Requirement Survey of Academic Services of Faculty of Industrial Technology and Gemological Sciences, Rambhai Barni Rajabhat University in Chanthaburi, Rayong and Trat
Abstract:
The objective of this research is to study the demand for academic services of people
who live in the areas of Chanthaburi, Rayong, and Trat in response to the academic services
organized by the Faculty of Industrial Technology and Gemological Sciences, Rambhai Barni
Rajabhat University in Chanthaburi. There is a sample population of 400, whom locally live in
Chanthaburi, Rayong, and Trat, has been selected by applying the method of Stratified Random
Sampling and defining the proportion of the sampling groups. The researcher has organized
the sample population into 3 sampling groups which are individuals, students, and community
leaders. Then the method of Purposive Sampling has been deployed and the tool used for collecting
data is the questionnaire forms. Statistical tools used in this research are the percentage value,
average value, standard deviation value in conjunction with One-Way Anova and Sheffes analysis.
The research yields the results for the demands of academic services which are as follows;
1) in terms of the overall contents, the demand is at high level, 2) in terms of forms(or models),
the demands is also at high level, 3) in terms of the premises, the value is also at high level,
and 4) in terms of the curriculum, there are top-five categories that received high values which
are the uses of computer networks, leadership development, fundamental usage of the computers,
energy-saving practices, and alternative energy sources. When organized by the types of the sampling
groups, the research has found that the overall findings are almost identical and when conducting
the paired-test by using the method of Sheffes analysis, the overall result has shown that when
group of students paired with group of community leaders against the group of individuals paired with the group community leader, this has produced the value of statistical significant differences
of .05. As for the students and the individuals, the demands are hardly different and when categorized
them according to the areas of Chanthaburi, Rayong, and Trat, the findings are, in overall, indifferent.
When conducting the Sheffes paired-test, the results have shown that, in overall, each province
has similar demands.