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Executive Summary 3

Question 1 (a) Survey Form 4-6

Question 1 (b) Grouped Frequency Distribution Table 6

Question 2 (a) Mean, Mode, Median 7-9

Question 2 (b) Age, Gender, Education Level, Program Graphs 10-14

Question 3 (a) GPA Histogram 15

Question 3 (b) Correlation 16

References 17

Coursework Marking Scheme 18

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Executive Summary

This assignment is carried out to study the final year student’s GPA of SEGi University. This
survey is carried out on 30 students from 11 different programs. Details of the respondents such
as age, gender, name of program, education level, GPA, time spend for self-study in a day is
collected during the survey. A grouped frequency distribution table is constructed to find the mean,
median and mode of the GPA. Different type of chart such as bar chart and pie chart are formed
based on age, gender, name of program, educational level of respondents and GPA obtained. A
correlation is calculated, r = 0.422364589, showing a moderate positive relationship between the
students GPA and the time spend for self-study in a day. A histogram is constructed and it shows
a left-skewed distribution of data as Mean < Median < Mode ( 3.305 < 3.38 < 3.4336 ).

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QUESTION 1 (a)
Survey Form

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Survey Form Data Recording

Time spend for

Education Latest
self-
Age Gender Program
study in a day
Level GPA
(hour)
1 2 2 11 3 2.4 1
2 3 1 7 3 2.5 1
3 2 2 1 1 3.2 3
4 4 2 5 4 3.5 5
5 2 2 2 3 3.65 3
6 2 2 1 3 3.2 6
7 2 1 4 2 3.33 3
8 3 2 2 3 4.0 3
9 2 2 1 3 4.0 2
10 3 2 4 4 3.85 5
11 1 2 4 2 3.6 2
12 2 2 1 3 4.0 3
13 3 1 10 3 3.11 2
14 1 2 8 1 2.9 1
15 2 2 1 3 3.89 6
16 2 2 4 3 3.87 6
17 1 1 9 1 3.92 3
18 2 1 9 1 3.6 5
19 4 2 4 4 3.73 4
20 2 2 5 1 3.2 2
21 2 2 5 3 3.91 1
22 3 1 1 3 2.9 1
23 3 1 6 3 3.0 1
24 3 2 3 3 3.96 4
25 4 1 2 3 3.82 2

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 26 3 2 10 3 3.78 3
27 3 1 2 2 2.85 4
28 1 1 6 1 3.5 4
29 1 1 4 1 4.0 6
30 1 1 5 2 3.78 1

Education
Age Gender Level Program
Count 1 6 12 6 7
Count 2 12 18 4 4
Count 3 9 0 1 16
Count 4 3 0 6 3
Count 5 0 0 4 0
Count 6 0 0 2 0
Count 7 0 0 1 0
Count 8 0 0 1 0
Count 9 0 0 2 0
Count 10 0 0 2 0
Count 11 0 0 1 0

QUESTION 1 (b)

Frequency, Cumulative x
Class Boundary GPA f Frequency (midpoint)
0.005-1.005 0.01 1.00 0 0 0.505
1.005-2.005 1.01 2.00 0 0 1.505
2.005-3.005 2.01 3.00 6 6 2.505
3.005-4.005 3.01 4.00 24 30 3.505

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QUESTION 2 (a)

Frequency, Cumulative x
Class Boundary GPA f Frequency (midpoint) fx
0.005-1.005 0.01 1.00 0 0 0.505 0
1.005-2.005 1.01 2.00 0 0 1.505 0
2.005-3.005 2.01 3.00 6 6 2.505 15.03
3.005-4.005 3.01 4.00 24 30 3.505 84.12
∑ 𝑓 = 30 ∑ 𝑓𝑥 = 99.15

Mean

∑ 𝑓𝑥
𝑥̅ =
∑𝑓
99.15
𝑥̅ = = 3.305
30

Comment:

The product of total number of respondents and GPA midpoint divided by the total number of
respondents. The average GPA of final year students in SEGi University is 3.305.

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Median

Step 1

∑𝑓
𝑀𝑒𝑑𝑖𝑎𝑛 =
2
30
𝑀𝑒𝑑𝑖𝑎𝑛 =
2

= 15th of the data.

so, median class boundaries lies between GPA 3.01 – 4.00.

Step 2

∑𝑓
− ∑ 𝑓𝑚−1
𝐿𝑚 + ( 2 )𝑐
𝑓𝑚

15−6
= 3.005 + ( )1
24

= 3.38

Comment:

Median is the middle value located in a set of distribution data. The median shows that 50% of the
final year students of SEGi University are having GPA less than 3.38 and the another 50% of the
students are having GPA more than 3.38.

