AN EVALUATION OF DELTA STATE POLYTECHNIC OGWASHIUKU, STUDENT’S AWARENESS PERCEPTION AND PRACTICE OF ONLINE SHOPPING IN NIGERIA
Abstract
Abstract
This study investigated Delta State polytechnic ogwashi-uku undergraduate
students’ awareness, perception and practice of online shopping in Nigeria.
The objectives of the study were to find out: perception of Delta State
polytechnic ogwashi-uku undergraduate students in the use of online
shopping and to find out challenges in the use of online shopping among
COOU undergraduate students. The researcher used survey research
method. Multi-stage sampling procedure was used to select 385
undergraduate students from the study population of 11,000. The research
revealed that Delta State polytechnic ogwashi-uku undergraduate students’
perceived online shopping as positive. Further finding revealed that the main
challenge undergraduate students’ encounter in the use of online shopping is
security/fraud issue. The study concluded that Delta State polytechnic
ogwashi-uku undergraduate students’ perceived on shopping as positive, but
they rarely engage in an online shopping due to fraud and security concern.
The study recommended that stringent measures should be put in place to
protect consumers against any possible form of online fraud/scam.
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