BST 1034 STATISTICS FOR MANAGERS

GROUP PROJECT (MINI RESEARCH)

Trimester 2, 2014/2015
Due date: 16th Jan 2015 (Friday) before 12pm to your respective
lecturer.
General information:

Organisation

Group (group members shall not exceed 5 students/group)

Assessment

This assignment contributes to 50% to the total coursework

marks.

Assignment/gr
oup
registration (if
any)

Please submit your group names to your respective lecturer by

21 November 2014.

Student
Learning Time

This assignment shall take 12 hours to complete.

Submission
requirements

Submission to
Cover page
Typeface/Font
Font size
Line spacing
Margins
Length
Reference
format
Binding

Mapping of
outcomes:

assignment

Respective Lecturer
Please use the attached cover page
Times New Roman
12
1.5
Top: 2.54 cm; Bottom: 2.54cm; Left: 2.54cm;
Right: 2.54cm
No limit
APA Style
Comb binding
learning

outcomes

to

subject

learning

Assignments Learning Outcomes

Upon completion of this assignment,
students should be able to:
1 Apply the descriptive statistic in the
assignment to understand the trend
of the data collected

Subject Learning Outcomes

Upon completion of this subject,
students should be able to:
LO1 Compute and apply the descriptive

LO3

Analyse
the
data
by
using
hypothesis
testing
for
two
populations or one-way ANOVA

statistic

Compute and analyse data

estimation and hypothesis testing

using

Scenario:
Mathematics is a very challenging subject for most of the students. The main
purpose of the study is to identify the important factors that affect the performance of
the students in mathematics. The following questionnaire is designed for the purpose
of the study.
Please circle the appropriate answers
Gender:
1.Male

2. Female

Faculty
1.FOB

2. FET

3. FIST

4. CDP

2.Chinese

3.Indian

4. Others (Specify: __________)

Ethnicity:
1.Malay

Performance
Mathematics or Statistics result in the recent exam:
1.F

2. D

3.C

4. B

5. A

Number of attempts:
1.

2.

3.

___________________________________________________________________________

1
2
Strongly Disagree
Disagree
Students Attitude
Sl.N
o
1
2
3
4

3
Neutral

Statement
I spent more time studying maths than
other subjects
I do my homework regularly.
When I study maths I memorize the
steps needed to solve the problems.
I always take notes while my teacher
explains and refer when doing my

4
Agree
1

5
Strongly Agree
3

homework
I always consult my teacher after the
class is over, when I did not understand
in the classroom

Teachers Assistance
Sl.N
o
1
2
3
4
5

Statement

My teacher knows how to explain the

maths in simple terms
My teacher solves more problems in the
class
I feel free to ask for help when I dont
understand
My teacher encourages me to be
positive about maths
My teacher helps me with my maths
outside class time

Environmental and Peer factors

Sl.N
o
1
2

3
4
5

Statement
The total number of students in the
maths lecture class is satisfactory
Campus environment is providing
suitable place to study after the class
hours
I have friends to help me if I do not
understand in solving problems
Library provides sufficient reference
books for additional exercise
The classroom facilities are under good
maintenance so that there is no
interruption during the lecture

Type of assignment: Group with a maximum of 5 students.

Tasks
a. State the research objective(s).

b. Distribute your questionnaires to samples of MMU students from different

faculties. (The minimum required data is 50 students that consist of at least 10
students from each faculty, thus you are advised to distribute to more than 50
students).
c. Present and describe the demographic profile of the respondents by means of
suitable tables and charts.

d. Develop 5 hypotheses.
Example:
Hypothesis 1: The performance in mathematics differs significantly for the
students from different faculties.
Hypotheses 2: Students attitude has a significant effect on the mathematics
performance.
e. The

variables

students

attitude,

teachers

assistance

and

environmental and peer factor are obtained by finding the average of the
5 items.
For example: SA Q1: student attitude question 1..

f. Analyze your data using Microsoft Excel/ or SPSS. You may refer to various
references such as books, video, website, etc.
g. Use appropriate statistical tests to validate the hypotheses developed.
h. Present your data and findings in a logical flow.
i. Draw a conclusion and suggestions on your findings which to answer the
research objective(s) and provide some significance of your study to the
university.

SUBJECT CODE AND SUBJECT NAME

Trimester X, 20XX/20XX

Insert assignment title

Submission date: DD MM YYYY
Lecturer: Miss XYZ
Prepared by:
Student ID

Student Name

Declaration by group leader

(This section is to be filled in the students own handwriting.)

I hereby declare that all group members names are correctly included in the above section. I
hold a copy of this assignment which I can produce if the original is lost or damaged. I certify
that no part of this assignment has been copied from any other students work or from any
other source except where due acknowledgement is made in the assignment.

Group leaders signature

: _____________________________

Group leaders name

: _____________________________

Group leaders student ID

: _____________________________

Date

: _____________________________

Marking scheme:
To be filled by the examiner

Marking scheme

Marks
allocated

Introduction

Research Objectives

Development of Hypotheses

Presentation of Demographic profiles

Data Analysis : Hypothesis Testing

Inferential statistics

Conclusion/Suggestion

Total

Penalty (Failed to meet deadline,

infringement of copyright, free rider
problem, leadership problem etc)

25

To be
decided

Actual marks