APPLIED STATISTICS (SQQS2013) GROUP PROJECT (20%) INSTRUCTIONS 1. 2.

The members for each group must be at least 3 members and not exceed 5 members. The report consists of: i. Front page your main group ( ! "! # or $%! names of group members! name of lecturer. ii. Table of &ontents. iii. ns'ers for (art ) ": * ns'er all the +uestions. * (lease enclose the SPSSs output for each +uestion. i,. -eferences list do'n the reference boo.s (at least 2%. The references must follo' American Psychology Association ( ( % format. ,. &o,er of your report must be in LIG T !LUE colour paper. A"s#$% ALL the +uestions based on the gi,en data set. The data set can be &o#"'o(&$& from the learning /one. Filenames: )stu&$"ts *o('.+'s, 1ar.s 'ill be gi,en based on: i. Formatting (item 2 ) 3% ii. 3uestion 1 iii. 3uestion 2 The due date: 0- D$.$/0$% 2013 (T1u%s&(2).

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DATA ANAL3SIS USING SPSS Qu$st4o" 1 (-2 /(%5s) 4n one study! randomly selected students 'ere as.ed the follo'ing +uestion: 5hat 'ould you most li.e to do at school6 . 1a.e good grades. ". "e good at sports. &. "e popular. The students in,ol,ed in this study 'ere students in year 0*7 from three different school districts some'here outside 1alaysia. The processes of selecting students 'ere also based on three different strata! 'hich are urban! suburban! and rural school districts 'ith approximately 183 of their sample coming from each district. 9tudents indicated 'hether good grades! athletic ability! or popularity 'as most important to them. They also ran.ed four factors: grades! sports! loo.s! and money! in order of their importance for popularity. The +uestionnaire also as.ed for gender! grade le,el! and other demographic information. The information collected are summari/e belo': Nu/0$% o6 .(s$s7 02: 8(%4(0'$ N(/$s7 1. ;ender: "oy or girl 2. ;rade: 0! 5 or 7 3. ge: ge in years 0. -ace: 5hite! <ther 5. =rban8-ural: -ural! 9uburban! or =rban school district 7. 9chool: ! "! &! >! ?! F! ;! @! 4 !A 2. ;oals: 9tudentBs choice in the personal goals +uestion 'here options 'ere 1 C 1a.e ;ood ;rades! 2 C "e (opular! 3 C "e ;ood in 9ports :. ;rades: -an. of Dma.e good gradesD 'here 1C,ery important for popularity! 2Cimportant! 3Cless important and 0Cnot important E. 9ports: -an. of Dbeing good at sportsD 'here 1C,ery important for popularity! 2Cimportant! 3Cless important and 0Cnot important 1F. Goo.s: -an. of Dbeing handsome or prettyD 'here 1C,ery important for popularity! 2Cimportant! 3Cless important and 0Cnot important 11. 1oney: -an. of Dha,ing lots of moneyD by 'here 1C,ery important for popularity! 2Cimportant! 3Cless important and 0Cnot important (R$6$%$".$7 &hase! 1. .! and >ummer! ;. 1. (1EE2%! DThe -ole of 9ports as a 9ocial >eterminant for &hildren!D Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport! 73! 01:*020H

The responses are stored in excel file namely IstudentsJ goal.xlsJ. >o'nload the file from the learning /one! con,ert into 9(99 file and run the appropriate analysis to ans'er the follo'ing +uestions a. >etermine the number of students for each studentsJ goal related to theirK i% ;ender ii% -ace iii% =rban8-ural location by constructing a contingency table. For each factor (i% to (iii%! gi,e a brief summary of the result. (9 /(%5s) b. <btain the E:L confidence inter,al for the mean of age for students 'ho choose and 'ho didnJt choose ma.ing good grades as their choice of 'hat they most li.e to do at school. &ompare your result. (- /(%5s) c. "et'een =rban and rural location! 'hich location has a younger students at M CF.F26 (: /(%5s) d. mong grades! sports! loo.s and money! 'hich criteria is the most and least important for popularity. ;i,e your reason. (; /(%5s)

e. -un an appropriate test to determine 'hich ran. category (bet'een grades! sports! loo.s and money% that has significant relationship 'ith gender6 =se MCF.F2 (20 /(%5s) f. 5hat is the smallest limit of significance le,el for goal to ha,e a significant relationship 'ith: i% school6 ii% urban8rural location6 (Nustify your ans'er% (< /(%5s)

Qu$st4o" 2 (31 /(%5s) The number of in+uiries resulting from ad,ertisement published in local ne'spaper by section of ne'spaper (ne's! business! and sports% and days (1onday to Friday% in a randomly selected 'ee. are sho'n in T(0'$ 2.1 belo'. T(0'$ 2.1
Day Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thrusday Friday News 33 41 37 17 50 Business 46 35 34 31 36 Sports 18 26 27 24 45

Oey in the gi,en data into 9(99 and run appropriate test to chec. 'hether: a. 4s there enough e,idence to conclude that the mean of in+uiries for sport section is less than 3F in+uiries in a 'ee. at M CF.F26 (- /(%5s) b. 4s there enough e,idence to conclude that readers ma.e more in+uiries on Friday compared to 1onday at M CF.F26 (: /(%5s) c. 4gnoring the effect of days in a 'ee.! does the number of in+uiries affected by the section of ne'spaper6 more =se M CF.F5 (: /(%5s) d. ssuming that the effect of days in a 'ee. 'ere considered in order to reduce the error of experiment! does the number of in+uiries affected by the section of ne'spaper6 =se M CF.F5 (- /(%5s) (3 /(%5s) END O= QUESTIONS. 0

e. &ompare your result in (c% and (d%. 1a.e conclusion and gi,e reason.

App$"&4+ A ?xample sheet on ho' to ans'er this +uestion To ("s#$% $(.1 >u$st4o"7 1. P(st$ t1$ .o%%$.t output (6t$% t1$ >u$st4o" 2. C4%.'$ t1$ ?('u$ 2ou "$$& 4" 2ou% ("s#$% 3. A"s#$% t1$ >u$st4o" (s 4" 2ou% "ot$s (1("&#%4t4"*) <btain the E:L confidence inter,al for the a,erage time (month% ta.en by the graduates to find their first Nob and thus explain the ,alue. (; /(%5s)

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T"e 98% confidence inter!al for t"e a!erage ti'e ('ont") ta(en )* t"e graduates to find t"eir first +o) is gi!en )* ,.11 0.01 Conclusion2 3e are 98% confidence t"at t"e a!erage ti'e ta(en )* t"e graduates to find t"eir first +o) is )et$een ,.11 and 0.01 'ont"s.

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