Factor analysis of applicants' choice of Cape Coast Polytechnic

Abstract

It is of great interest and concern to human beings to know why we do what we do in every sphere of life. Of particular interest is education because, it is a key factor in the developmental process or, in the affairs of every developing nation of which Ghana is one and that is what motivated the researcher into finding out the issues Cape Coast Polytechnic students consider in choosing to study at the Cape Coast Polytechnic. Purposive sampling technique was used to select the students and questionnaires were administered to them to solicit their responses. Some of the students were contacted on campus and others in their private hostels. The main multivariate technique employed in the analysis is factor analysis. Among the interesting factors that Cape Coast Polytechnic students consider in choosing to study at the school, a conducive environment or atmosphere was realized to be their utmost concern, then the physical attraction of Cape Coast.