A group of lecturers wonders why in each semester, the academic performance of students is fluctuating. The results of the review of literature suggested that there were several factors that determine that academic performance. Some of them were family background, relationship with peers, interest in co-curriculum, personality, and lecturer's factor. In addition, previous research also showed that personality of a student would influence the student to be motivated to learn which later would result in good academic achievement. However, the group believed that all these factors may influence academic performance if they have the right attitude. For that reason, they wanted to conduct research to identify which of these factors contribute to academic performance more. a) State the problem statement