@article{MAKHILLTSS201712824415,
    title = {Determining Significant Components of Pittsburgh Freshman Engineering Attitudes
Scale Using Exploratory Factor Analysis among Engineering Students},
    journal = {The Social Sciences},
    volume = {12},
    number = {8},
    pages = {1401-1407},
    year = {2017},
    issn = {1818-5800},
    doi = {sscience.2017.1401.1407},
    url = {https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?issn=1818-5800&doi=sscience.2017.1401.1407},
    author = {Tahira Anwar,Maizam,Zainal Abidin and},
    keywords = {Attitude towards engineering education,factor analysis,diploma students,employed,non-cognitive},
    abstract = {Student’s attitude towards the subject matter promotes continuing effort and persistent behaviour
towards the programme. As possessing a positive attitude towards engineering education directs to increase
in academic prosperity. However, prevalent practices in engineering education do not often consider
the non-cognitive learning needs. Therefore, this study investigates to identify how an attitude towards
engineering affects student’s perception towards the subject matter. Standard tool the pittsburgh freshman
engineering attitudes scale was adopted and employed. The study used quantitative survey design with a
purposive sampling strategy. The sample consisted of 70 diploma civil engineering students (26 male and 44
female). The obtained data on factor analysis using SPSS revealed seven extracted factors with 35 measurable
items. The highest factor 0.92 was found on item 46 whereas the factor 0.410 was found on item 41.}
    }