Statistics. This study was conducted to determine whether more than half of FSD students want to use Open Library or not. If the result supports this claim, buying this software may be considered. To perform the survey, from the population of all FSD stu

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HANOI UNIVERSITY

FACULTY OF MANAGEMENT AND TOURISM

STATISTICS PROJECT

THE OPINION OF FSD STUDENTS

TOWARDS BUYING OPEN LIBRARY SOFTWARE

                                              Tutor’s name: Lê Thị Ngọc Tú

                                              Tutorial class: T3_AC08

                                              Tutorial time: 7:15-9:00 on Tuesday                                             

                                             

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Abstract                iii

1. Introduction                1

2. Methodology                1

        2.1. Population and sample                1

        2.2. Questionnaire design                 1

        2.3. Sample size                2

        2.4. Sampling method and collection data                2

        2.5. Data processing                3

        2.6. Significant level of test                3

3. Results and Findings                4

4.  Hypothesis Testing                7

        4.1. Research question                7

        4.2. Assumptions                7

        4.3. Hypothesis testing procedure                7

5. Project Evaluation                8

        5.1. Limitations                8

        5.2. Implications                9

6. Conclusion and Recommendations                9

References                10

Appendix I: List of random respondents                11

Appendix II: Sample Questionnaire                15

Appendix III: Survey Results                16

Appendix IV: List of figures                17



ABSTRACT

This study was conducted to determine whether more than half of FSD students want to use Open Library or not. If the result supports this claim, buying this software may be considered. To perform the survey, from the population of all FSD students, a sample of 100 FSD students was chosen randomly to answer the questionnaire including 4 multiple choices. The data collected are used to perform the one sample z-test for a proportion which reveals that at 5% level of significance, more than 50% of respondents are willing to buy Open Library. For future research on this topic, it would be beneficial if this study is performed over a longer period of times with a larger sample size so that more extensive conclusions can be drawn.

1. INTRODUCTION

Open Library is an useful software that help students in accessing online information resources. After careful analysis, principal of Hanoi University believes that more than half of FSD students want to use it. Therefore, this project was carried out in order to determine whether the belief is true or not. In this survey, One hundred FSD students have been chosen randomly to answer the questionnaire in Open Library. If results of this research support principal‘s belief, this software is considered to be bought.

In terms of the statistic method, the one sample z-test for a proportion was taken to perform the survey. The null hypothesis is that the proportion of FSD students want to use Open Library equals 0.5 (H0: p = 0.5). The alternative hypothesis was simply that more than 50% of FSD students choose this software (Ha: p > 0.5).

As a result, the data reveals that the test statistic z came out to be 2.4, which is greater than z critical one tail (1.6449), meaning the null hypothesis is rejected. Therefore, there is enough evidendence to infer that the more than half of FSD students want to use Open Library.

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2. METHODOLOGY

2.1. Population and sample

Population of interest is all students from Foundation Studies Department (FSD) and sample size is n = 100

2.2. Questionnaire design:

The questionnaire includes 4 multiple choice questions as follows:

1. Do you have difficulty in finding materials for your subjects?

2. Have you ever heard about Open Library? And have you tried it before?

3. Open Library is a useful software for your study, yet you need know little computer skills. Would you like to use it?

4. To use this software, all students are required to pay fee. In ...

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