Force Field Analysis of Effective Factors in Accomplishing a Thesis of Graduate Studies of Lorestan University

the aim of this study was to examine the driving and preventive factors of doing thesis from the viewpoints of postgraduate students and faculty members of agriculture courses in Lorestan university. This study is a descriptive-correlational research that carried out using survey method.The statistical population of the study consisted of 64 postgraduate students of agriculture courses (Masters and PhD) and 48 faculty members of agriculture college. For data analysis, exploratory factor analysis and Mann Whitney and Kruskal-Wallis tests were used. Results of factor analysis showed that "organizational obstacles" are the most important preventive factor and "the skill of the supervisor" is the most important driving factor in the doing of a thesis from the perspective of students. The results of a Mann–Whitney test about the difference between students in terms of gender and education showed that male students and postgraduate students face more individual barriers in doing the thesis. Also, the results of Wilcoxon test showed no significant difference between students of different courses in terms of obstacles in doing the thesis. Also, the results of prioritizing the problems of doing thesis from the perspective of members facualty showed that “the weakness of the student in the translation of Latin scientific resources," "the lack of continuous presence of student in campus," " student's lack of familiarity with the research method" as the most important Challenges have been identified.