A Study of Backgrounds and Habits from Undergraduate Students of Thaksin University who have Normal Status and Probation, using Hotelling’s T2 test

Abstract

Objective of this research was to study and compare the backgrounds and habits from undergraduate students of Thaksin University who had normal status and probation by consider thirteen aspects: basic knowledge before entering university, study habits, faith their potential, achievement motivation, lecturer, teaching behavior, classroom climate, curriculum, study field, educational institution, environmental, friends, and family. Samples used to study were 599 undergraduate students of Thaksin University who enrolled in the first semester of academic year 2015 which obtained by circular stratified systematic sampling method. The data were collected by using questionnaire which had the reliability equal to 0.984. The statistics used in data analysis were frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation, and Hotelling’s T² test. The result indicated that, backgrounds and habits from students who had normal status differed from the students who had probation at the significance level 0.05.