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Factors affecting the perception of final year students on
entrepreneurship: Universiti Malaysia Terengganu
Siti Syabariah binti Mamat Ayob
Supervisor: Dr. Bayu Taufiq Possumah
Bachelor of Economic (Natural Resources)
School of Social and Economic Development
The purpose of this study is to examine the factors that influence the perception of
students towards entrepreneurship in Universiti Malaysia Terengganu. By using
questionnaire, the data collected randomly at 361 respondents (final year students).
In analyzing the data collected, the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS)
version 20 was used and descriptive analysis was used to explain the data collected.
By using SPSS, Linear Regression was used to test whether the independent variables
obtained significant or not to entrepreneurship. The results of this study show that
environmental factors, personalities and interest factor are positively correlated to the
perceptions of students in entrepreneurship.
Keywords: entrepreneurship, student perception, environmental, interest, personality,
linear regression, SPSS
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