Investigation on environmental care towards sustainable solid waste management using exploratory factor analysis at UiTM Tapah campus / Faridah Zulkipli... [et al.]

• Main Authors: Zulkipli, Faridah (Author), Jamian, Nurul Husna (Author), Zulkifli, Ilya Zulaikha (Author), Mohd Nopiah, Zulkifli (Author)
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Universiti Teknologi MARA, Perak, 2018-06.
• Subjects: Factor analysis. Principal components analysis. Correspondence analysis; Analytical methods used in the solution of physical problems; Article
• Online Access: Get fulltext; View Fulltext in UiTM IR

The objective of this research is to study the environmental care among UiTM Tapah Campus towards sustainable solid waste management. A set of questionnaire comprised of two parts, which are background of respondent and environmental care components and were distributed among 185 students. The statistical technique exploratory factor analysis (EFA) was implemented to classify the components. As a result, the research revealed that there are five main components which are knowledge, practice, attitude, perception and awareness can be classified by 21 questions. The result led to formulate a new set of questionnaire. This new set of questionnaire will be distributed for further research which to investigate the level of environmental care among the UiTM Tapah Campus student.