Business Finance - Accounting Assignment

UNIVERSITY OF CYBERJAYA

FACULTY OF BUSINESS & TECHNOLOGY

INDIVIDUAL ASSIGNMENT 1

PROGRAM : BAF/ BIBM

COURSE NAME & COURSE CODE : FOBT 3153 BUSINESS STATISTICS

SESSION : OCTOBER 2024

TOPIC : GRAPHICAL DESCRIPTIVE

METHODS & NUMERICAL

DESCRIPTIVE MEASURE

SUBMISSION DATE : 13TH DECEMBER 2024

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 13TH DECEMBER 2024 .

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 (b).

d. Describe the sample related to the statistics in part (b).

e. Describe the population from which the sample in part (d) was taken.

f. Students are required to prepare a presentation of the findings above.

2. The data below shows the distribution of 60 respondents surveyed based on their marital status and hours of exercise per week. Their exercise experience levels—beginner, intermediate, and advanced were also recorded. The survey resulted in the raw data presented in the table below.

Marital Status	Exercise Experience Level	Hours Exercise/Week	Marital Status	Exercise Experience Level	Hours Exercise/Week	Marital Status	Exercise Experience Level	Hours Exercise/Week
S	I	11	M	A	7	S	A	10
S	I	10	M	I	3	M	B	7
M	A	4	S	A	7	S	I	8
S	I	14	S	B	6	M	B	14
S	A	11	S	A	9	D	I	6
M	B	8	S	B	10	S	I	14
S	B	9	M	B	1	S	A	14
M	A	6	M	A	6	M	B	3
S	A	4	M	B	9	S	B	1
D	A	5	S	B	8	S	B	2
M	I	11	S	A	13	S	B	1
S	B	0	M	A	10	S	I	1
S	A	2	M	I	2	D	B	10
M	B	1	M	I	1	M	B	1
M	A	1	M	I	10	M	I	5
M	A	13	S	B	2	M	A	13
M	I	11	M	B	9	M	A	4
S	A	7	S	I	14	S	I	12
S	A	2	S	A	9	M	B	4
S	B	7	S	A	6	M	B	2

Notes

Marital Status: Exercise Experience Level:

S, Single B, Beginner;

M, Married; I, Intermediate,

D, Divorced. A, Advance.

a. What level of measurement is the variable Marital Status, Exercise Experience Level and Hours of exercise?

b. Construct raw frequency tables for variable marital status and for exercise experience level.

c. Using the data from (b), construct an appropriate graph/chart.

d. Construct a frequency distribution for Hours of exercise. (use 0 – 3 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) – grouped data table;

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	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 table	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

BAF/BIBM

Assignment: Business Statistics

Semester: October 2024

Cover page

FACULTY OF BUSINESS & TECHNOLOGY

BUSINESS STATISTICS (FOBT 3153)

OCTOBER 2024

ASSIGNMENT 1 COVER SHEET

Student Name	Student ID

Assignment Details

To be marked by: NUR SYAHIRAH BINTI SHAMSUDDIN
Date submitted:	Submission Due Date: 13TH DECEMBER 2024
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

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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).

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