Abstract:
The purpose of this research was to factor analysis of research competency of professors of the
Faculty of Education, Rajabhat University in Rattanakosin Group. The representative samples are 166 professors from the Faculty of Education from 5 Rajabhat University in Rattanakosin Group, namely Chandrakasem Rajabhat University, Thonburi Rajabhat University, Ban Somdet Chaophraya Rajabhat University, Phra Nakhon Rajabhat University and Suan Sunandha Rajabhat University. The research tools are questionnaires and 5-level rating scale with the value of reliability of O.748. The statistics used in data analysis are mean, standard deviation and factor analysis.
The research revealed that:
1. It consisted of 12 research competency factors of the professors from the Faculty of Education, Rajabhat University in Rattanakosin Group as follows: the factor of data analysis by research statistics, the factor of findings interpretation and presentation, the factor of research conduct, the factor of research designing, the factor, the factor of statistical use for data analysis, the factor of researcher's ethics, the factor of report and research article writing, the factor of research tool quality, the factor of research planning, the factor of research issue formulation, the factor of research objective formulation and the factor of research data collection.
2. The model of the research competency factors of the professors from the Faculty of Education,
Rajabhat University in Rattanakosin Group was consistent with empirical data.