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Relative importance index (RII) in ranking of procrastination factors among university students

Procrastination is the action of delaying or postponing something such as making a decision or starting or completing some tasks or activities. According to previous studies, students who have a strong tendency to procrastinate get low scores in their tests, resulting in poorer academic performance...

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Main Authors: Aziz, Nazrina, Zain, Zakiyah, Raja Mafuzi, Raja Muhammad Zahid, Mustapa, Aini Mastura, Mohd Najib, Nur Hasibah, Nik Lah, Nik Fatihah
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Published: 2016
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Online Access:http://repo.uum.edu.my/19719/
http://doi.org/10.1063/1.4960862
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spelling my.uum.repo.197192016-11-16T04:24:07Z http://repo.uum.edu.my/19719/ Relative importance index (RII) in ranking of procrastination factors among university students Aziz, Nazrina Zain, Zakiyah Raja Mafuzi, Raja Muhammad Zahid Mustapa, Aini Mastura Mohd Najib, Nur Hasibah Nik Lah, Nik Fatihah QA Mathematics Procrastination is the action of delaying or postponing something such as making a decision or starting or completing some tasks or activities. According to previous studies, students who have a strong tendency to procrastinate get low scores in their tests, resulting in poorer academic performance compared to those who do not procrastinate.This study aims to identify the procrastination factors in completing assignments among three groups of undergraduate students.The relative importance of procrastination factors was quantified by the relative importance index (RII) method prior to ranking. A multistage sampling technique was used in selecting the sample.The findings revealed that ‘too many works in one time’ is one of the top three factors contributing to procrastination in all groups. 2016-04-11 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed Aziz, Nazrina and Zain, Zakiyah and Raja Mafuzi, Raja Muhammad Zahid and Mustapa, Aini Mastura and Mohd Najib, Nur Hasibah and Nik Lah, Nik Fatihah (2016) Relative importance index (RII) in ranking of procrastination factors among university students. In: 2016 International Conference on Applied Science and Technology (ICAST 2016), 11–13 April 2016, Kedah, Malaysia. http://doi.org/10.1063/1.4960862 doi:10.1063/1.4960862
institution Universiti Utara Malaysia
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topic QA Mathematics
spellingShingle QA Mathematics
Aziz, Nazrina
Zain, Zakiyah
Raja Mafuzi, Raja Muhammad Zahid
Mustapa, Aini Mastura
Mohd Najib, Nur Hasibah
Nik Lah, Nik Fatihah
Relative importance index (RII) in ranking of procrastination factors among university students
description Procrastination is the action of delaying or postponing something such as making a decision or starting or completing some tasks or activities. According to previous studies, students who have a strong tendency to procrastinate get low scores in their tests, resulting in poorer academic performance compared to those who do not procrastinate.This study aims to identify the procrastination factors in completing assignments among three groups of undergraduate students.The relative importance of procrastination factors was quantified by the relative importance index (RII) method prior to ranking. A multistage sampling technique was used in selecting the sample.The findings revealed that ‘too many works in one time’ is one of the top three factors contributing to procrastination in all groups.
format Conference or Workshop Item
author Aziz, Nazrina
Zain, Zakiyah
Raja Mafuzi, Raja Muhammad Zahid
Mustapa, Aini Mastura
Mohd Najib, Nur Hasibah
Nik Lah, Nik Fatihah
author_facet Aziz, Nazrina
Zain, Zakiyah
Raja Mafuzi, Raja Muhammad Zahid
Mustapa, Aini Mastura
Mohd Najib, Nur Hasibah
Nik Lah, Nik Fatihah
author_sort Aziz, Nazrina
title Relative importance index (RII) in ranking of procrastination factors among university students
title_short Relative importance index (RII) in ranking of procrastination factors among university students
title_full Relative importance index (RII) in ranking of procrastination factors among university students
title_fullStr Relative importance index (RII) in ranking of procrastination factors among university students
title_full_unstemmed Relative importance index (RII) in ranking of procrastination factors among university students
title_sort relative importance index (rii) in ranking of procrastination factors among university students
publishDate 2016
url http://repo.uum.edu.my/19719/
http://doi.org/10.1063/1.4960862
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