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)

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

Introduction

This is our final assignment for Mathematics. This assignment is designed to provide us with experience on how to conduct a 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 person during 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 choose Epilepsy 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.

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.

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.

Survey Questionnaire

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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 seizureso A serious medical emergency in 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 Citizeno Any age

3. Which of the following are not the causes of epilepsy?o Low oxygen during birth o Stroke o Brain tumourso Abnormal level of blood sugar

4. What causes the idiopathic partial epilepsy occurrence?o Genetico Unknown, such as widespread brain damage

5. Does epileptic seizures all start in the brain?o Yes o No

6. Will the seizure cause pain?o Yes o No

7. How many main types of epilepsy seizures are there?o 2o 3o 4

8. Which of the following are not the causes of physical changes in seizures?

o Uncontrolled movement o Falling backward o Become very stiffo Difficulty talking

9. Which of the following are not the common triggers of seizures?o Not getting enough sleepo Alcohol or drug useo Stresso Less caffeine

10. Which is the correct ways to avoid the epileptic seizures patient from biting their own tongue during seizure?

o Put a cloth or anything soft for the patient to biteo Put a metal spoono Put your own hand for the patient to bite

11. How long do seizures usually last?o A few seconds to a few minutes o One houro More than an hour

12. Should we or should we not restrict their movement during seizure?

o Yeso No

13. Can this dieses spread through other ways except biologically?

o Yeso No

14. Is there a medication that can prevent seizures from occurring?

o Yeso No

15. What are the common side effects after taking epilepsy drugs?

o Lack of energyo Sleepinesso Headaches o All of the above

16. Can anyone with epilepsy drive?o Yes o No

17. Is epilepsy a life threatening dieses?o Yes o No

18. Is epilepsy cancerous?o Yeso No

Here are some pictures of the survey being answered by Taylor’s University Lakeside Campus students in the library.

Analysis1. What is epilepsy?

Answer: A condition that affects the brain and causes repeated seizures.

86%

14%

Male

A condition that affects the brain and causes repeated seizuresA 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 seizuresA serious medical emergency in which the supply of blood to the heart is suddenly blocked

Mode: Female

2. What age of people can get epilepsy?Answer: Any age

4%5%

3%

88%

Male

ChildrenAdultSenior CitizenAny age

5%

5%

90%

Female

ChildrenAdultSenior CitizenAny age

Mode: Female

3. Which of the following are not the causes of epilepsy?Answer: High oxygen during birth

34%

7%

9%

50%

Male

High oxygen during birthStrokeBrain tumoursAbnormal level of blood sugar

34%

5%

16%

46%

Female

High oxygen during birthStrokeBrain tumoursAbnormal level of blood sugar

Mode: Male

4. What causes the idiopathic partial epilepsy occurrence?Answer: Genetic

52%48%

Male

GeneticUnknown, such as widespread brain damage

54%46%

Female

GeneticUnknown, such as widespread brain damage

Mode: Female

5. Do epileptic seizures all start in the brain?Answer: Yes

78%

22%

Male

YesNo

77%

23%

Female

YesNo

Mode: Male

6. Will the seizures cause pain?Answer: No

64%

36%

Male

YesNo

48%52%

Female

YesNo

Mode: Female

7. How many main types of epilepsy seizures are there?Answer: 2

30%

49%

21%

Male

234

40%

51%

9%

Female

234

Mode: Female

8. Which of the following are not the causes of physical changes in seizures?Answer: Falling backward

14%

54%

15%

17%

Male

Uncontrolled movementFalling backwardBecome very stiffDifficult talking

10%

53%

18%

18%

Female

Uncontrolled movementFalling backwardBecome very stiffDifficult talking

Mode: Male

9. Which of the following are not the common triggers of seizures?Answer: Less caffeine

14%

10%

15%61%

Male

Not getting enough sleepAlcohol or drug useStressLess caffeine

10%

11%

13%66%

Female

Not getting enough sleepAlcohol or drug useStressLess 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

82%

11%

6%

Male

Put a cloth or anything soft for the patient to bitePut a metal spoonPut your own hand for the patient to bite

83%

10%

6%

Female

Put a cloth or anything soft for the patient to bitePut a metal spoonPut your own hand for the patient to bite

Mode: Female

11. How long do seizures usually last?Answer: A few seconds to a few minutes

84%

10%

6%

Male

A few seconds to a few minutesOne hourMore than an hour

89%

6%

6%

Female

A few seconds to a few minutesOne hourMore than an hour

Mode: Female

12. Should we or should we not restrict their movement during seizure?Answer: No

57%

43%

Male

YesNo

48%52%

Female

YesNo

Mode: Female

13. Can this disease spread through other ways except biologically?Answer: No

26%

74%

Male

YesNo

31%

69%

Female

YesNo

Mode: Male

14. Is there a medication that can prevent seizures from occurring?Answer: Yes

71%

29%

Male

YesNo

71%

29%

Female

YesNo

Mode: Equal

15. What are the common side effects after taking epilepsy drugs?Answer: All of the above

7%8%

22%

63%

Male

Lack of energySleepinessHeadachesAll of the above

7%9%

5%

79%

Female

Lack of energySleepinessHeadachesAll of the above

Mode: Female

16. Can anyone with epilepsy drive?Answer: No

22%

78%

Male

YesNo

26%

74%

Female

YesNo

Mode: Male

17. Is epilepsy a life threatening disease?Answer: Yes

64%

36%

Male

YesNo

73%

27%

Female

YesNo

Mode: Female

18. Is epilepsy cancerous?Answer: No

14%

86%

Male

YesNo

17%

83%

Female

YesNo

Mode: Male

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 correct answer, 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. From the 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 chose the 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 correct answer.

There are 2 main types of epilepsy seizures. The percentage of both gender by choosing the correct answer 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.

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 close percentage but female is higher than male 1% only. We also 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 correct answer 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.

From the question regarding to the can or cannot for the epilepsy patient drive, the mode of chose the 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 close to each other, but percentage of male is 86% while female is 83%.