Undergraduate Arabic and Islamic Studies Students’ Perceptions of Status of Educational Statistics in Awarding B.Ed. Degree in Education in Nigerian Universities
*1Adisa Issa Usman, 2Ismail Thani Danmaiduka, 3Fasasi Bukhari Olayinka, & 4Jamiu Abdul-Samiu Ola
*1,2,3&4Department of Arts and Social Sciences Education, Al-Hikmah University Ilorin, Nigeria Email: imamabujemilat@gmail.com*1; ismathadam@gmail.com2; olamahadathi4u@gmail.com3; jambsam313@gmail.com4
Abstract
This study examined undergraduate Arabic and Islamic Studies students’ perceptions of status of Educational Statistics in awarding B.Ed Degree in Education in Nigerian universities. Descriptive survey was used the research design adopted in the study. The population of the study was all Arabic and Islamic Studies students in all universities in Kwara, Nigeria. Simple random sampling technique was used in the study to select the respondents. The instrument used in the study was a researcher self-developed questionnaire titled “perceptions of undergraduate students of Arabic and Islamic Studies in the Status of Educational Statistics in awarding B.Ed Degree in Arabic and Islamic Studies” (PUSAISSESDAIS). Validity and reliability of the instrument were carried out and the reliability coefficient of 0.84 was recorded. Percentage was used to describe demographic representation of the respondents while mean and standard deviation were used to answer all research questions raised in the study. Independent sample t-test was the inferential statistics used in the study to test all hypotheses. The study revealed that undergraduate students of Arabic and Islamic Studies encounter some challenges in some aspects of Educational Statistics. The study also showed that there was significant difference between male and female undergraduate Arabic and Islamic Studies students’ perceptions of the status of Educational Statistics in awarding B.Ed Degree in Arabic and Islamic Studies. However, the study showed that there was no significant difference between public and private undergraduate Arabic and Islamic Studies students’ perceptions of the status of Educational Statistics in awarding B.Ed Degree in Arabic and Islamic Studies. The study concluded that calculating grouped data and testing hypotheses with Chi Square, t-test and others are very difficult to learn for Arabic and Islamic Studies students in Kwara State. The study therefore, recommended that lecturers in Department of Arts Education in all universities in Nigeria should design a way to make the course simpler for Arabic and Islamic Studies students so that at the end of the program the students would be able to perform little analysis.
Keywords
Perceptions, undergraduate students, Arabic and Islamic Studies, status, Educational Statistics
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