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Tsa 201: Statistics In Tourism Ii Question Paper

Tsa 201: Statistics In Tourism Ii

Course:Bachelor Of Arts In Tourism Studies

Institution: Kenyatta University question papers

Exam Year:2010

DATE: THURSDAY 18TH FEBRUARY 2010 TIME: 11.00 A.M. – 1.00 P.M.

INSTRUCTIONS
Answer ALL Questions.
Illustrations should be given where appropriate.

1.
a)
Define the following terms and concept:
i)
Random
event
ii)
Tourism
variable
iii)
Combination
iv)
Probability distribution
v)
Residual time

b)
Why should an hypothesis be tested?

2.
Discuss some of the major Tourism variables and nature of related data.

3.
State the components of a time series and discuss why time series analysis is relevant

in Tourism data analysis.

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4. a) Distinguish
i)
Combination
from
permutation
ii)
Characteristics
from
variable

iii)
Significance from confidence level

5.
Discuss statistical techniques for analyzing the relationship between tourism variables

of your choice.

6.
a)
State the conditions for a binomial experiment.

b)
What is a Poisson Model?

c)
A Tourism firm claims that the mean number of telephone calls received in

any interval of half an hour in any day is 4.5. If telephone calls are distributed

according to Poisson distribution, determine:

i)
the probabilities of receiving 0, 1,2,3,4,5 telephone calls

ii)
the probability of receiving 2 or 3 or 5 telephone calls

iii)
the probability of receiving at least 2 or 5 telephone calls.
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