The document describes a statistics project conducted by a group of students to study the understanding level of breast cancer among Malaysian women aged 21-25 and 26-30. The group developed a 17-question survey and collected responses from 150 women in each age group. They then analyzed the data statistically to compare the understanding levels between the two groups and identify commonly misunderstood aspects of breast cancer. The analysis found that both groups had a similar average understanding level of around 60%, but most struggled to correctly identify the percentage of women diagnosed after age 55 and obesity as a risk factor. Over 80% knew pink ribbon is the breast cancer awareness symbol and that breast cancer can be fatal.

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Mathematics MTH10304
Group members:
Lu Siau Vay 0318567
Tan Jia Yi 0319476
Sherny Liong Xin Yie 0316600
Siong Jia Yii 0318239
Chong Hui Xin 0319363
Yap Jia En 0319550
Programme:
Foundation in Natural & Built Environment
Title:
Statistics Project

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Introduction PG 3
Objectives PG 4
Methodology PG 5
Survey Questionnaires PG 6-10
Statistical Analysis PG 11-18
Conclusion PG 19-20

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Introduction
We are required to conducta survey to study the understanding level of
female young adult aged between 21 to 25 and 26 to 30 on one of the common
chronic diseases in Malaysia which is breast cancer.
Breast cancer is the most frequently diagnosed life-threatening cancer in
Malaysia and it can lead to death. In Malaysia, there is approximately 1 out of 31
women are at risk of contracting breast cancer. The incidence of this cancer in our
country was increasing at an alarming rate from 32,000 new cases in 2008 to
37,000 in 2012 with the number expected to go up to 56,932 by 2025 if no action is
taken. There are certain risk factors which increase the chance that breast cancer
will develop suchas age, place you live, family history, excess alcohol, early age
of starting period, chest being exposed to radiation, not having breast feed, having
a menopause over the age of 55 and others.
What we want to learn from this survey is to analysis the knowledge of
people of certain age and gender on breast cancer. We have to find out the
understanding level of people on breast cancer and compare the understanding
level of female aged between 21 to 25 and 26 to 30.

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Objectives
The objective of this survey is to study the understanding level of
male/female aged 21 to 25 and 26 to 30 on one of the common chronic diseases in
Malaysia. The topic we chosefor the study is breast cancer, and we targeted on
female. First of all, we have to prepare survey forms for female to collect data.
After that, we need to analyze every questions to get result. Understanding level of
female aged 21-25 and 26-30 have to be determined. Finally, we compare the
results and come out with conclusion. We complete our task with teamwork and
cooperation from our group members.

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METHODOLOGY
In a group of 6 members, we need to target 300 female for this survey. We
need 150 females aged 21-25 and another 150 females aged 26-30 to answer for
our survey forms, each of us are assigned to approach50 female participants
within 19th to 29th December 2014 through online survey form and asking people to
fill the survey forms that we had prepared for them .
(Picture above showsone of our group member asking a female
respondentaged between 21 to 25 yearsold to fill up the survey
form at Taylor Lakeside University.)

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After collecting all the completed survey forms, we key in all the data and
make statistics together with the online survey forms to do analysis by calculating
the percentage of female aged 21-25 and 26-30 who choosethe correctanswer,
which means understand the question. In
addition, we also created tables and bar chart
using Microsoft Excel to analyze the result.
Survey Questionnaires
In an effort to get to know how much is your understanding about breast
cancer. So, we have createda short survey. The survey should not take more
than 5 minutes to complete. We thank you for taking the valuable time to
complete the survey and appreciate your honestfeedback.
1. Which age range are you?
 21 - 25 years old
 26 - 30 years old
2. Gender?
 Male
 Female
3. How many stages of breast cancer are there?
 2
 3
 4
 5
4. Which of the following is a risk factor for developing breast cancer?
 Obesity
 Having children early
 Having sex frequently
 Malnutrition

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5. What is the most prominent symbol of breast cancer awareness?
 Yellow ribbon
 Blue ribbon
 Pink ribbon
 Black ribbon
6. Which age range has a higher risk for breast cancer?
 Below 25
 26-40
 40-50
 51 and above
7. Which of the following are possible symptoms of breast cancer?
 Change in size or shape of breast
 Nipple discharge or tenderness
 Ridges or pitting of breast
 All of the above
8. Early signs of breast cancer......
 Are often painful
 are often visible to the naked eye
 are skin itchiness
 do not cause any symptoms
9. Which of the following is not a treatment option for breast cancer?
 Surgery
 Chemotherapy
 Radiotherapy
 Drink more water
10.What are the survival rates for women after diagnosis?
 Below 50%
 50 - 69%
 70 - 89%
 90% and above
11.How many percentages of women with breast cancer are diagnosed after 55
years old?
 80%
 66%
 53%

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 20%
12.How many percentages of cases are due to genes inherited from a person's
parent?
 0 - 4%
 5 - 10%
 11 - 16%
 17 - 22%
13.Smoking Tobaccoappears to increase the risk of breast cancer?
 YES
 NO
14.Will Breast cancer cause death?
 YES
 NO
15.Can physical activity reduce the risk of breast cancer?
 YES
 NO
16.Does breast cancer only occuramong female population?
 YES
 NO
17.Breast feed is one of the methods to reduce the risk of breast cancer?
 YES
 NO
THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE!
HAVE A NICE DAY! 

