Usage of Mobile Phone as correlates of students’ interest and attitude towards Business Administration course in Federal Polytechnic, Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State, Nigeria
Abstract
This study investigates the Usage of Mobile Phone as correlates of students’ interest and attitude towards Business Administration course in Federal Polytechnic, Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State, Nigeria. The research design was descriptive survey. The sample of the study consist of one hundred and twenty (120) OND Business Administration students of Federal Polytechnic, Ado-Ekiti selected using simple random sampling techniques. Two research hypotheses was formulated for the study and tested at p< 0.05. The instruments used to collect relevant data from the subjects were Business Administration Attitudinal Scale (BAAS and Business Administration Interest Scale (BAIS). The instruments were subjected to validity and reliability mechanism. Pearson Product Moment correlation(r) statistical analysis was used to analysed the two null hypotheses formulated for the study. The findings showed that there is significant relationship in the students’ usage of Mobile Phone and Students’ interest and attitude towards Business Administration in Federal Polytechnic, Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State, Nigeria. Conclusions and appropriate recommendations were also made in this paper.
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