ANALYSIS OF THE FEMALE STUDENT ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE USING AN EXPLORATORY FACTOR ANALYSIS

The academic performance of a student is a critical aspect of learning process. A wide range of studies is available to investigate the students' academic performance. The academic performance of female students can be affected by several distinct variables. Identification and analysis of effective factors related to students' academic performance is a challenging task due to the rapidly changing lifestyles. The main objective of this study is to investigate and assess the common factors that can affect the female students' academic performance. Analysis was based on data gathered from a structured questionnaire for 297 female students from Tabuk University. Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA) explains that the academic performance of the female students is affected by several factors. These factors explained 55.7% of the total variance of the sample students' academic performance. The results showed that family and social characteristics of the student, psychological characteristics of the student, the educational process and education system, high transport cost and distance from home to the university, academic advices and lack of reference, and economic characteristics of the student are the most significant factors that affect the overall grade point average (GPA) of the female student.