![SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE, BUILDING & DESIGN
Foundation in Natural and Built Environment
Final Assignment: Statistics
Module: Mathematics [MTH10304]
Lecturer: Ms. Ann See Peng
Submission date: 12 January 2016
Group members: Lee Xin Ying (0322432)
Chong Yi Hui (0324405)
Alfred Loh (0323581)
Boon Li Ying (0323839)
Michelle Tung (0324175)](https://image.slidesharecdn.com/math-statistics1-160203124325/85/Math-statistics-1-1-320.jpg)
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- 1. SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE, BUILDING & DESIGN Foundation in Natural and Built Environment Final Assignment: Statistics Module: Mathematics [MTH10304] Lecturer: Ms. Ann See Peng Submission date: 12 January 2016 Group members: Lee Xin Ying (0322432) Chong Yi Hui (0324405) Alfred Loh (0323581) Boon Li Ying (0323839) Michelle Tung (0324175)
- 2. Content No. Title Page number 1. Introduction 1 2. Objectives 2 3. Methodology 3 - 4 4. Questionnaire 5 – 7 5. Analysis 8 – 16 6. Conclusion 17 - 18
- 3. Introduction This is our final assignment for Mathematics. This assignment is designed to provide us with experience on how to conducta survey, to organize, present the data and we were assumed to work in a group to study the understanding level of female and male students in Taylor’s University on the common chronic disease, Epilepsy in Malaysia. Epilepsy, also known as a chronic disorder where a condition that affects the brain and causes repeated seizures. Nowadays, people can get Epilepsy in any age and the most important thing to do when u saw a personduring seizure, you have to put a cloth or anything soft for the patient to bite so that they won’t bite their own tongue. Thus, we chooseEpilepsy as our topic because we would like to find out how well do adults between aged 18 – 30 know about it. There are 18 questions in our survey form, through the survey form we can analyze the understanding level of young adults on this common chronic disease in Malaysia.
- 4. Objectives The main objective of this assignment is to study the understanding level of female and male students in Taylors University on one of the common chronic diseases in Malaysia. We chose epilepsy as our topic because people often misunderstand or even do not know about this disease. This task is to collect and organize the statistical data. Besides that, we can apply the knowledge that we obtained to analyze the statistical data and draw conclusion from the data. From there, we able to understand the information that is being presented and to ask the right questions about any conclusions that are drawn from it.
- 5. Methodology Data for this report were gathered from 21 December 2015 to 8 January 2016. A questionnaire survey about the disease “Epilepsy” was carried out from 28 December 2015 to 8 January 2016. The questionnaires were distributed to a total of 250 students, which consists of 125 male students and 125 female students. Each of us were responsible to survey 50 students which consist of 25 male and 25 female. All the 250 female and male students did the questionnaires on paper. The questionnaires were distributed to students from Taylor’s University Lakeside Campus in the library and outside of the Student Life Central. These questionnaires were distributed equally to get the correct statistics that is needed for this project. After finishing the questionnaires, we separated the questionnaires to male and female. Each of us analyze our own 50 survey forms and then we gathered all the information together to make our statistics analysis for this report. We created tables and tally chart to count the data collected so that they are accurate. We also double checked the tallies to confirm the accuracy of the data. We calculated the mode for each questions to know that which category of students understand better on this disease. After we have finished analyzing the data collected, we concluded that the female students are more understands than the male students on the diseases, Epilepsy.
