SCHOOL

OF ARCHITECTURE, BUILDING AND DESIGN

FOUNDATION IN NATURAL AND BUILT ENVIRONMENT
MATHEMATICS
PROJECT 2 STATISTICS
MAY 18, 2016



GROUP MEMBERS: YAP YONG XING (0314715)

MEGHA HASANKA LOKUHAPUARACHCHI (0324233)

THILINI SAUMYA PERERA (0324201)

MEGHASHYAM KUMAR POONIE (0324475)

NURUL ATIQAH BT MOHD GHAZALI (0325630)

NUR FARAHIYAH BILLAH HJ MOHD ASMADEE (0324416)

TABLE OF CONTENT



PAGE #
INTRODUCTION.. 3
OBJECTIVE...... 4
METHODOLOGY5
THE SURVEY FORM AND ANSWERS.. 6-8
DATA9-12
CALCULATION AND ANALYSIS.. 13-21
CONCLUSION. 22
APPENDIX 23

INTRODUCTION
For this final project, we were given a task to conduct a survey
and compare the analysis that we have gathered between male and
female students. We were required to make a minimum of 15 survey
questions based on any topic related to diseases. The questions will
determine the understanding level of male and female students on the
chosen disease that we pick.


We decided to conduct our survey on STD Herpes Simplex Virus
1. We came up with 15 multiple choices question with some True and
False. All of the questions are made based on a lot of researches. So
there are questions on symptoms, effects, treatments, cure and more.


Most of the students that were asked are between the ages of 15-
25 years old. After we completed with giving out all the surveys, we
calculate the data and find the average on which gender knows better
on the disease.


We divided the survey into two categories: male and female. And
from there, we analyse on who has the most correct answer (mode),
and what their average score is overall (mean.) Then we go in a bit
more detail by looking at specific questions and asking which group has
the most correct answer. We use percentages to help us compare the
results.

OBJECTIVE

The mains objective of this project is to compare how much male

and female know about the disease. Also we have to apply our
knowledge on statistic and analyze the data that we have collected and
draw a conclusion from it. In order to get the data correctly, we have to
use the correct method to get the right data.


The project also help us raise awareness of STD Herpes Simplex
Virus 1, so that students know what it is and take note of it. This is a
very important subject for young teens, so this project would help all
the participants raise their awareness.

METHODOLOGY
We have finalised the survey questions on Sexually Transmitted
Disease (STD) Herpes Simplex Virus 1 (HSV-1), which consists of 15
questions, by the end of April and we started the survey in the early
month of May and the survey process took 2 weeks to be completed. In
total, we have 294 responses from students mainly from the age of 18
to 25 years old.
The survey process took place at Taylors University particularly
at the library area, in classroom and restaurants due to the high
number of students available. We started our survey by asking our
friends to answer the survey questions and other students at the
campus areas. The picture below shows some of the students
answering the survey questions outside of the library.

THE SURVEY FORM

S TD HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 1 (HSV-1)

GENDER:
AGE:
1. STD is also called sexually transmitted infection.
A. True
B. False
2. What is herpes?
A. A virus that attack the immune system
B. The inflation of the liver
C. Infection that caused by direct contact
D. Vaginal infection for women
3. In what country is herpes most commonly occurred?
A. United States
C. Africa
B. Mexico
D. None of the above
4. It occur to mostly at the age of
A. 15-20 years
C. 25-30 years
B. 20-24 years
D. Can happen to anyone at any age.
5. What are the caused of herpes simplex virus 1 (HSV-1)?
A. Sexual contact
B. Kissing
C. Genital herpes
D. HSV-2
6. HSV-1 is also known as oral herpes.
A. True
B. False
7. Symptoms of HSV-1 Includes:
A. Noticeable bumps around the lip area
B. Fever, pain, muscle aches
C. Pain, burning and itching at the infected area
D. All of the above
8. HSV can increase the chance of getting HIV.
A. True
B. False
9. You can get HSV-1 if you share eating utensils with someone.
A. True

B. False
10. What are some outbreaks of the virus? (Pick two)
A. Menstrual period
B. Nausea
C. Stress
E. Stomach ache
11. Which is NOT a way to diagnose HSV-1?
A. Blood tests
B. Urine Test
C. Antibody test
D. Viral Culture Analysis
12. HSV-1 currently have no cured.
A. True
B. False
13. How is HSV-1 NOT treated?
A. Cream medications
B. Drug therapy
C. Taking plenty of fluid
D. Antibiotics
14. How can you 100% prevent getting HSV-1?
A. Avoid touching saliva, skin
B. Spermicides
C. Use latex condoms
D. Dental dams
15. People who have HSV will have it for the rest of their lives.
A. True
B. False

ANSWER TO THE SURVEY

Answers
1. A
2. C
3. A
4. D
5. B
6. A
7. D
8. A
9. A
10. A, C
11. B
12. A
13. D
14. A
15. A

