subjects which were the Function of Library, Parents Influence, Peers Influence, and Book Availability. The respondents for this study consist of the students of Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka City Campus. The data from this research was collected by the questionnaire that given to the respondents. 357 questionnaires had been design and distributed among the students to indicate whether there is a relationship between the variables and reading habits. Then the data were analyzing using reliability analysis, frequency analysis, Pearson’s correlation coefficient, and multiple linear regressions. Result of the study show that there are significance positive relationship between the four variables and reading habit. The result also indicate that the Function of Library was found to be the only independent variable with most significant impact on reading habit among the teenagers in UTEM (b=2.057, p<.001). The findings imply that the good libraries function will provide quality sources, services, and unite a large cross-section of people through the effectiveness of their design and the quality of their services and collections. Faculty of Administrative Science and Policy Studies 2012 Student Project NonPeerReviewed text en https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/15244/1/PPb_NURSYELLA%20MOHAMAD%20NAZRI%20AM%2012_5.pdf Reading habit among students: a case study in Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka (UTEM) / Nursyella Mohamad Nazri and Ahmad Wafil Razali. (2012) [Student Project] <http://terminalib.uitm.edu.my/15244.pdf> (Unpublished)
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Mohamad Nazri, Nursyella
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Reading habit among students: a case study in Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka (UTEM) / Nursyella Mohamad Nazri and Ahmad Wafil Razali
title Reading habit among students: a case study in Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka (UTEM) / Nursyella Mohamad Nazri and Ahmad Wafil Razali
title_full Reading habit among students: a case study in Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka (UTEM) / Nursyella Mohamad Nazri and Ahmad Wafil Razali
title_fullStr Reading habit among students: a case study in Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka (UTEM) / Nursyella Mohamad Nazri and Ahmad Wafil Razali
title_full_unstemmed Reading habit among students: a case study in Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka (UTEM) / Nursyella Mohamad Nazri and Ahmad Wafil Razali
title_short Reading habit among students: a case study in Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka (UTEM) / Nursyella Mohamad Nazri and Ahmad Wafil Razali
title_sort reading habit among students a case study in universiti teknikal malaysia melaka utem nursyella mohamad nazri and ahmad wafil razali
topic Institutions of higher education
Graduate students
url https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/15244/1/PPb_NURSYELLA%20MOHAMAD%20NAZRI%20AM%2012_5.pdf
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