INDIVIDUAL ASSIGNMENT 1
PROGRAM : BAF/ BIBM
COURSE NAME & COURSE CODE : FOBT 3153 BUSINESS STATISTICS
SESSION : OCTOBER 2023
TOPIC : GRAPHICAL DESCRIPTIVE
METHODS & NUMERICAL DESCRIPTIVE MEASURE SUBMISSION DATE : 1st DECEMBER 2023
LECTURER : NUR SYAHIRAH
SHAMSUDDIN
LEARNING OUTCOME : CL03
WEIGHTING : 20%
INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES:
1. The assessment criteria are included for reference.
2. This assignment must be received no later than 1st DECEMBER 2023.
3. The work you produce is expected to be wholly your own work, except where you have been asked to work as part of a group, when it should be the result of the group's discussions. Where material is drawn from any other source, you should acknowledge this in the text.
Plagiarism is a disciplinary offence under the academic code of practice for students in assessments. Penalties for plagiarism are potentially serious and may affect your eligibility for an award.
4. The assignment should be word processed typed on A4 sized paper (single side only) and double-spaced. Please include a title page indicating your name, student number, class, module title and the name of the lecturer concerned. Please staple at the left-hand corner of the assignment.
5. You are requested to keep a copy of your work.
FORMATING INSTRUCTIONS:
Font type: Times New Roman
Font size: 12
INTRODUCTION:
This assignment covers chapter 1 and chapter 2 of this course on topics of Descriptive Statistics and Measures of Central Tendency and
Dispersion.
DIRECTION(S)/REQUIREMENT(S):
1. Find a short article/graphic info that is business related from any source that exemplifies the use of statistics.
a. Provide the article in the report and cite appropriately.
b. Identify and describe one statistic reported in the article.
c. State the variable related to the statistic in part (ii).
d. Describe the sample related to the statistics in part (ii).
e. Describe the population from which the sample in part (iv) was taken.
f. Students are required to present the findings above.
2. The data below shows the distribution of 66 employees that were surveyed based on their gender on their satisfaction score working in the company in the past 6 months. They were also recorded by their position in the company as Senior, Executive or Junior level. The survey resulted in the raw data presented in the table as follows.
Gende
r Level Satisfaction Score
Gende
r Level Satisfaction Score
Gende
r Level Satisfaction Score
F S 31 M E 41 F S 36
F E 44 M S 43 F E 32
M J 40 F J 21 F E 36
F J 36 M J 35 M E 38
F E 32 F S 35 M J 36
F E 48 F J 25 F E 24
F J 27 F E 43 F E 29
F S 22 F J 28 M S 29
M E 25 M J 37 M S 34
F E 29 M J 28 F J 33
F E 25 M E 39 M S 29
F J 32 M E 31 M E 36
F S 45 F S 22 M S 34
F E 29 F J 19 M E 40
M S 29 M J 26 M S 42
M E 36 F S 24 M J 24
M J 20 F S 48 F E 35
F J 39 M E 35 F E 47
F J 34 M E 45 M S 32
F S 30 F E 44 F J 17
M E 42 M E 36 M J 31
F S 35 M E 40 F E 28
Notes
Gender: Position Level:
F, Female J, Junior level;
M, Male; E, Executive level, S, Senior level;
a. What level of measurement is the variable Gender? Level?
Satisfaction Score?
b. Construct raw frequency tables for variable gender and for position level.
c. Using the data from (b), construct an appropriate graph/chart.
d. Construct a frequency distribution for Stress Score. (use 17 – 20 as starting class). Compute midpoint, fx, fx2 and cumulative frequency.
e. Using the data from (d), construct an appropriate graph/chart.
f. Using the data from (d);
i. Calculate the value of mean.
ii. Calculate the value of median.
iii. Determine the value of mode.
iv. Compute the value of variance.
v. Determine the value of standard deviation.
EVALUATION RUBRIC:
Criteria Marks
1. a. Provide the article in 2
b. Identify and describe one statistic 2
c. State the variable 2
d. Describe the sample 2
e. Describe the population 2
f. Presentation 5
2. a. level of measurement 3
b. raw frequency tables 4
c. graph/chart. 4
d. Frequency Distribution Table 5
e. graph/chart. 4
f. i. Mean 2
ii. Median 4
iii. Mode 4
iv. variance 4
v. Standard deviation 1
Total 50
FACULTY OF BUSINESS & TECHNOLOGY BUSINESS STATISTICS (FOBT 3153)
OCTOBER 2023
ASSIGNMENT 1 COVER SHEET
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Assignment Details
To be marked by: NUR SYAHIRAH BINTI SHAMSUDDIN
Date submitted: Submission Due Date: 1
DECEMBER 2023 Submission of this assignment agrees to the following:
I understand that the piece of work submitted will be considered as the final and complete version of my assignment of which I am the sole author. I understand both the meaning and consequences of plagiarism and that my work has been appropriately attributed unless otherwise stated. I have not knowingly allowed another to copy my work.
Assignment Feedback - Lecturer Use Only First Marker Feedback:
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2) Blackwood, Charlene. 1991. Pleasure reading by college students' fact or fictions. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Mid South Educational Research Association. ERIC ED 3444191.
3) Ciampa, K. (2012). Reading in the digital age: Using electronic books as a teaching tool for beginning readers. Canadian Journal Of Learning And Technology, 38(2).
