TY - JOUR AU - Tirakoat, Suwich AU - Youngmee, Kotchaphan AU - Nimpisan, Mananya AU - Phisittaphong, Pariwat AU - Suwannako, Phatthira PY - 2021/11/15 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - Comparison of Factors Affecting the Decision to Study Undergraduate Programs in the Field of Informatics JF - Journal of Applied Informatics and Technology JA - J Appl Inf Tech VL - 3 IS - 2 SE - Research Article DO - 10.14456/jait.2021.10 UR - https://ph01.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/jait/article/view/245199 SP - 122-135 AB - <p>This research aims to study and compare the factors affecting the decision to study in the undergraduate program in the field of Informatics classified by the student's majors. This research was a quantitative research by survey data from 408 students of the Faculty of Informatics, Mahasarakham University between May-June 2021. This survey used a rating scale questionnaire with Cronbach's confidence coefficient was equal to 0.976. Data analysis consisted of mean, standard deviation, one-way ANOVA and Post Hoc test. The results showed that (1) The top 3 factors influenced students choose to study in Informatics fields were instructor aspect, expectation aspect. and teaching aspect.&nbsp; (2) Students who were in different majors which consisted of Information science, Information Technology, Communication Arts, Computer Science, Creative Media, and Geo-Informatics. There were different opinions on the factors affecting the decision to choose to study in terms of expectations for the course of study, instructors, course details, teaching and learning management and public relations at a statistically significant level of 0.05.</p><p><strong>Keywords</strong>: undergraduate admission, Informatics, influencing factors</p> ER -