Students’ Attitudes toward Research: An Empirical Study of MPhil Students at Universities in Turbat, Balochistan

Abstract

The title of this research article is Students Attitudes towards Research, An Empirical Study on MPhil Students at University at, Balochistan and the authors aimed to establish the trends of responses of MPhil students to research-related experiences. The research design was used a quantitative survey research, which sought to establish the attitude of the students towards research. The population of the study is comprised   60   MPhil students enrolled    in various departments of the university. The sample of the study is consisted of 40 MPhil scholar in respective department. Data were collected from the study subject, convinced sampling method was employed   to collect data. Questionnaires was administrated to the subjects, five point Likert scale was used to collect responses of the participants. There were four variables in the questionnaire, the Research usefulness, (RU) Research anxiety (RA), Positive attitudes (PA) and Research Difficulties (RD) and the reliability test provided a Cronbachs alpha of 0.70 with a decisive ruling in favor of good internal consistency. Interpretation of the data was done using the descriptive statistics (mean and standard deviation) in SPSS 23. The findings gave an impression of the general research attitude of MPhil scholars who noted patterns in perceptions, engagement and reactions to research experiences.

Keywords: Research Attitudes, Research Anxiety, Research Difficulties