Asian Journal of Education and Social Studies

The present study aims to assess the levels of Research Scholars’ Attitude towards Research. Further, it aims to examine the significance difference if any regarding the Attitude towards Research between the Science and Arts stream Research Scholars with respect to gender. Descriptive survey method was used in this study. The sample of this study consists of 215 Research Scholars from Science and Arts stream who are pursuing doctoral program in North-Eastern Hill University, Shillong. Data were collected with a standardized scale called Attitude Scale towards Research. The scale consists of 42 items in four dimensions namely, General aspects of research and research process, Usefulness of research in professional career, Relevance of research in personal-social life, Difficulties in research and research anxiety. Data were analysed by applying mean, standard deviation, and t- ratio with the help of spss-26 software. The results of this study indicated that over half of research scholars had an unfavourable to extremely unfavourable attitude towards research. Further, the findings of this study showed no significant gender-based difference in the attitude of Science Research Scholars and Arts Research Scholars towards research. Similarly, no significant difference was found between Arts and Science Research Scholars’ Attitude towards Research. The results of this study are anticipated to offer valuable information for supervisors, universities and policymakers for developing specific research training, enhancing academic support systems, and strengthening the overall research culture.