Al-Hikmah University Journal

 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 co-occurrence of emotional intelligent of students and develop interventions programme that will address problem associated with emotional profile of the students.