Analysis of New South Wales Government Transport by Bus, Train, Ferry and Light Rail

Running head: STATISTICS AND DATA ANALYSIS 1
BUS 708: Statistics and Data Analysis
Statistical Modelling Assignment
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Section 1: Introduction
a). This assignment is based on the analysis of New South Wales government transport by Bus,
Train, Ferry and Light Rail. The assignment entails the analysis of various aspects associated
with the NSW transport such as time, location, count and date of the travel.
Based on the New South Wales Long Term Transport Master Plan (December, 2012), the New
South Wales public transport there are four basic means of transport offered i.e. by bus, by train,
by ferry and by light Rail.
It is important that the New South Wales government is undertaking long term master plan, uses
the opportunity to give clear and concise and better transport services to the people of New South

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Wales that is passengers over a period of time (Bowditch G 2018). This paper therefore presents
some of the recommendations to the New South Wales government based on the analytical
findings to enable adjustments in a particular variable on transport system. The assignment is
thus a comprehensive analysis of factors such as mode of transport, gender, location, and times
of travel and date of tap. The possible cases used in gathering the data includes direct
interviewing of the travelers, observation and filling of the questionnaires by the actual
passengers.
b). Dataset 1is a secondary form dataset since it originates from the NSW master plan. Dataset 1
contains information that is related to the New South Wales transport used by people. The
dataset Based on the New South Wales Long Term Transport Master Plan (December, 2012),
the New South Wales public transport there are four basic modes of transport offered i.e. by bus,
by train, by ferry and by light Rail.
Dataset 1 is a secondary dataset since it includes information collected by the government and
the data was initially collected for other related research work. The dataset contains variables
such as;
i. Mode of travel (Type of public transport i.e. Bus, Train, Ferry and Light Rail)
ii. Date of the tap on or off held (From 8th to 14th August 2016)
iii. Time of travel
iv. Location
v. Tap (On or off)
vi. Count

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vii. Location (Locations of stops. For bus postcodes and other names of the stations.
The possible cases used in the study are observation. This is because the data was collected
just on the basis of observing.
c). Dataset is a dataset that comprises of only two variables i.e. mode of transportation and the
gender. Gender in this dataset represents the demographic aspect. The modes of transport in
dataset 2 are four. They include transport by bus, by ferry, by rain and by light train. The dataset
2 has comprise of a sample of 25 from which 14 are females while 11 are male. Dataset is a
primary dataset as the data was collected from the actual travelers from the New South Wales.
The possible cases applied in collecting dataset 2 was through observation. The researcher (in
this case “me”) conducted actual study by observing the factors under consideration and
recording. However, on critical examination of dataset 2, dataset 2 is biased due to the following
reasons: First, the total sample presented in the dataset is comprises of only 25 cases which is
relatively smaller and thus could not be used up in the analysis. The minimum sample should be
45 cases or items. Second, the dataset 2 comprises of categorical variables only which cannot be
subjected to more and extensive statistical analyses since only demographical aspects/ variables
i.e. gender and mode of transport are presented in the dataset 2.
Section 2: Analysis of Single Variable in Dataset 1
Type of transport that was commonly used.
Transport by train was the most used mode of transport in New South Wales transport system
from 8th to 16th August 2016 (482 times).