This document contains an analysis of a survey conducted by students on the understanding of epilepsy. The survey was distributed to 250 students, with questions related to causes, symptoms, treatment and management of epilepsy. The responses were analyzed and the mode (most common answer) was identified for males and females for each question. Overall, the analysis found that female students demonstrated a better understanding of epilepsy, with the average percentage of correct answers being 68.17% for females and 64.67% for males. The document concludes that females showed a higher level of understanding of this chronic disease based on the survey results.

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%.