Factor Analysis

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Preliminary analysis

Since the data of all variables are non-metric and ordinal, there is no appropriate preliminary analysis can be performed. The descriptive statistics of the variable (table 1) below show that most respondent’s answers falls between 3 to 4 and close to 4 which denote the perception of neutral to agree. That is, most answers are positive indicating the students are not on average dissatisfy with the teaching of the subject.

Figure 1
| |N |Mean |Std. Deviation |
|The tutorials are useful and |434 |4.09 |.922 |
|relevant | | | |
|The tutor is well prepared |436 |4.11 |.962 |
|The tutor is knowledgeable |432 |4.19 |.807 |
|The tutor is approachable |432 |4.31 |.825 |
|The tutor is readily available for |434 |3.93 |.989 |
|consultation with students | | | |
|In this tutorial I feel free to ask|433 |4.26 |.780 |
|questions | | | |
|The tutor encourages students to |435 |3.77 |.916 |
|think for themselves | | | |
|The tutor promotes class discussion|433 |3.51 |1.059 |
|The tutor makes the subject |434 |3.40 |1.169 |
|interesting | | | |
|The tutors spoken English is easily|434 |4.06 |1.248 |
|understood |