- 6. Survey Questionnaire SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE,BUILDING & DESIGN Centre for Modern Architecture Studies in Southeast Asia (MASSA) ___________________________________________________________________ Foundation in Naturaland Built Environments This survey is to study the understanding level of female and male students in Taylor’s University on one of the common chronic disease, epilepsy in Malaysia. Gender: Age: 1. What is epilepsy? o A condition that affects the brain and causes repeated seizures o A serious medical emergencyin which the supply of blood to the heart is suddenly blocked 2. What age of people can get epilepsy? o Children o Adult o Senior Citizen o Any age 3. Which of the following are not the causes ofepilepsy? o Low oxygen during birth o Stroke o Brain tumours o Abnormal level of blood sugar
- 7. 4. What causesthe idiopathic partialepilepsyoccurrence? o Genetic o Unknown, such as widespread brain damage 5. Does epileptic seizures all startin the brain? o Yes o No 6. Will the seizurecausepain? o Yes o No 7. How many main types of epilepsy seizures are there? o 2 o 3 o 4 8. Which of the following are not the causes ofphysicalchangesin seizures? o Uncontrolled movement o Falling backward o Become very stiff o Difficulty talking 9. Which of the following are not the common triggers of seizures? o Not getting enough sleep o Alcoholor drug use o Stress o Less caffeine 10. Which is the correctways to avoid the epileptic seizures patientfrom biting their own tongue during seizure? o Put a cloth or anything softfor the patient to bite o Put a metal spoon o Put your own hand for the patient to bite
- 8. 11. How long do seizuresusually last? o A few seconds to a few minutes o One hour o More than an hour 12. Should we or should we not restricttheir movementduring seizure? o Yes o No 13. Can this dieses spread throughother ways except biologically? o Yes o No 14. Is there a medication thatcan preventseizuresfrom occurring? o Yes o No 15. What are the common side effects after taking epilepsy drugs? o Lack of energy o Sleepiness o Headaches o All of the above 16. Can anyone with epilepsy drive? o Yes o No 17. Is epilepsy a life threateningdieses? o Yes o No
- 9. 18. Is epilepsy cancerous? o Yes o No Here are some pictures of the survey being answered by Taylor’s University Lakeside Campus students in the library.
- 10. Analysis 1. What is epilepsy? Answer: A condition that affects the brain and causes repeated seizures. Mode: Female 2. What age of people can get epilepsy? Answer: Any age Mode: Female 86% 14% Male A condition that affects the brain and causes repeated seizures A serious medical emergency in which the supply of blood to the heart is suddenly blocked 89% 11% Female A condition that affects the brain and causes repeated seizures A serious medical emergency in which the supply of blood to the heart is suddenly blocked 4% 5% 3% 88% Male Children Adult Senior Citizen Any age 0% 5% 5% 90% Female Children Adult Senior Citizen Any age
- 11. 3. Which of the following are not the causes of epilepsy? Answer: High oxygen during birth Mode: Male 4. What causes the idiopathic partial epilepsy occurrence? Answer: Genetic Mode: Female 34% 7% 9% 50% Male High oxygen during birth Stroke Brain tumours Abnormal level of blood sugar 33% 5% 16% 46% Female High oxygen during birth Stroke Brain tumours Abnormal level of blood sugar 52%48% Male Genetic Unknown, such as widespread brain damage 54% 46% Female Genetic Unknown, such as widespread brain damage
- 12. 5. Do epileptic seizures all start in the brain? Answer: Yes Mode: Male 6. Will the seizures cause pain? Answer: No Mode: Female 78% 22% Male Yes No 77% 23% Female Yes No 64% 36% Male Yes No 48% 52% Female Yes No
- 13. 7. How many main types of epilepsy seizures are there? Answer: 2 Mode: Female 8. Which of the following are not the causes of physical changes in seizures? Answer: Falling backward Mode: Male 30% 49% 21% Male 2 3 4 40% 51% 9% Female 2 3 4 14% 54% 15% 17% Male Uncontrolled movement Falling backward Become very stiff Difficult talking 11% 53% 18% 18% Female Uncontrolled movement Falling backward Become very stiff Difficult talking
- 14. 9. Which of the following are not the common triggers of seizures? Answer: Less caffeine Mode: Female 10. Which is the correct ways to avoid the epileptic seizures patient from biting their own tongue during seizure? Answer: Put a cloth or anything soft for the patient to bite Mode: Female 14% 10% 15%61% Male Not getting enough sleep Alcohol or drug use Stress Less caffeine 10% 11% 13% 66% Female Not getting enough sleep Alcohol or drug use Stress Less caffeine 82% 11% 7% Male Put a cloth or anything soft for the patient to bite Put a metal spoon Put your own hand for the patient to bite 83% 10% 7% Female Put a cloth or anything soft for the patient to bite Put a metal spoon Put your own hand for the patient to bite
