PENYERAHAN DAN PENILAIAN TUGASAN ASSIGNMENT SUBMISSION AND ASSESSMENT _________________________________________________________________________ SBST 1303 ELEMENTARY STATISTICS/ STATISTIK ASAS

SEPTEMBER 2011 _________________________________________________________________________ ARAHAN KEPADA PELAJAR / INSTRUCTIONS TO STUDENTS 1. Tugasan ini mengandungi DUA (2) soalan sahaja yang disediakan dalam bahasa modul bercetak kursus ini. / This assignment contains only TWO (2) questions that are set in the language of the printed module for the course. 2. Jawab dalam Bahasa Melayu atau Bahasa Inggeris. Malay or English. / Answer in

3. Muat turunkan templat tugasan versi bahasa yang berkenaan daripada MyVLE untuk penyediaan dan penyerahan tugasan anda. Tugasan anda hendaklah ditaip dengan menggunakan Times New Roman fon saiz 12 dan langkau 1.5. baris/ Download the language version of the assignment template concerned from the MyVLE for preparation and submission of your assignment. Your assignment should be typed using 12 point Times New Roman font and 1.5 line spacing. 4. Anda dikehendaki menghantar tugasan SECARA ON-LINE melalui MyVLE. Sila rujuk kepada portal untuk arahan mengenai prosedur menghantar tugasan anda secara on-line. Anda dinasihatkan menyimpan senaskah tugasan yang diserahkan untuk rujukan sendiri. / You must submit your assignment ON-LINE via the MyVLE. Refer to the portal for instructions on the procedures to submit your assignment on-line. You are advised to keep a copy of your submitted assignment for personal reference.

5. Anda hanya boleh menghantar tugasan SEKALI sahaja dalam SATU fail. / You can submit your assignment ONCE only in a SINGLE file. 6. Tugasan anda hendaklah diserahkan pada 2 November 2011 hingga 13 November 2011. Serahan selepas 13 November 2011 TIDAK akan diterima. / Your assignment must be submitted between 2 November 2011 and 13 November 2011. Submission after 13 November 2011 will NOT be accepted. 7. Tugasan hendaklah disiapkan secara individu. Anda dilarang meniru tugasan orang lain. Anda juga dilarang sama sekali memplagiat kerja orang lain sebagai kerja sendiri. /

Your assignment should be prepared individually. You should not copy another persons assignment. You should also not plagiarise another persons work as your own.

PENILAIAN / EVALUATION Tugasan ini menyumbang sehingga 30% daripada jumlah markah kursus berkenaan. / This assignment accounts for 30% of the total marks for the course. Anda akan diberikan maklum balas tentang tugasan ini sebelum Peperiksaan Akhir Semester bermula / You would be given feedback on the assignment before the Final Semester Examination commences. PLAGIARISME: DEDUCTION POTONGAN MARKAH / PLAGIARISM: MARKS

Amaran: Tugasan yang diserahkan, secara automatik, akan disemak untuk menentukan kadar pertindihan. Jika plagiarisme dikesan, markah akan dipotong seperti berikut: / Warning: The submitted assignment will automatically undergo a similarity check. If plagiarism is detected, marks would be deducted as follows: Tugasan dengan pertindihan kandungan antara 10 - 30 % : potongan 20% daripada jumlah markah yang diperoleh. Tugasan dengan pertindihan kandungan lebih daripada 30 %: Markah sifar akan diberikan. Assignments with 10 - 30 % overlap with others: 20% deduction from the total marks scored. Assignments with more than 30% overlap with others : Zero mark would be given.

ASSIGNMENT QUESTION INSTRUCTION: ANSWER ALL QUESTIONS. QUESTION 1

A study on identifying the basic category of thinking skills has been conducted among 100 students in a selected secondary school. In this study, 7 main questions have been constructed based on 7 dimensions of thinking skills and each question gives a maximum of 2 marks. Table 1 shows the thinking skills scores among the students. Table 1 : Thinking Skills Scores 14 14 14 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 11 11 11 11 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 9 8 8 8 8 8 8 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 6 6 6 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 2 2 2

a) If the scores can be classified into 3 main groups as shown in Table 2, construct a pie chart (in percentage) to represent the data. Table 2 : Level of Thinking Skills Group score 0 to 5 6 to 10 11 to 14 Level of Thinking Skills Low Medium High

b) Analyse the thinking skills scores obtained by the students based on your pie chart. c) By using class interval of 0-2, 3-5, 6-8, 9-11 and 12-14, i. ii. Construct a histogram for the scores. Construct a cumulative frequency polygon less than or equal and estimate number of students who did not score 10. (15 marks)

QUESTION 2

A mathematics test has been administered to a group of 40 students. The results of the test are shown in Table 3 below. Table 3: Frequency Distribution of Test Results (in grade) Grade obtained 1.5-2.4 2.5-3.4 3.5-4.4 4.5-5.4 5.5-6.4 6.5-7.4 7.5-8.4 8.5-9.4 9.5-10.4 Actual Grade 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Frequency 3 3 5 5 6 8 4 4 2

By using the actual grade as class mid-point, a) b) c) construct a histogram of students test results. state the relative frequency (in decimal ) for the fifth class. calculate the following: i. ii. iii. iv. v. mean mode median variance standard deviation.
(15 marks)

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