Epistemic Volition of Postgraduate Students

Abstract

The current research aims to identify the epistemic volition of postgraduate students. The research sample consisted of 726 male and female students, who were selected in a stratified random method and a proportional method from postgraduate students at the University of Baghdad. As the research tool, the researcher prepared the epistemic volition scale according to the Rule and Bendixen models (Bendixen and Rule, 2004), which consists of 27 items in its final form of 27 items. The researcher verified the psychometric characteristics and then administered them to the research sample, and the researcher used several statistical methods to achieve the objectives of the research, including the Chi-square, the t-test for one sample, the t-test for two independent samples, Pearson's correlation coefficient, the dot correlation coefficient, the alpha-Cronbach equation, the linear test, and the regression coefficient. The research showed that postgraduate students have epistemic volition