Entrepreneurship Education as Predictor of Entrepreneurial Intentions of Business Education Undergraduates in Public Universities in Edo and Delta States, Nigeria

Abstract

The study determined the correlation between entrepreneurship education and entrepreneurial intentions of Business Education undergraduates in public universities in Edo and Delta States, Nigeria. Two research questions were raised and answered while ono hypothesis tested at 0.05 level of significance.
The study adopted correlational survey research design. The population of the study comprised 342 Business Education 300-level public university undergraduates from Edo and Delta States with the sample size of 171 using the proportionate sampling technique of 50% of the population. Structured questionnaire was the research instrument titled: “Entrepreneurship Education as Predictor of Entrepreneurial Intentions Questionnaire” (EEPEIQ). Five experts validated the instrument which was pilot-tested on 20 respondents from the study population. Reliability coefficients of 0.87 and 0.89 were obtained for entrepreneurship education and entrepreneurial intentions items using Cronbach’s alpha statistics. The questionnaire were administered personally with three briefed research assistants. Collected data were analysed using Mean (x ̅), Standard Deviation (SD) to answer the research questions while Pearson Product Moment Correlation Coefficient (PPMC), Simple and Multiple Linear Regression to test the hypothesis using the statistical package for the social science (SPSS) version 25.