Exploring Students’ Perception Regarding Teachers’ Favoritism at the University Level
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https://doi.org/10.62997/psi.2025a-41051Keywords:
Student Perception, Teacher Favoritism, University Level, Education, Lahore Leads UniversityAbstract
The state or condition of being the competitor thought most likely to win a sporting contest. The study aimed to explore students' perceptions regarding teacher's favoritism at the university level. The objectives of the study were to explore students' perceptions regarding teacher favoritism at the university level. The study was quantitative in nature, and a survey method was used to collect the data. The population for this study consisted of all graduate and undergraduate students (1500) of Lahore Leads University. The 350 undergraduate and graduate students of Lahore Leads University were randomly selected as the sample of the study. A self-developed instrument was used to collect the data by studying the literature. The data was collected from students of Lahore Leads University. The data was analyzed through SPSS (Statistical Packages for Social Sciences). Descriptive and inferential statistics were used to calculate the data. Descriptive statistics was used to calculate the Mean, Standard Deviation, and frequency.
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