PROBLEM DESCRIPTION:

What's behind rising fish prices in Malaysia?

KUALA LUMPUR: Fish prices in Malaysia are going up amid supply problems caused by unfavourable weather and labour shortage.

Fisheries Development Authority of Malaysia (LKIM) chairman Syed Abu Hussin Hafiz Syed Abu Fasal told CNA that there has been a decrease of about 15 per cent in fish landings in recent months.

The statutory body under the Ministry of Agriculture and Food Industries has previously recorded fish landings of about 4,000 metric tonnes a day.

However, in the past seven days, fish landings were only measured at 3,250 metric tonnes, the chairman said. Lower supply has thus resulted in higher market prices, he added.

Therefore, this study is being conducted to:

• To explore the fish profile
• To examine the relationship between the price of fish and its weight, length, height and width
• To examine does there have significance difference average fish prices between "ikan kembung" and "ikan bawal"

There were sets of data with the information:

1. Price of fish
2. Length of fish
3. Weight of fish
4. Height of fish
5. Width of fish
6. Type of fish (1- ikan kembung , 2- ikan bawal)

Appendix I shows the questionnaire used for this research and the data are in excel form.

As an analytical team, they have asked to prepare simple report on this research. You will use descriptive statistics and other suitable statistical techniques to archive the objective of this research.

Price	Height	Width	Weight	Length	Type of fish
24	7.293	3.723	225	22	2
24	6.375	3.825	145	22	2
24.6	6.7334	4.1658	188	22.6	2
25	6.4395	3.6835	180	23	2
25.6	6.561	4.239	197	23.5	2
26.5	7.168	4.144	218	25	2
27.3	8.323	5.1373	300	25.2	2
27.5	7.1672	4.335	260	25.4	2
27.5	7.0516	4.335	265	25.4	2
27.5	7.2828	4.5662	250	25.4	2
28	7.8204	4.2042	250	25.9	2
28.7	7.5852	4.6354	300	26.9	2
30	7.6156	4.7716	320	27.8	2
32.8	10.03	6.018	514	30.5	2
34.5	10.2565	6.3875	556	32	2
35	11.4884	7.7957	840	32.5	2
36.5	10.881	6.864	685	34	2
36	10.6091	6.7408	700	34	2
37	10.835	6.2646	700	34.5	2
37	10.5717	6.3666	690	34.6	2
39	11.1366	7.4934	900	36.5	2
39	11.1366	6.003	650	36.5	2
39	12.4313	7.3514	820	36.6	2
40	11.9286	7.1064	850	36.9	2
40	11.73	7.225	900	37	2
40	12.3808	7.4624	1015	37	2
40	11.135	6.63	820	37.1	2
42	12.8002	6.8684	1100	39	2
43	11.9328	7.2772	1000	39.8	2
43	12.5125	7.4165	1100	40.1	1
43.5	12.604	8.142	1000	40.2	1
44	12.4888	7.5958	1000	41.1	1
32.3	5.568	3.3756	200	30	1
34	5.7078	4.158	300	31.7	1
35	5.9364	4.3844	300	32.7	1
37.3	6.2884	4.0198	300	34.8	1
38	7.29	4.5765	430	35.5	1
38.5	6.396	3.977	345	36	1
42.5	7.28	4.3225	456	40	1
42.5	6.825	4.459	510	40	1
43	7.786	5.1296	540	40.1	1
45	6.96	4.896	500	42	1
46	7.792	4.87	567	43.2	1
48	7.68	5.376	770	44.8	2
51.7	8.9262	6.1712	950	48.3	2
56	10.6863	6.9849	1250	52	2
60	9.6	6.144	1600	56	2
60	9.6	6.144	1550	56	2
63.4	10.812	7.48	1650	59	2