**5.3. Participants**

LASSI data was collected from a total of 1,821 (N = 1,821) new first-year undergraduate students at the university in Hong Kong, and correlated with variables taken from the same students' demographic data collected as a normal part of the admission process. The students were distributed into four groups for analysis. Therefore, the data related to LASSI score and background information for the following groups of students was obtained:



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**N Mean 'Will' Score** 

**N Mean 'Skill' Score** 

**N Mean 'Self- regulation' Score** 

Sum of Squares df Mean Square F Sig.

When the total LASSI score is broken down into the three major components of the inventory,

**Will Component** Staff quarters (FH) 5 83.2000 HOS/PSPS (FH) 269 98.9182 Private housing (FH) 621 104.7536 Public housing (FH) 748 98.9184 Student halls (NFH) 45 157.4667 From Chinese Mainland (NFH) 127 159.0945 Total 1815 106.5339

**Component** Staff quarters (FH) 5 150.0000 HOS/PSPS (FH) 269 136.7993 Private housing (FH) 621 142.0177 Public housing (FH) 748 133.6484 Student halls (NFH) 45 181.6889 From Chinese Mainland (NFH) 127 199.3307 Total 1815 142.8110

**Component** Staff quarters (FH) 5 136.6000 HOS/PSPS (FH) 269 183.6320 Private housing (FH) 621 189.0580 Public housing (FH) 748 185.8570 Student halls (NFH) 45 241.4222 From Chinese Mainland (NFH) 127 261.3071 Total 1815 193.1438

**Table 5.** Mean 'Self-regulation Component' score according to Type of Housing (FH vs. NFH).

will component Between Groups 531261.269 5 106252.254 40.561 .000 Within Groups 4738756.397 1809 2619.545 Total 5270017.666 1814 skills components Between Groups 546883.932 5 109376.786 31.883 .000

'will', 'skill', and 'self-regulation' the following results are obtained (see Tables 3 to 5).

**Table 3.** Mean 'Will Component' score according to Type of Housing (FH vs. NFH).

**Table 4.** Mean 'Skill Component' score according to Type of Housing (FH vs. NFH).

 **Skill** 

**Self-regulation** 

**Table 1.** Category of students

## **5.4. Procedure**

In order to investigate some of the correlations between LASSI scores and other demographic and academic factors during the pilot period, a number of correlations were attempted with the four groups identified above, and the data presented in this study has been selected as of particular interest for further consideration. Although the original N=1821, six cases were omitted from the analysis because of incomplete or confounding data, therefore N=1815.
