Relationship between Futurology with research experience and research self-efficacy of M.A. Students of Islamic Azad University of Sari

Subject Areas : Futurology

Maryam Taghvaei Yazdi ¹

1 - Assistant Professor, Department of Educational Management, Islamic Azad University, Sari Branch (Corresponding Athour) [e-mail]

Received: 2017-08-20 Accepted : 2017-10-30 Published : 2017-11-22

Keywords: Futurology, Research Experience, Research Self-Efficacy, M.A Students,

Abstract :

The purpose of this research is the relationship between Futurology with research experience and research self-efficacy of M.A. students of Islamic Azad University of Sari. And it's implementation method is descriptive and correlational. The statistical population in this research consist all 5112 MA. Students of 2015-2016 from Islamic Azad University of Sari. From that 361 students were randomly selected based on Krejcie and Morgan sampling table and applying stratified sampling method. For data collection was used the library and the field method. The data collection tool in this research was three researcher-made questionnaire included research experience, Futurology and research self-efficacy. The content validity of these questionnaires was approved by supervisors, advisors and experts in the field and their reliability was obtained by using Cronbach's alpha coefficient, respectively (83%, 91% and 86%). To analyze the data was used two statistical methods included descriptive statistics (frequency, indicators mean and standard deviation) and inferential statistics (wilcoxon test non-parametric methods, spearman correlation test, strong regression). For analysis was used spss software and LISREL. Findings from the research suggest that the meaningful relationship was established between the Futurology with research experience and research self-efficacy of M.A. students of Islamic Azad University of Sari.