The Discriminating Factors for Decision Making of Students to Study in Vocational Colleges in the Southern Region (Gulf of Thailand) Provincial Cluster

Phakchuda Sereerat

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The objectives of this study were: 1) to investigate discriminating factors for decision making of students to study in vocational colleges in the Southern region (Gulf of Thailand) provincial cluster, and 2) to propose guidelines for management to increase the number of students in the Southern region (Gulf of Thailand) who opt for studying in vocational colleges according to the discriminating factors. The study employed mixed research methods. A quantitative method was used to investigate discriminating factors for decision making of students to study in vocational colleges in the Southern region (Gulf of Thailand) provincial cluster.The subjects were 543 students in the academic year 2017 consisting of first year Certificate in Vocational Education students from six colleges, and Matthayom Sueksa 4 (Grade 10) students from 19 schools totaling 25 educational institutions in the Southern Region (Gulf of Thailand) provincial cluster comprised Chumphon, Surat Thani, Nakhon Si Thammarat and Phatthalung. The data collection instrument was a questionnaire, and statistics used in data analysis were basic statistics and discriminant analysis using stepwise method; four major factors and 18 sub-factors were analyzed. A quantitative method, focus group discussion, was used to find out guidelines for management to increase the number of students in the Southern region (Gulf of Thailand) who opt for studying in vocational colleges according to the discriminating factors.

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