- 15. 11. How long do seizures usually last? Answer: A few seconds to a few minutes Mode: Female 12. Should we or should we not restrict their movement during seizure? Answer: No Mode: Female 84% 10% 6% Male A few seconds to a few minutes One hour More than an hour 89% 5% 6% Female A few seconds to a few minutes One hour More than an hour 57% 43% Male Yes No 48% 52% Female Yes No
- 16. 13. Can this disease spread through other ways except biologically? Answer: No Mode: Male 14. Is there a medication that can prevent seizures from occurring? Answer: Yes Mode: Equal 26% 74% Male Yes No 31% 69% Female Yes No 71% 29% Male Yes No 71% 29% Female Yes No
- 17. 15. What are the common side effects after taking epilepsy drugs? Answer: All of the above Mode: Female 16. Can anyone with epilepsy drive? Answer: No Mode: Male 7% 8% 22% 63% Male Lack of energy Sleepiness Headaches All of the above 7% 9% 5% 79% Female Lack of energy Sleepiness Headaches All of the above 22% 78% Male Yes No 26% 74% Female Yes No
- 18. 17. Is epilepsy a life threatening disease? Answer: Yes Mode: Female 18. Is epilepsy cancerous? Answer: No Mode: Male 64% 36% Male Yes No 73% 27% Female Yes No 14% 86% Male Yes No 17% 83% Female Yes No
- 19. Conclusion After we finished the survey, we acquired enough information to compare which group of students understand better on epilepsy. Overall, we found that the mode of more understanding on this disease is female, because the percentage of female selected the correct answer is more than male. The average percentage of chose the correct answer of male in these 18 questions is 64.67%, while female is 68.17%. The correct definition of epilepsy is a condition that affects the brain and causes repeated seizures and as you can see from the analysis above, the majority of male and female selected the correctanswer, but the percentage of female is higher than male. This means that female has more understanding than male about what is epilepsy. There is any age of people can get epilepsy and question 3 was to test the understanding of the causes of epilepsy. Fromthe result as shown above, we can see that male and female have a very close percentage of chose the correct answer in these two question. Percentage of female is higher than male 2% in question 2 while percentage of male is higher than female 1% in question 3. But there are more than 50% of male and female chosethe wrong answer in question 3. This is a little bit trick question for question 4. It is asking about the causes of the idiopathic partial epilepsy. We can see that the percentage is almost the same of the male and female students. But the percentage of female is higher than male 2%. Question 5 and 6 are the questions about epileptic seizures. That is more than 75% of male and female selected the correct answer of question 5 and the mode is male. The difference of percentage between male and female is 1% only. The mode of chose the correct answer for question 6 is female and the majority of male do not know the correctanswer. There are 2 main types ofepilepsy seizures. The percentage ofboth gender by choosing the correctanswer are less than 50% and the mode is female. The analysis above shown that percentage of male knew the causes of physical changes in seizures is higher than female 1%. From our analysis above, mode of understanding the most of the common triggers of seizures for question 9 is female.
- 20. We tested the understanding of the students by asking the correct ways to avoid epileptic seizures patient from biting their own tongue. Both gender have very closepercentage but female is higher than male 1% only. Wealso asked the question about how long do seizures usually last and the mode also is female. Question 12 tell us that we should not restrict the patient’s movement during seizures and the mode for selected the correctanswer is female again. Mode of question 13 is male. In question 14 to 15, we asked about the medication and side effects after taking drugs. There is no mode for question 14 because male and female have the same percentage. From the analysis above, mode of question 15 is female. Fromthe question regarding to the can orcannot forthe epilepsy patient drive, the mode of chosethe correct answer which is no is male. We founded that female students have the knowledge of epilepsy is a life threatening disease compare to male. Lastly, majority of the students knew that epilepsy is not cancerous. Despite their percentage are closeto each other, but percentage of male is 86% while female is 83%.