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Table-11: Descriptive Statistics



             Factors       N    Minimum     Maximum        Mean      Std. Deviation

         Perception       431      1.25        5.50       2.8689         .77586

         Attitude         431      1.00        5.50       3.0806         .95875
         Motivation       431      1.00        5.00       2.9977         .89117
         Personality      431      1.00        5.50       2.9559         .90176
         Intention        431      1.00        5.00       2.7007         .89753
                                     Source: Primary Data

        Hypothesis summary                      i.e. perception, attitude and motivation
                                                has an apparent role in development
        Table-12  is  a  short  summary of
        accepted hypotheses. This is clear from   of  intention  among  students  to start
        the  findings  that  psychological  factors   considering distance education courses
                                                post COVID-19 crises.
                               Table-12: Hypotheses Summary



                   Hypotheses          Relation path             Result

                                    Attitude → Intention       Supported
                 H 01
                                   Motivation → Intention      Supported
                 H 02
                                   Perception → Intention      Supported
                 H 03
                                   Personality → Intention   Not Supported
                 H 04
                                     Source: Primary Data
        Findings                                The  students  were also asked  about
                                                their suggestions for any modifications
        There  are  many  imperative  findings   that they think  are essential for
        of  the  research.  The  study  shows  that   improving  the  education  quality  in
        there are three independent  variables   India.  The  following  suggestions  were
        (perception,  attitude  and  motivation)   collated:-
        that  affect  the  intention  of  students   •   Since  the  impact of  COVID-19  will
        to opt for distance learning. This also    take years to stabilize conditions in
        means that, by changing the perception     the  world,  therefore more options
        of  students  one  can build  a positive   and  courses  should  be  made
        attitude towards distance education.       available through  distance mode.
        However,  the  essence  of  motivation  is   Along  with  this, the comparison
        needed to be combined with perception      of regular and distance degrees
        and attitude to change the mindset of      shall  be  eliminated  because, soon
        students.                                  distance learning  would  be the


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