Survey on Laptop

BASIC MATHEMATICSCHAN BAO QIONG

JONG SIN YEEWONG SIEW JING

Objectives

• Collect and organize data and construct visual to represent data

• Interpret information and make inferences from the visuals prepared

• Resource evidences to substantiate inferences

The laptop used by PPISMP students in IPGM Kampus Rajang

Question 1The laptop brand

No GroupIntake Year ASUS HP TOSHIBA ACER MSI SONY APPLE NEC DELL OTHERS Total

1 PPISMP BC 2008 0 5 1 9 0 0 0 0 1 0 16

2 PPISMP PS 2008 0 3 0 14 0 1 0 0 0 1 19

3PPISMP P(BC) 2008 1 8 1 6 1 0 0 1 3 0 21

4 PPISMP BM 2008 0 7 2 10 0 0 0 1 0 0 20

5 PPISMP PJ 2009 0 2 0 16 0 0 0 1 0 0 19

6PPISMP P(BC) 2009 1 7 0 5 0 0 0 0 5 1 19

7 PPISMP BM 2009 0 6 2 6 0 0 0 1 2 1 18

8PPISMP P(BM) 2009 0 4 1 8 0 0 2 0 2 2 19

Total 2 42 7 74 1 1 2 4 13 5 151

MODEL No. of trainees PercentageACER 74 49.01%

HP 42 27.81%DELL 13 8.61%

TOSHIBA 7 4.64%NEC 4 2.65%

ASUS 2 1.32%APPLE 2 1.32%

MSI 1 0.66%OTHERS 5 3.31%TOTAL 151 100.00%

ASUS HP TOSHIBA ACER MSI SONY APPLE NEC DELL OTHERS0.00%

10.00%

20.00%

30.00%

40.00%

50.00%

60.00%

Graph on the laptop used by the PPISMP students in IPGM Kampus Rajang

No. of student

74

42

27

1 1 2 4

13

5

• Acer is the laptop brand used by the most PPISMP students in IPGM Kampus Rajang.

• There are 74 (49.01%) of students use this brand.

• HP rates the second highest number of students to use the laptop, which is 42( 27.81%) of students.

• Acer and HP achieve the two highest number of users because they believe that they have good quality and average price.• Acer has the higher number of users

as its has wider market and more service centres compared to HP.

• two least students use the brand of Sony and MSI in IPGM Kampus Rajang. There is only 1 (0.66%) of people use these two brand respectively.

• Sony is more expensive.• MSI is a new brand as it is made in

Taiwan -it is not popular in local market.

Other brands

• PRESTIGIO• LENOVO• Eee PC

Question 2Laptop prices preferred bystudents

No. GroupIntake Year

RM1000-RM1499

RM1500-RM1999

RM2000-RM2499

RM2500-RM2999

Other price/RM Total

1PPISMP BC 2008 0 1 10 5 0 16

2PPISMP PS 2008 0 12 3 2 2 19

3PPISMP P(BC) 2008 0 6 11 3 1 21

4PPISMP BM 2008 0 4 9 4 3 20

5 PPISMP PJ 2009 0 10 8 1 0 19

6PPISMP P(BC) 2009 0 4 11 1 3 19

7PPISMP BM 2009 1 7 6 2 2 18

8PPISMP P(BM) 2009 1 6 6 3 3 19

Total 2 50 64 21 14 151

Prices No. of students Percentage

RM2000-RM2499 64 42.38%

RM1500-RM1999 50 33.11%

RM2500-RM2999 21 13.91%

RM1000-RM1499 2 1.32%

Other price/RM 14 9.27%

Total 151 100%

RM1000-RM1499

RM1500-RM1999

RM2000-RM2499

RM2500-RM2999

Other price/RM0.00%

5.00%

10.00%

15.00%

20.00%

25.00%

30.00%

35.00%

40.00%

45.00%

Graph on the PPISMP students prefer the range of laptop prices

No. of student

64

21

14

2

50

• Most of the students preferred to buy their laptop in the range of RM 2000 until RM 2499. There are 64(42.38% )of students who buy their laptop in this range of price.

• Laptop in this price range is suitable for PPISMP students do not need the sophisticated laptop for their study.

• Only 2(1.32%) of students bought their laptops in the range of RM 1000 until RM 1499. • Those students may not afford to buy

their laptop in other prices.

Other prices

• RM 3000• RM 3888• RM 4000• RM 5000• RM 3399• RM 3300• RM 3500

• RM 3100• RM 3299• RM 5499• RM 5999• RM 5399

Question 3Features of laptop chosen

No.Group Intake Year Price Quality Appearance Others Total

1PPISMP BC 2008 3 11 2 0 16

2PPISMP PS 2008 10 5 2 2 19

3PPISMP P(BC) 2008 0 20 0 1 21

4PPISMP BM 2008 6 10 1 3 20

5PPISMP PJ 2009 6 10 3 0 19

6PPISMP P(BC) 2009 1 16 0 2 19

7PPISMP BM 2009 4 11 3 0 18

8PPISMP P(BM) 2009 3 11 1 4 19

Total 33 94 12 12 151

Reasons No. of students Percentage

Quality 94 62.25%

Price 33 21.85%

Appearance 12 7.95%

Others 12 7.95%

Total 151 100.00%

Price Quality Appearance Others0.00%

10.00%

20.00%

30.00%

40.00%

50.00%

60.00%

70.00%

Graph on the features of laptop chosen by PPISMP students in IPGM Kampus Rajang

No. of student

12 12

33

94

• Most of the students bought their chosen brand because of the quality, there are 94(62.25%) students.

• There are 33(21.85%) of students chose their laptop according to the price.

• The survey shows that most of the PPISMP students buy their laptop based on the quality of the laptop.

Other features :

• Performance• Colourful• Mother’s choice• Cousin’s choice• Shiny• High quality graphic

card• Sound quality

• Publicity• Light• Size• Good speaker• Influenced by friends

CONCLUSION• The criteria of PPISMP students in

IPGM Kampus Rajang to choose their laptop are based on the quality and the price of the laptop, which is suitable for their study.

• Acer and HP have become the two most favourite model among students as the quality is suitable for them and the price is affordable.

• However, Acer achieves the top of the ranking among the laptop brands as it has the wider market compared to HP.