Quantitative Literacy:
Project description:
There are 7 tasks to be done for this assignment: 2000 words.
Task 1: Produce a questionnaire to be used to collect data;Produce a simple questionnaire to be use used to collect data, this should include: a) a description of how you collected your data. b) why you chose the particular class intervals you used.
Task 2: Produce a set of descriptive statistics from your data; for this part you will need to a)determine various measures of average and dispersion- these should include values of mean, median and mode. b) determine the standard deviation for each data set.
Task 3: Draw some general conclusions from the information and data collected; Use your statistics to draw some general conclusions from the information you have collected.
Task 4: Produce a short report to include Recommendations and Improvements on the survey conducted; it should include discussions on;
1) Limitations in your current investigation and the type of conclusions you may have drawn from the information you have derived.
2) Improvements in the type of data and information collected from your respondents.
3) Sampling Techniques you could have used in collecting your data.
4) Other topics or points which you feel are relevant to your discussion.
For the following tasks use a software package to analyse and present data.
Task: Produce a Frequency distribution tables ad other graphs and chart.
Task: Using a software package, create a histogram (using group data, for your findings in terms of total computer used by your respondent) – grouped data.
Task: Produce an ogives (cumulative frequency curve) for each data set using a software package.