Data

FEMALE Participants

1.
2
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31

Age
16
16
16
16
16
16
17
17
17
17
17
17
17
18
18
18
18
18
18
18
18
18
18
18
18
18
18
18
18
18
18

Scores
10
4
9
9
4
4
11
2
9
5
15
15
5
8
7
6
5
4
4
4
3
3
8
9
9
10
10
11
10
13
9

32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
50
51
52
53
54
55
56
57
58
59
60
61
62

Age
18
18
18
18
18
18
18
18
18
19
19
19
19
19
19
19
19
19
19
19
19
19
19
19
19
19
19
19
19
19
19

Scores
4
8
3
5
3
6
6
5
7
9
9
7
7
7
7
7
6
5
5
4
4
3
13
10
9
9
8
8
8
7
3
9

63
64
65
66
67
68
69
70
71
72
73
74
75
76
77
78
79
80
81
82
83
84
85
86
87
88
89
90
91
92
93

Age
19
19
19
19
19
19
19
19
19
19
19
19
19
19
19
19
20
20
20
20
20
20
20
20
20
20
20
20
20
20
20

Scores
8
4
7
5
6
3
5
7
4
5
9
3
4
7
8
5
9
9
9
8
8
7
7
6
5
5
10
10
10
6
4



94
95
96
97
98
99
100
101
102
103
104
105
106
107
108
109
110
111
112
113
114
115
116
117
118
119
120
121
122
123
124
125
126
127

Age
20
21
21
21
21
21
21
21
21
21
21
21
21
21
21
21
22
22
22
22
22
22
22
22
23
23
23
23
23
23
23
24
24
24

Scores
7
11
8
8
7
7
5
3
2
9
11
9
3
9
3
7
11
12
5
9
15
13
10
6
6
3
10
9
5
15
7
9
12
8

128
129
130
131
132
133
134
135
136
137

Age
24
24
24
24
24
24
24
25
25
25

10

Scores
15
7
6
5
6
2
2
6
12
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MALE Participants



Age Scores
1
15 15
2
15 3
3
15 5
4
15 3
5
16 5
6
16 8
7
16 5
8
16 4
9
17 5
10 17 5
11 17 7
12 17 3
13 17 5
14 17 5
15 17 4
16 17 9
17 17 9
18 17 7
19 17 8
20 17 9
21 17 3
22 18 5
23 18 7
24 18 6
25 18 3
26 18 4
27 18 7
28 18 7
29 18 7
30 18 8
31 18 11

32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
50
51
52
53
54
55
56
57
58
59
60
61
62

Age
18
18
18
18
18
18
18
18
19
19
19
19
19
19
19
19
19
19
19
19
19
19
19
19
19
19
19
19
19
19
19
11

Scores
6
8
3
6
6
3
9
9
4
1
6
5
3
3
4
7
7
7
8
9
10
8
6
7
6
13
8
8
6
4
3

63
64
65
66
67
68
69
70
71
72
73
74
75
76
77
78
79
80
81
82
83
84
85
86
87
88
89
90
91
92
93

Age
19
19
19
19
19
19
19
19
20
20
20
20
20
20
20
20
20
20
20
20
20
20
20
20
20
20
20
21
21
21
21

Scores
3
4
8
7
7
8
7
5
2
3
3
3
5
8
8
9
9
10
11
6
10
10
8
7
10
6
3
5
9
9
7


94
95
96
97
98
99
100
101
102
103
104
105
106
107
108
109
110
111
112
113
114
115
116
117
118
119
120
121
122
123
124
125
126
127
128

Age
21
21
21
21
21
21
21
21
22
22
22
22
22
22
22
22
22
22
22
22
22
23
23
23
23
23
23
23
23
24
24
24
24
24
24

Scores
4
5
2
3
5
2
7
14
6
5
3
9
5
15
14
6
6
9
9
6
8
5
5
4
6
5
4
1
7
15
15
6
4
4
4

129
130
131
132
133
134
135
136
137
138
139
140
141
142
143
144
145
146
147
148
149
150
151
152
153
154
155
156
157

Age
24
24
24
24
24
24
24
24
24
24
24
24
24
24
24
24
24
24
24
24
24
24
24
24
24
24
24
24
25

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Scores
4
6
5
2
15
6
4
10
5
3
6
3
2
3
14
3
3
7
5
4
3
9
3
6
8
12
11
8
9

Calculation and Analysis

Age of Participants

Number of participants involve in the survey
90

Number of Participants

80
70
60
50
40

Female

30

Male

20
10
0
15-17

18-20
21-23
Age Range

13

24-25


Finding the mean scores

Female:

The average scores for female is by adding up all the scores together
and then divided by the number of participants.
So there are 137 female participants. And the total sums of the scores
are 1,069.

1069 137 7.8

So the mean scores for female are about 8. This means that the average
score that female got correct are 8/15.


Male:

There are a total of 157 male in total. The sum of all the males scores is
1,004.

