INFLUENCE OF EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE ON STUDENTS’ ACHIEVEMENT AND ATTITUDE IN BUSINESS STATISTICS IN COLLEGESOF EDUCATION, NORTH-CENTRAL NIGERIA

Abstract

The study investigated the influence of emotional intelligence on achievement and attitude of
business statistics students in Colleges of Education students in North-Central Nigeria. The
study had two specific objectives. Research questions and hypotheses were raised in line with the
specific objectives. The study adopted survey research design with population of 6,312 final year
business education students in 14 Colleges of Education in the study area. The sample for the
study was 500 students. Validated 4-point scale structured questionnaire was used for the data
collection. The instrument was subjected to pilot study and a reliability coefficient of 0.87 was
obtained. The researchers with the help of 5 research assistants administered the instrument
using direct approach method. The data collected were analyzed using mean scores to answer
the research questions while the research hypotheses were tested using Logistic Regression
Analysis at 0.05 level of significance. The outcome of the study indicated that emotional
intelligence significantly influenced the academic achievement and attitude of students in
business statistics in Colleges of Education in North-central Nigeria. It was concluded that
enhancing the emotional intelligence of students will help to improve their performance and
attitude in business statistics in Colleges of Education in North-central Nigeria. It was
recommended among others that Business Statistics lecturers should take into cognizant the cooccurrence of emotional intelligent of students and develop interventions programme that will
address problem associated with emotional profile of the students