Population and Sample Issue
This study has been conducted in public universities in Malaysia. A large sample has been applied in order to represent the population and underlying structure with the aim of examining reliable correlations and the prediction power of factors (Hair et al., 2010). The sample size targeted in this study follows the recommendation by Hair et al. (2010), as explained in Chapter Five (Research Design and Methodology), i.e. between 350 and 450 respondents; thus, the study covers a large sample and provides a substantive representation of the total population of students in public sector universities. According to Comery & Lee (1992), a sample size of 50 – 100 is treated as poor, 200 as fair, 300 as good, and 500 as very good.