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has been, conducted before the actual study. A face- to -face interview with a
representative set of 20 participants was carried out. A feedback from the
respondents relevant to question ambiguity, ease of response to questions
and the duration of the response has been, obtained.
The data were analyzed using SPSS 25 and AMOS graphics. A structural
Equations Modeling (SEM) developed for fitting and testing a conceptual
model of students’ satisfaction to observed data.
(Awang, 2012).

3. Data Analysis and Result
Demographics of the data are presented in Table 1. A sample of 498
students participated of this study. Male respondents were (130) representing
(26.1%) and Female respondents were 368 representing (73.9%). The
respondents were from different academic levels and different colleges. Local
and expatriates students were represented in the sample. The percentage of
hostel students in the sample was (38%). In general, the sample was
representative of the UAE University students.
Table 1: Demographics of the study

First Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA) performed to assess sources of variation
and covariation in the observed measurements. Table 2 shows all factor
loadings which are greater than 0.50. Scales with factor loadings of 0.50 and
greater considered significant (Hair et al. 1998). Constructs with their
Coronbach’s alpha values are shown in Table 2.

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