IMPACT AND SIGNIFICANCE OF TRANSPORTATION AND SOCIO ECONOMIC FACTORS ON STUDENTS' CLASS ATTENDANCE IN NIGERIA POLYTECHNICS: A Study of Moshood Abiola Polytechnic

This study examined the impact and significance of transportation and socio economic factors on students' class attendance. For the successful execution of this research work, primary data via self- administered questionnaires was employed. These were administered to 150 randomly selected students of Moshood Abiola Polytechnic, Abeokuta, Ogun State, Nigeria. Data collected were analyzed electronically using SPSS 21. The analysis techniques employed were Multiple Regression, Correlation Matrix and Coefficient of Determination. Results from the analysis revealed that transportation and socio-economic factors have positive effect on students' class attendance. However their positive effects are not independently and jointly statistically significant. In terms of magnitude of impact, socio economic factors impact more on students' class attendance than transportation factor. In addition, transportation and socio-economic factors contribute to approximately 49.8% of the variation in students' class attendance. The multiple correlation coefficient value indicates that there is a strong positive but imperfect correlation between the dependent variable (class attendance) and the independent variables (transportation and socio economic factors).