SEMESTER II 2019/2020 DUE DATE:

BUM 2413 APPLIED PART 1 (13/3/2020)

STATISTICS (Friday, not late than
5.00 PM)
ASSIGNMENT
PART 1 & PART 2 PART 2 (24/4/2020)
PUSAT SAINS MATEMATIK
(Friday, not late than
TOTAL MARK: 86 5.00 PM)

The objectives of this assignment are to help you to understand the statistical analysis process,
to analyse data using software and to develop your integrity in reporting your assignment. The
best way to understand statistics is by involving yourself in the whole statistical process and not
just limited to studying statistics from books, videos, or websites. This assignment requires you
to follow the steps of statistical problem-solving methodology by conducting your own study.
PART 1 involves Step 1 to Step 4 of statistical problem-solving methodology, while PART 2
involves Step 5 to Step 6. You will experience on how to collect, organise, summarise, analyse,
present, interpret, and draw conclusion from data, as well as preparing a report of your study.

INSTRUCTIONS:
1. Set up a group that consists of four (4) or five (5) members from your section only and name
your group using any statistical term.

2. Obtain an APPROVAL of your chosen topic from your lecturer BEFORE you start
collecting data and begin your statistical analysis.

3. Use the template on page 5 and page 6 as the cover for your assignment booklet of Part 1
and Part 2, respectively. Fill in all the required particulars clearly.

4. Answer ALL questions in PART 1 and PART 2, and use appropriate statistical notations.

5. Perform ALL analyses using Microsoft Excel and P-value approach.

6. Submit the following items for EACH group:

(i) A hardcopy report that includes all attachments of the relevant evidences (Microsoft
Excel outputs, handwritten data record, photos, Google Docs, and etc.) in the
appendix section.
(ii) A softcopy report uploaded via KALAM in one compressed file. Name your file as
‘Section_group’, for example, 01G_means.

7. LATE submission of assignment will not be entertained.

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 PART 1 (60 Marks: 7%)
1. Identify a problem that you are interested to study. Provide a brief description of
your study.

Social media are playing an increasing role in today’s living. The changes that are
experienced in technology are influencing various fields as well as educational
environments. It is such a common scenario today to see students browsing and surfing
social network sites, reading blogs or chatting by using laptops, mobile phones or other
sophisticated devices anywhere and at any time. Some people are even addicted to
certain applications, such as online games. Thus, this create an idea for our group to
conduct a study on Average Time Spent by UMP Student Daily on Social Media. The
data of our study was collected for the duration of one week with the total respondents of
80 UMP student.

2. Choose a single quantitative variable that describe your chosen problem. Identify
the type of level of measurement for the variable.

Single variable in our study is the time spent by UMP student on social media per day.
The data that we collected is quantitative, continuous and ratio-level data. We choose
this level of measurement due to ‘Time’ possesses all the characteristic of interval
measurement and exists a true zero. Most measurement in the physical sciences and
engineering is done on ratio scales. Examples include mass, length, duration and energy.
Many ratio scales can be described as specifying "how much" of something (an amount
or magnitude) or "how many" (a count). If the time spent on social media by student is
zero, it means that the student does not spend any of his/her time on social media during
that day.

3. State your population.

Universiti Malaysia Pahang Students.

4. Divide the data collected into two significant groups that related to the study (e.g.:
gender, faculty, year of study, etc.).
(i) State the name of the groups.

Gender: Male and Female

(ii) Present the data collected according to the groups.

