Students’ Opinions on Cheerleading Activities and Freshmen Induction at Prince of Songkla University, HAT-YAI Campus

Abstract

           The purposes of this research were to study and to compare the students’ opinions on cheerleading activities and freshmen induction at Prince of Songkla University, Hat Yai campus classified by gender, academic level and major fields of study. The samples used were 412 undergraduate students enrolling in academic year 2012. The instrument used for collecting data was a Likert-type, five-point rating scale questionnaire of 50 items with the reliability of 0.97. The data were analyzed using means, standard deviation, t-test, one-way analysis of variance and Scheffe’ method. The results revealed that overall, the students rated on cheerleading activities and freshmen induction at Prince of Songkla University, Hat Yai campus at a high level. There was no significant differences between opinions of male and female students on cheerleading activities and freshmen induction. However, there were significant differences among students from different academic levels while there was no significant difference among students from different major fields of study in their opinions on cheerleading activities and freshmen induction.