RISK-TAKING PROPENSITY AS PREDICTOR OF PRE-SERVICE UNIVERSITY SCIENCE TEACHERS ENTREPRENEURIAL INTENTION IN NIGER STATE.

Abstract

ABSTRACT The study investigated weather risk-taking propensity serves as predictor of pre-service university science teachers towards entrepreneurial intention in Federal University of Technology, Minna, Niger State. Three research objective, three research question and one corresponding hypothesis guided the study. A correlational research design was adopted for this study. The population of the study comprised of three hundred and seventy-four (1,820) pre-service university science teachers out of which one hundred and eighty-one (90) pre- service university science teachers were selected and participated in the study. A fifteen (15) items Risk-Taking Propensity Questionnaire (RTPQ) and Entrepreneurial Intention Questionnaire (EIQ) were used to collect data. The two instruments were validated by experts. The internal consistency reliability of the two instruments were established and the reliability indices were calculated using Cronbach Alpha formula using SPSS version 26 and the reliability indices were found to be 0.84 and 0.888. The data collected were analyzed using mean, SD, scattered plot and regression analysis. The hypothesis was tested at 0.05 level of significance.