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Statistical Analysis
Stage 2 Stage 3 Stage 4 Stage 5
21-25 age group 3 23 103 20
26-30 age group 4 31 90 25
0
20
40
60
80
100
120
1. How many stages of breast
cancer are there?
21-25 age group 26-30 age group

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Malnutrition Obesity
Having Children
Early
Having Sex
Frequently
21-25 age group 73 50 7 21
26-30 age group 48 81 14 6
0
20
40
60
80
100
2. Which of the following is a risk
factor for developing breast
cancer?
21-25 age group 26-30 age group
Blue Ribbon Yellow Ribbon Pink Ribbon Black Ribbon
21-25 age group 2 4 127 17
26-30 age group 0 13 131 6
0
20
40
60
80
100
120
140
3. What is the most prominent
symbol of breastcancer
awareness?
21-25 age group 26-30 age group

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25 and below 26-40 40-50 50 and above
21-25 age group 7 55 42 46
26-30 age group 9 18 61 62
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
4. Which age range has a higher
risk for breastcancer?
21-25 age group 26-30 age group
Change in size
or shape of
breast
Nipple
discharge or
tenderness
Ridges or
pitting of
breast
All of the
above
21-25 age group 9 16 10 109
26-30 age group 15 17 10 114
0
20
40
60
80
100
120
5. Which of the following are
possiblesymptoms of breast
cancer?
21-25 age group 26-30 age group

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Are often
painful
Are often
visible to the
naked eye
Are skin
itchiness
Do not cause
any symptoms
21-25 age group 60 6 11 73
26-30 age group 43 8 23 75
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
6. Early Signs of BreastCancer
21-25 age group 26-30 age group
Drink more
water
Chemotherapy Radiotherapy Surgery
21-25 age group 122 7 11 8
26-30 age group 115 13 9 10
0
20
40
60
80
100
120
140
7. Which of the following is not a
treatment option for breast
cancer?
21-25 age group 26-30 age group

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Below 50% 51-69% 70-89% 90% and above
21-25 age group 24 60 46 20
26-30 age group 31 56 39 24
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
8. What are the survival rates for
women after diagnosis?
21-25 age group 26-30 age group
20% 53% 66% 80%
21-25 age group 14 44 54 38
26-30 age group 10 45 58 37
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
9. How many percentages of
women with breast cancer are
diagnosed after 55 years old?
21-25 age group 26-30 age group

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0-4% 5-10% 11-16% 17-22%
21-25 age group 37 55 33 25
26-30 age group 33 73 20 24
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
10. How many percentages of
cases are due to genes inherited
from a person's parent?
21-25 age group 26-30 age group
YES NO
21-25 age group 114 36
26-30 age group 108 44
0
20
40
60
80
100
120
11. Smoking Tobacco appears
to increasethe risk of breast
cancer?
21-25 age group 26-30 age group

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YES NO
21-25 133 17
26-30 135 14
0
20
40
60
80
100
120
140
160
12. Will breastcancer cause
death?
21-25 26-30
Yes No
21-25 age group 122 28
26-30 age group 103 47
0
20
40
60
80
100
120
140
13. Can physicalactivities
reduce the risk of breast cancer?
21-25 age group 26-30 age group

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Yes No
21-25 age group 35 115
26-30 age group 40 110
0
20
40
60
80
100
120
140
14. Does breastcancer only
occur among female population?
21-25 age group 26-30 age group
Yes No
21-25 age group 99 51
26-30 age group 98 52
0
20
40
60
80
100
120
15. Breastfeed is one of the
methods to reduce the risk of
breast cancer?
21-25 age group 26-30 age group

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CONCLUSION
According to our survey, the average understanding level on breast cancer of
female aged 21-25 is 60% while for female aged 26-30 is 61%.This shows that
female aged 21-25 and 26-30 have similar understanding level on breast cancer.
From the data collected, we found out most female answered the question
about how many percentages of women with breast cancer diagnosed after 55
years old wrongly. There are only 25% of female aged 21-25 and 24% of female
aged 26-30 answered correctly, which is 80%.
Besides that, the most interesting question in our survey form is about the
risk factor of developing breast cancer, which obesity is the right answer. There are
only 34% of female aged 21-25 and 54% of female aged 26-30 answered it
correctly. People never thought the answer could be obesity. From our research, we
found that women who are dangerously overweight are at a higher risk than those
who drink heavily or smoke.
Furthermore, there are 2 questions from our survey form were answered
correctly by more than 80% of female aged 21-25 and 26-30. One of the questions
is will breast cancer cause death, and 89% of female aged 21-25 and 90% of
female aged 26-30 get the correctanswer, which is yes. Another question is about

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the most prominent symbol of breast cancer, which is pink ribbon. There are 85%
and 87% of female aged 21-25 and 26-30 get the correct answer respectively.