About the Authors

Ruzelan Khalid

Affiliation School of Quantitative Sciences, Universiti Utara Malaysia, Sintok, Kedah

Mohd Kamal M. Nawawi

mdkamal@uum.edu.my

Affiliation School of Quantitative Sciences, Universiti Utara Malaysia, Sintok, Kedah

Luthful A. Kawsar

Affiliations School of Distance Education, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang, Malaysia, Department of Statistics, School of Physical Sciences, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Sylhet, Bangladesh

Noraida A. Ghani

Affiliation School of Distance Education, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang, Malaysia

Anton A. Kamil

Affiliation School of Distance Education, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang, Malaysia

Adli Mustafa

Affiliation School of Mathematical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang, Malaysia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RK MKMN LAK NAG AAK AM. Analyzed the data: RK MKMN LAK NAG AAK AM. Wrote the paper: RK MKMN LAK NAG AAK AM.