Public Opinion On The Performance Of Plaibang Subdistrict Municipality Bang Kruai DIstrict, Nonthaburi Province.

Abstract

This research aimed to 1.) Study public opinion on the performance efficiency of
Plai Bang Subdistrict Municipality, Bang Kruai District, Nonthaburi Province. 2.) Study and compare public opinion on the performance efficiency of Plai Bang Subdistrict Municipality, Bang Kruai District, Nonthaburi Province, classified by personal factors: gender, age, education level, and occupation. 3.) Study public opinion on the performance efficiency of Plai Bang Subdistrict Municipality, Bang Kruai District, Nonthaburi Province, in 4 overall aspects: infrastructure, quality of life promotion, community/social organization, and arts, culture, traditions, and local wisdom.
The sample group studied in this research is people in the Tambon Plai Bang Municipality, Bang Kruai District, Nonthaburi Province, totaling 48,047 people. The principle of calculating the sample size was based on the Krejcie & Morgan table by random number table sampling method. The total sample size was 354 people. The research instrument was a questionnaire created by the researcher as a 5-level rating scale with a consistency index of 0.67-1.00 and a questionnaire reliability of .05. The statistics used in data analysis were frequency, percentage, mean and standard deviation. The reference statistics used to test the research classified by the characteristics of the variables were the t-test to compare the differences between 2 independent variables and the comparison of the mean of more than 2 groups using (F-test) or one-way analysis of variance (One-way ANOVA) and pairwise by Scheffe's method.
The research results found that the overall 4 aspects were at a high level ( = 3.53 , S.D. = 0.19). When considering each aspect, it was found that the aspect of community/social organization had the highest mean value at a high level ( = 3.60 , S.D. = 0.35), followed by the aspect of quality of life promotion at a high level ( = 3.57 , S.D. = 0.30), and the aspect of arts, culture, traditions, and local wisdom had the lowest mean value at a high level ( = 3.46 , S.D. = 0.29).
The results of the comparison of hypotheses found that age, gender, education, and occupation in the overall 4 aspects were found to be significantly different at a level of .05.