GUIDELINES FOR STA104/QMT 181 - GROUP PROJECT
INSTRUCTIONS TO STUDENTS:
1. Set up a group that consists of maximum FOUR (4) members from your class and name your
group.
2. Choose any issue (inside/outside UiTM) to be your research topic. (Example: Handphone
usage among UiTM students, Mobile phone game addiction among UiTM students, Reading
habit among UiTM students.)
3. Determine your research objectives and list them all down. (Minimum 4 objectives).
4. Find data. (If you choose to use secondary data)
5. Design a questionnaire. (If you choose to use primary data)
• Your questionnaire must be simple yet useful for your study.
• It must contain enough information for you to do a very good analysis.
• The questions in the questionnaire must correspond with your research objectives.
(If 4 objectives = 4 questions).
• Make sure you have both qualitative and quantitative variables in your study.
6. Select a sample for your study by using an appropriate sampling technique. Distribute the
questionnaire to your selected sample.
7. Do a statistical analysis on the questionnaire that you collected.
8. Write a project report.
9. Prepare for a presentation.
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REPORT GUIDELINES:
Your report should include:
1. Contents
2. Acknowledgement
3. An interesting group photo with names of all members
4. Introduction
- Explain about your topic.
- Explain why you choose the topic.
- State the objectives of your study.
5. Sampling technique
- Describe sampling technique that you use in your study. Explain the technique
correctly. Draw a picture if necessary to make your explanation more interesting.
6. Data collection method (primary data)
- Explain about your data collection method.
7. Data analysis and results
Qualitative data Quantitative data
The analysis for qualitative data must The analysis for quantitative data must
include: include:
• Frequency distribution • Frequency distribution
• Bar chart • Histogram
• Pie chart • Frequency polygon
• Ogive
• Measures of central tendency
(mean, median, mode)
• Measures of dispersion (variance
and standard deviation)
• Shape of distribution
8. Conclusion
- Summary
PRESENTATION GUIDELINES:
Your presentation must be:
1. Within 10-12 minutes.
2. Fun, unique and interesting.
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EXAMPLE OF
QUESTINONNAIRE
TITLE: READING HABIT AMONG UiTM students.
OBJECTIVES:
1. To study the reading interest among UiTM students.
2. To determine reading material that UiTM students prefer the most.
3. To investigate the reason UiTM students read.
4. To determine the amount of time spent on reading in one day by UiTM students.
5. To determine the amount of money spent by UiTM students on reading materials in one
semester.
QUESTIONS:
PART A:
Gender:
Male
Female
PART B: Choose only ONE answer.
1. How often do you read in a month?
Always (more than 6 times)
Sometimes (3-5 times)
Seldom (0-2 times)
2. Which reading material you enjoy reading the most?
Newspaper
Magazine
Novel
Encyclopaedia
Reference book
3. Why do you read?
Reading is my hobby
To increase my knowledge
To improve my language
4. How much time do you spend on reading in one day?
Below 20 minutes
20 – 29 minutes
30 – 39 minutes
40 – 49 minutes
50 – 59 minutes
60 – 69 minutes
70 minutes and above
5. How much money do you spend to buy reading materials in one semester?
RM0 – RM49
RM50 – RM99
RM100 – RM149
RM150 – RM199
RM200 and above
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