Relationship of personality factors with academic achievement in Pakistan

ABSTRACT

In the present study the relationship between different personality factors of Pakistani students and their academic achievement in the graduation examination was studied. In order to study the students' personality factors, Gordon Personal Profile and Gordon Personal Inventory were administered to 500 postgraduate students and they were asked to mention their grades at B.A./B.Sc. level according to the 1[st], 2[nd] and 3[rd] divisions. Five hundred participants were divided into two groups which comprised of 250 male students and 250 female students. These groups were further divided according to the medium of instructions followed in their respective colleges. 125 male students who studied in English medium colleges and 125 male students who studied in Urdu medium colleges, 125 female students who studied in English medium colleges and 125 female students who studied in Urdu medium colleges of Karachi, were selected. This article focused on two traits only. Chi-square test was calculated for the statistical analysis of the data. Both the hypotheses were highly significant at P<.001 level