Abstract:
The dressing or fashion style of tertiary students has become an important issue of much
concern in this contemporary era. The design was a cross-sectional non-experimental survey of 102 polytechnic students between the ages of 15 - 29+-years with ample knowledge on dress sense. The sample consisted of 40 male (39.2%) and 62 female (60.8%) students who were sampled by using a multistage cluster sampling technique according to departments and academic levels. The study found that there was a relationship between the influence of science and technology (53.7% approval vs.46.7% disapproval), however this was not statistically significant [x2=0.212, p≤.005]. Again the relationship between the future influence of science and technology on the dress sense of students was examined using Pearson product-moment correlation coefficient. The study identified a very weak negative correlation between the future influence of science and technology on dress sense and how better students dress will be than now [r=–.2, n=102, p<.05]. The study identifies that there is a very weak relationship between the influence of science and technology on the dress sense of students; however this relationship is not statistically significant.b