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Mode

𝑓𝑚 − 𝑓𝑏
𝐿𝑚𝑜𝑑𝑒 + ( )𝐶
(𝑓𝑚 − 𝑓𝑏 ) + (𝑓𝑚 − 𝑓𝑎 )

24− 6
= 3.005 + ((24− 6)+ (24− 0)) 1

= 3.4336

Comment:

Mode is the value which occurred most frequently in a set of data. The mode of 3.4336 shows the
most common or frequent GPA of final year students in SEGi University or most of the final year
students in SEGi University are having GPA 3.4336.

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QUESTION 2 (b)
1. Age :

Age Frequency
< 19 6
19 - 21 12
22 - 24 9
> 25 3

Bar Chart for Age

Number of Respondents

15

10

0
< 19
19 - 21
22 - 24
> 25
Age

Comment:

From the bar chart, the students of age between 19 and 21 has recorded at the highest level among
the four groups of ages. This is because there a lot of students who graduated from Pre-University
programs such as foundation, are normally at the age of 19 and they pursue their studies in
undergraduate level education for around 3 years.

Next, students of age more than 25 recorded at the lowest level because most of the students had
been graduated from university around this age.

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 2. Gender :
Gender Frequency
Male 12
Female 18

PIE CHART FOR GENDER

Male, 12

Female, 18

Comment:

The frequency of female students in SEGi University is higher than the male students. This
situation may occur because female nowadays tend to have the consciousness to receive higher
education and be part of the white collar society. They are also well-prepared and this made them
to excel more in studies compared to most males who tends to procrastinate more.

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 3. Name of Program :

Name of Program Frequency

Health Sciences 6
Information Technology & Innovation 4
Psychology 1
Business & Accounting 6
Early Childhood Care & Education 4
Creative Arts & Design 2
American Degree Program 1
Hospitality & Tourism 1
Engineering & The Built Environment 2
English & Public Relations 2
Communication Studies 1

Bar Chart for Name of Program

Communication Studies

English & Public Relations

Engineering & The Built Environment

Name of Program

Hospitality & Tourism

American Degree Program

Creative Arts & Design

Early Childhood Care & Education
Business & Accounting
Psychology
Information Technology & Innovation
Health Sciences

0
1
2
3
4
5
Number of Respondents 6

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Comment:

Health Science and Business and Accounting program are the most popular program among
SEGi University final year students based on the data collected since both program recorded at
the highest frequency at 6 students. This is because SEGi University might be well-known of its
business studies and health science studies. Next, Psychology, Communication Studies,
American Degree Program, Hospitality & Tourism had the lowest number of students because
these program seem to be unpopular among the students.

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 4. Education Level :

Education level Frequency

Foundation 7
Diploma 4
Degree 16
Master 3

Bar Chart for Educational Level

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Numbe rof Respondents

14
12
10
8
6
4
2
0

Foundation
Diploma
Degree
Master
Educational Level

Comment:

For educational level, degree level has the highest number of students, which is recorded at 16
because SEGi University provide a great variety of bachelor’s degree programs for students to
enroll. In contrast, the lowest number of students based on the survey conducted is belongs to
master level because SEGi University provides lesser postgraduate program for students.

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QUESTION 3 (a)

Class Boundary Frequency

0.005-1.005 0
1.005-2.005 0
2.005-3.005 6
3.005-4.005 24

Histogram for final year student's GPA in SEGi University

Number of Respondents

25

20

15

10

0
0.005-1.005 1.005-2.005 2.005-3.005 3.005-4.005

Class Boundary for Students GPA

Comment:

The histogram for final year student’s GPA in SEGi University shows a left skewed distribution
because the mode obtained is higher than the mean, as Mean < Median < Mode , ( 3.305 < 3.38
< 3.4336 ).

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QUESTION 3 (b)

Correlation, r = 0.422364589

= CORREL(F5:F34,G5:G34) explained that F5:F34 is the student’s GPA while G5:G34 is the time
spend for self-study in a day.

Comment:

r = 0.422364589 indicates a moderate positive relationship between the students GPA and the time
spend for self-study in a day. It means that the SEGi students spend more time for self-study in a
day and obtain higher GPA.

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REFERENCES

1. Swift , L., & Piff, S. (2014). Quantitative Methods: for Business, Management and Finance
(4rd ed.). New York: Palgrave Macmillan.

2. David Ray Anderson & Sweeney, Dennis J & Williams, Thomas Arthur, 1944-
(2011). Essentials of statistics for business and economics (6th ed). Mason, OH South-
Western/Cengage Learning

3. Ubøe, J. (2017). Introductory Statistics for Business and Economics (1st ed.). Springer
International Publishing.

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