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Determinants Of First College Major Choice Among Yarmouk University Students And Estimating Their Scaling Values Using Three Scaling Methods محددات اختيار التخصص الجامعي الأول لدى طلبة جامعة اليرموك وتقدير قيمها التدريجية باستخدام ثلاثة أساليب تدريج مختلفة, Razan Rasmi Brahmeh, Yousef Mohammad Sawalmeh

Jordanian Educational Journal

Abstract:

The study aimed at determining the determinants of first college major choice for Yarmouk University students, and estimating their scaling values using three different scaling methods, and determining the extent of agreement among these methods. To achieve the purpose of the study, (165) male and female students from the university colleges volunteered to determine the determinants primarily, and two equivalent samples with regard to gender and college type were used to collect the scaling data. The first consisted of (120) male and female students studying a major which is their first choice, the second consisted of (120) male and …