Research Study on Student Punctuality and its Determinants

Vocabulary flashcards covering the key concepts, statistical measures, and findings from the student punctuality research transcript.

Arriving on Time

A measure of the students' positive punctuality behaviors treated as a separate indicator from tardiness.

Tardiness

A measure of behaviors or experiences associated with being late, interpreted as "Rarely" in this study.

Reverse Coding

A method used for scoring negatively worded items, such as tardiness, so that a higher score consistently represents better punctuality.

Sleeping Habits

The determinant that obtained the highest composite weighted mean of $2.68$, interpreted as "Sometimes."

Daily Travel Experiences

The determinant that obtained the lowest composite weighted mean of $2.55$, interpreted as "Sometimes," involving transportation availability and delays.

Morning Routine

A determinant of punctuality involving activities such as preparing for school, eating breakfast, or performing household chores.

Pearson Product-Moment Correlation

The statistical test used to determine whether there is a significant linear relationship between students' punctuality and the identified determinants.

Level of Significance

The probability threshold used in the study, set at $0.05$ ($5\%$), to determine if the observed relationship was statistically significant.

Critical r-value

A value set at $0.121$ in this study that serves as the basis for deciding whether to reject or fail to reject the null hypothesis.

r-value

A statistical value that indicates the direction and strength of the relationship between two variables.

p-value

A statistical value used to determine significance; if it is less than $0.05$, the null hypothesis is rejected.

Weak Positive Relationship

A relationship where r-values are positive but close to zero, indicating variables slightly increase together but are not statistically significant.

Negative r-values (in Tardiness)

Values resulting from the reverse coding of tardiness items, where the negative sign reflects the coding direction rather than a lack of conceptual alignment.

Correlation vs. Causation

The principle that statistical relation between two variables does not prove that one variable directly causes the other.

Strongest Relationship

The correlation between tardiness and morning routine, which yielded an r-value of $-0.525$ and was statistically significant.

Moderate Level of Punctuality

The overall finding describing students' punctuality, indicating that while many arrive on time, instances of tardiness still occur.