Multiple Regression (Assignment 5)

An English teacher was interested in investigating the relationship between motivation,

interest, learning style and students’ learning achievement. He was interested in exploring how
well motivation, interest, and learning style are able to predict students’ learning outcome.
Further, he was also interested in examining which of these (motivation, interest, and learning
style) is the best predictor of learning achievement.

The teacher used the following hypothesis in his research:

H1 : motivation has influence on students’ learning achievement

H2 : interest has influence on students’ learning achievement

H3 : learning style has influence on students’ learning achievement

H4 : motivation, interest, and learning style simultaneously have influence on students’ learning
achievement.

After conducting several tests, the following data were obtained.

No Participants Motivation Interest Learning style Learning achievement

1 AB 75 75 60 80
2 BC 60 70 75 75
3 CD 65 70 70 75
4 DE 75 80 75 90
5 EF 65 75 80 85
6 GH 80 80 65 85
7 IJ 75 85 60 95
8 KL 80 88 70 95
9 MN 65 75 70 80
10 OP 80 75 75 90
11 RS 60 65 75 75
12 TU 65 70 80 75
13 VW 70 70 75 80
 14 XY 65 80 75 85
15 ZA 80 90 70 80
16 BC 70 80 60 90
17 DE 65 70 70 95
18 FG 65 75 75 80
19 HI 80 90 75 85
20 JK 70 85 80 80

After data were analyzed using SPSS software, the following results were yielded.

Variables Entered/Removedb

Model Variables Entered Variables Removed Method

1
Learnng Style,
. Enter
Interest, Motivationa

a. All requested variables entered.

b. Dependent Variable: Learning Achievement

Model Summary

Change Statistics

Mode Adjusted R Std. Error of the R Square

l R R Square Square Estimate Change F Change df1 df2 Sig. F Change

1 .564a .318 .190 6.171 .318 2.490 3 16 .097

a. Predictors: (Constant), Learnng Style, Interest,

Motivation
 ANOVAb

Model Sum of Squares df Mean Square F Sig.

1 Regression 284.430 3 94.810 2.490 .097a

Residual 609.320 16 38.082

Total 893.750 19

a. Predictors: (Constant), Learning Style, Interest, Motivation

b. Dependent Variable: Learning Achievement

Coefficientsa

Standardized
Unstandardized Coefficients Coefficients

Model B Std. Error Beta t Sig.

1 (Constant) 68.504 26.858 2.551 .021

Motivation .255 .313 .262 .817 .426

Interest .201 .288 .215 .698 .495

Learning Style -.255 .239 -.236 -1.069 .301

a. Dependent Variable: Learning Achievement

Source: Analysis results using SPSS Version 16, June 5, 2018

Data interpretation

An English teacher included twenty participants in a research aimed at exploring the

relationship between motivation, interest, learning style and students’ learning achievement. In
his research, the teacher utilized multiple regression. According to Pallant (2010), multiple
regression is used to explore the relationship between one continuous dependent variable and a
number of independent variables or predictors (usually continuous). There are three independent
variables in the research, namely motivation, interest, and learning style. Meanwhile, learning
achievement is considered as continuous dependent variable.
 After analyzing the data using SPSS software, the finding of the research are as follows.
In the coefficients section, it revealed that the Sig. value of predictor motivation is .42.
The value is higher than .05 (Sig. value > .05). It shows that motivation does not influence
students’ learning achievement. It can be concluded that H1 was rejected. Similarly, the Sig.
values of predictors interest and learning style are .49 and 0.30 respectively. Similar to
motivation, these two variables do not have influence on students’ learning outcome. The results
indicated that H2 and H3 were rejected. Finally, in the ANOVA section, the output shows that
the Sig. value of regression is .09. The value is higher than .05 (Sig. value > .05). This result
indicates that the predictors: motivation, interest, and learning style simultaneously do not have
influence on students’ learning achievement. It can be inferred that H4 was also rejected.

Reference

Pallant, J. (2010). SPSS Survival Manual 4th Edition. England: Mc Graw Hill.