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 TIME SPENT TIME SPENT
ON SOCIAL ON SOCIAL
NO GENDER FACULTY NO GENDER FACULTY
MEDIA DAILY MEDIA DAILY
(HOUR) (HOUR)
1 Male FTKEE 0 1 Female FSKKP 0
2 Male FTKKP 0 2 Female FTKA 1
3 Male FTKA 1 3 Female FTKA 2
4 Male FSKKP 1 4 Female FTKA 2
5 Male KKEJ 2 5 Female FTKKP 2
6 Male FTKA 2 6 Female FIM 3
7 Male FIST 3 7 Female KKEJ 3
8 Male FTKKP 3 8 Female FIM 3
9 Male KKEJ 3 9 Female FTKA 3
10 Male FTKA 3 10 Female KKEJ 3
11 Male FSKKP 4 11 Female FTKA 4
12 Male KKEJ 4 12 Female FTKA 4
13 Male FIM 4 13 Female FIST 4
14 Male FTKKP 5 14 Female FTKA 4
15 Male FTKKP 5 15 Female FTKA 5
16 Male FSKKP 5 16 Female FTKKP 5
17 Male FTKA 5 17 Female FTKKP 5
18 Male FTKA 5 18 Female FTKA 6
19 Male KKEJ 5 19 Female FTKA 6
20 Male FTKKP 5 20 Female FIST 6
21 Male FSKKP 5 21 Female FTKKP 6
22 Male KKEJ 6 22 Female FIST 6
23 Male FIST 6 23 Female KKEJ 7
24 Male FIST 6 24 Female FTKA 7
25 Male FTKA 7 25 Female KKEJ 8
26 Male KKEJ 7 26 Female FTKA 8
27 Male FIM 7 27 Female FTKA 8
28 Male KKEJ 8 28 Female FTKA 8
29 Male FTKA 8 29 Female FIM 8
30 Male FTKA 8 30 Female FTKA 9
31 Male KKEJ 8 31 Female FTKA 10
32 Male FTKA 8 32 Female FIM 10
33 Male FTKKP 8 33 Female KKEJ 10
34 Male FTKKP 8 34 Female KKEJ 10
35 Male FTKA 9 35 Female FTKKP 10
36 Male FIST 9 36 Female KKEJ 10
37 Male FSKKP 9 37 Female FTKA 12
38 Male FTKA 10 38 Female KKEJ 12
39 Male KKEJ 10 39 Female KKEJ 12
40 Male FTKEE 10 40 Female FTKKP 12

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(iii) Identify the method of data collection being used. Provide the significant
evidence.

The data is obtained from an experiment which is by survey. In this experiment,

we aim to study on the Time Spent by UMP Student Daily on Social Media.
Hence, we conducted a short survey in google docs. The survey is then shared
among UMP students via WhatsApp groups within the duration of one week.

(iv) Identify which sampling method you used to collect the data. Explain the
sampling method process.

The sampling method involved in the study is stratified sampling. The population
is divided into two groups according to gender and the data is selected from each
group according to sample sizes. As for explanation, because of different lifestyle,
the average time spent on social media is different between male and female

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 students. To consider this variation in lifestyles, the population of UMP students
can easily be stratified into male and female students.

5. For each group, select two sets of data of different sizes ( n < 30 , n > 30 ). Therefore, you
should have four sets of data in total.

(i) Present the data selected as shown in the following table.

Sample size Male Female

n < 30 13 13

n > 30 32 32

(4 Marks)

(ii) Identify which sampling method you used to select the four sets of data. Explain
the sampling method process.
Random sampling.
(2 Marks)
6. For each set of data, obtain the descriptive statistics using Microsoft Excel. Then,
summarise the measures of central tendency and measures of variation in the
following table.

Set of data Measures of central tendency Measures of variation

Male for n < 30
Male for n > 30
Female for n < 30
Female for n > 30

(5 Marks)

7. Compare and comment the measures of central tendency and measures of variation
between groups.
(4 Marks)

8. Do different sample sizes affect the conclusion of the study by comparing its measures
of central tendency and measures of variation? Justify your answer.
(4 Marks)

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9. Construct histograms for the four sets of data (be sure to label it properly!). Identify the
shape of distribution for each histogram and give your comments based on the data
distribution.
(12 Marks)

10. Construct boxplots for the four sets of data on the same axis. Identify the shape of
distribution for each boxplot. Compare and comment on the average and variability of
the boxplots.
(12 Marks)

11. What is the best measure of central tendency to describe your data? Give a reason.
(2 Marks)

12. What is the best measure of variation to describe your data? Give a reason.
(2 Marks)

13. Based on your problem stated in (1), give any relevant conclusion for the study
(1 Mark)

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 ASSIGNMENT
BUM2413 APPLIED STATISTICS
SEMESTER II 2019/2020

GROUP NAME: ___________________

NAME STUDENT ID SECTION

LECTURER

PART 1
FOR EXAMINER USE ONLY
Question Marks Your Marks Question Marks Your Marks
1 2 8 4
2 2 9 12
3 1 10 12
4 7 11 2
5 6 12 2
6 5 13 1
7 4

TOTAL 60

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 ASSIGNMENT
BUM2413 APPLIED STATISTICS
SEMESTER II 2019/2020

GROUP NAME: ___________________

NAME STUDENT ID SECTION

LECTURER

PART 2

FOR EXAMINER USE ONLY

Question Marks Your Marks
1 6
2(i) 8
2(ii) 12

TOTAL 26