1,004 157 6.39

So the mean score for male are about 6. This means that in average,
male got 6/15 correct for the survey.


From this analysis, we can conclude that female had gotten higher
score than male.

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Finding the mode

What scores do they frequently get?

Female

Scores
1
2
3

Frequency
0
4
12

Cumulative Frequency
0
4
16

4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15

14
17
12
19
13
20
10
5
3
3
0
5

30
47
59
78
91
111
121
126
129
132
132
137

From the table above, we can derive that the mode is score #9, because
it has a high frequency of 20. This means that the score 9, occurred 20
times for female students.

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Male

Scores
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15

Frequency
2
5
24
16
22
20
18
16
15
6
3
1
1
3
5

Cumulative Frequency
2
7
31
47
69
89
107
123
138
144
147
148
149
152
157

From the table above, we can derive that the mode for male
participants is the score 3 due to its high frequency of 24.
This means that most male got the score of 3/15.

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Which group answers the questions correct?

1. For question #2, it asks What is herpes?
The right answer for this question is : The inflection that caused by
direct contact.

So we want to analyse which group understand more for this answer.

Age
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25

Male
2/4
2/4
3/13
7/18
13/31
13/19
4/12
6/12
4/8
14/35
1/1

Female
0/0
3/6
4/7
13/27
17/28
8/16
8/15
6/8
5/7
9/10
2/3

The data above shows how many male and female at the specific age
answer the question correct. For example, for 17 year old male, only 3
out of 13 answer correct.


Then we make a graph to understand more and compare the results.

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Who mostly knows that HSV-! is caused by

direct contact?

NUmber of Correct Answers

40
35
30
25
20

Male

15

Female

10
5
0
15-17

18-20

21-23

24-25

Age Range

From this graph, we can derive that mostly female got the right answer
for this question. But at the age of 24-25, male have the higher number
of correct answers.

Although it is higher, we can understand that this could be the cause of
inequality of male and female participants. There are more 24-year-old
male than female. Which could make their result to have more than
female.

But overall, this analyzes us to understand that female is more aware of
what this disease is about.

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2. Then for question #3: In what country is herpes most commonly

occurred?
The correct answer for this question is : United States.

Which group mostly picks this correct answer?

We calculated this by adding up the correct marks that were answered
by the group. Then we analyse to see who are more aware of this
question.

We found out that

Male answered correct: 58/157

58 157 .376

Turning into percentages.

.376 100 = 37.6 % 38% of male got the correct answer.

Female answered correct: 60/137

60 137 .437

.437 100 = 43.7 % 44% of female got the correct answer.

From this calculation, we can analyze that female understand more that
HSV-1 occur mostly in the United States.







3. Then for question #4: HSV-1 can happen to anyone regardless of
their ages.
This is true.

Lets see which group knows best.


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Male: 56/157

56 157 .356

Turning into percentages.

.356 100 = 35.6 % 36% of male answer the question correct.

Female: 81/137

81 137 .591

Turning into percentages.

.591 100 = 59.1 % 59% of female answer the question correct.

We can analyze that for this question, female once again had
understand it more than male. About half of the female knows that
HSV-1 can occur to any ages.

Who understand more that HSV-1

can happen to any ages?
59%

Female

Male
Female

36%

Male

0%

10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70%

The graph above shows the comparison between male and female
understanding of HSV-1 happening at any ages. As you can see, female
have more percentages, thus means that they understand more.

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4. HSV-1 comes from kissing

Who agrees the most?

Male: 42/157 27%

Female: 51/137 37%

Who agrees that HSV-1 can come from

kissing?
37%

Female

Male
Female
27%

Male

0%

5%

10% 15% 20% 25% 30% 35% 40%

The graph above shows the comparison between male and female
understanding for this question.




4. HSV-1 currently have no cured. True or False?
Which group understands more about this information of HSV-1?

Male: 83/157 53%

Female: 88/137 64%

We can analyze that mostly half of the female got this question correct.
This also proves that female understand more about this disease.

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Conclusion

In conclusion, female students from the age range of 15-25,
understands more than male about Herpes Simplex Virus 1 (HSV-1).
Despite the majority of the participants being male, female students
still got the highest average score of 8/15, while male got 6/15.

We analyze in more detail by looking at significant questions that
would help us compare male and female students awareness of the
disease. What we found is shocking but the truth. Even though the
percentages are low for both male and female, it still proves that female
understands more about it.

From the tables and graphs that we provided, we can conclude again
that female understands more about this disease.



























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Appendix

References

http://www.webmd.com/genital-herpes/pain-management-
herpes
http://www.healthline.com/health/herpes-simplex
http://kidshealth.org/en/teens/cold-sores.html
https://www.aad.org/public/diseases/contagious-skin-
diseases/herpes-simplex
https://www.plannedparenthood.org/learn/stds-hiv-safer-sex
http://www.cdc.gov/std/
http://www.mayoclinic.org/std-symptoms/art-20047081
http://www.ashasexualhealth.org/stdsstis/

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