Abstract
The major purposes of this study were to find out the attitude of students towards research and to compare them on
gender and discipline basis. The survey and correlation research designs were used. The population of research was
all the students of University of Malakand. Six departments were selected from three strata’s i.e. Social sciences,
Arts and Pure sciences: Education, Social work, English, Islamic studies, Biotechnology and Zoology, respectively.
One hundred and fifty male and female students were selected randomly for data collection. After validation of the
questionnaire cronbach’s alpha was found out, this was (.867). The questionnaire contained 32 items about Students
Attitudes toward Research (SATR). SPSS was used for data analysis. The tests applied for data analysis were
independent sample t-test, one way ANOVA and Pearson r. Study’s results showed that the attitude of most of the
students were (72.6%) positive. There were no significant differences between attitudes of students towards
research on gender basis. The attitude of pure sciences students and social sciences were significantly more positive
than arts students. It is concluded that attitude towards research of most of the students of University of Malakand
was positive and a significant weak correlation (.31) was found between academic achievements and students’
attitude towards research. It is recommended that the research workshops, seminars and conferences should be
arranged to encourage and inspire students for genuine research projects.
Nadia saleem, Dr.Asghar Ali, Shahab Ali. (2019) STUDY OF GENDER AND DISCIPLINE BASED DIFFERENCES ON ATTITUDE TOWARDS RESEARCH, Journal of the Research Society of Pakistan, Volume 56, Issue 2.
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