SSF1093 Statistics for Social Sciences Group Assignment Semester 1, 2025/2026 | UNIMAS

Instructions (30 Marks)

This document outlines all the necessary information regarding the group assessment for SSF1093: Statistics for Social Sciences, for Semester 1, 2025/2026. It provides a comprehensive guide to the expectations, requirements, and guidelines for completing the assessment successfully. Students are advised to read through the details carefully to ensure they understand the objectives, structure, and submission process for this group project.

Objective of the Assignment

This group project assesses your ability to:

• Design and analyze survey data using SPSS.
• Apply descriptive and inferential statistics appropriately.
• Interpret statistical results meaningfully and write a concise report.

All groups will use the provided questionnaire titled “The Impact of Social Media Usage on Academic Focus among Undergraduate Students in UNIMAS.”

1. FORMING GROUPS  

Students are required to form groups consisting of 5 to 10 members. The exact number of members per group will be determined by the respective lecturer.

2. DATA COLLECTION AND DATA ENTRY  

Using the survey form provided, each member of the group is required to recruit five (5) respondents. The respondents must be from these faculties:

3. DATA ENTRY  

• Each student is required to transfer the data from the survey form into the SPSS template. The template will be developed by the LECTURERS of SSF1093. DO NOT USE YOUR OWN TEMPLATE OR MAKE ANY MODIFICATION TO THE TEMPLATE – FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH THIS INSTRUCTION WILL LEAD TO MARKS DEDUCTION.
• Each group will enter their data into the SPSS template, and submit only one data set. Meaning, the SPSS data set submitted must include the data combined from each group member. Each group is expected to have at least 25 – 50 respondents.
• Submission of your group datasets is by Week 6, 12 November 2025, 11.59 PM via eLEAP.
• The dataset from each program will be combined with the other programs to form the MASTER DATASET. Every group will use the MASTER DATASET in the data analysis and for the write up of your report. GROUPS THAT DID NOT USE THE MASTER DATASET WILL BE GIVEN ZERO MARK IN THIS ASSIGNMENT.

4. WRITING THE REPORT
   

   Checklist of Required Analyses

Your report should consist of these sections: 

Section 1: Introduction 

• Provide brief background and context of the study.
• State the rationale and importance of the topic.
• Clearly outline the research objectives.

Section 2: Respondent Profile & Descriptive Analysis

• Present 5 demographic information.
• Include charts/tables for gender, faculty, year, etc.
• Conduct 3 additional descriptive analyses using main variables (e.g., purpose of use, session length).
• Provide short interpretations for each.

Section 3: Inferential Analyses 

• Perform 2 Crosstab + Chi-square analyses.
• Conduct 2 One-sample t-test.
• Conduct 2 Independent-samples t-test.
• Conduct 1 One-way ANOVA.
• Perform 1 Correlation + Scatterplot analysis.
• Interpret each result clearly with reference to hypotheses.

Section 4: Discussion & Conclusion 

• Summarize major findings from all analyses.
• Relate results to study objectives.
• Discuss implications or possible explanations.

References

Use APA 7th edition referencing format.

Ensure all visuals are clearly labeled and referenced in the text.

Students should limit the content of the report to 20 – 25 pages only (including graphs and tables – do not put them as appendices).

Your report must include the Table of Content and List of References.

For citations, please use at least 10 references in this report, dated not more than five (5) years ago.

You may produce the report in English or BM languages, font type Times New Roman (size 12) spacing 1.5. Justify the paragraphs. Ensure that there are no typos or spelling mistakes in the report.

5. SUBMISSION OF THE REPORT  

The due date for report submission is by the end of Week 12, 22 December 2025, 11.59 PM via eLEAP. The submission is made using the Turnitin link. Note that the index of similarities must not exceed 15%. GROUPS WILL SEE MARKS DEDUCTION IF THIS INDEX IS EXCEEDED (1 mark deduction for every 1% exceeded).

6. RUBRIC OF ASSESSMENT  

Your report will be marked using this rubric of assessment. The total marks allocated for the report is 60 Marks. The mark will be weighted to 30% of your overall marks.

Report score = (Raw Mark ÷ 60) × 30

 COMMON GUIDES IN ACADEMIC WRITING 

Here are some common guides which are useful for your report/essay writing, not only for SSF1093, but also for other courses.

1. Common Mistakes to Avoid
   • Using wrong statistical test for variable type (nominal vs. scale).
   • Copy-pasting SPSS outputs without explanation.
   • Missing hypothesis statements for inferential tests.
   • Reusing the same variables across multiple analyses.
   • Not labelling charts/tables clearly.
   • No conclusion drawn from test results.

2. To name figures or tables in your report, use ONLY THESE TWO following terms:
   • Use ‘Figure’ for graphs, charts, images, maps, and diagrams. For example, Figure 1, Figure 2, Figure 3 etc. In Malay, the word is ‘Rajah’ such as Rajah 1, Rajah 2, Rajah 3… (do not use the word Gambarajah).
   • For ‘Table’ for tables/jadual, for example Table 1, Table 2, Table 3 etc. In Malay, the word is Jadual 1, Jadual 2, Jadual 3.

3. Writing numbers in academic writing – single digit numbers must be spelled out (e.g., one, three, eight) and double digits numbers can be written in numerical form (e.g., 10, 14, 99). This rule does not apply to numbers that have units (%, kg, km, g, etc.). In this case, seven percent is supposed to be written 7%.
4. Never start a paragraph with numbers (see examples below):
   Seven students entered the cave.
   7 students entered the cave.

5. Tables or figures must appear in the full on the same page. Make sure a figure or table does not run across more than one page. When it comes to tables or diagram, you can modify the font size, and the spacing if you must, as long as the table or figure stays on the same page.