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Introduction To Statistics In Tourism Studies Question Paper

Introduction To Statistics In Tourism Studies

Course:Bachelor Of Arts In Tourism Studies

Institution: Kenyatta University question papers

Exam Year:2009

KENYATTA UNIVERSITY
UNIVERSITY EXAMINATIONS 2008/2009
INSTITUTE OF OPEN LEARNING PROGRAMME
EXAMINATION FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF ARTS IN TOURISM
STUDIES

TSA 108: INTRODUCTION TO STATISTICS IN TOURISM STUDIES

DATE: Wednesday 12th August, 2009
TIME: 11.00 a.m. ? 1.00 p.m.

INSTRUCTIONS
Answer any THREE questions. Illustrations should be given where appropriate.
1.
a)
Define the terms and concepts:
i. Statistics
ii.
Hypothesis
iii.
Confidence level
iv.
Histogram
v.
Parameter

2.
a)
Contrast between a frequency table and a contingency table.

b)
Discuss the relevance of qualitative data for a tourism business.

3.
a)
Why is normal curve important in sampling?

b)
Discuss methods and reasons for displaying tourism data.

4.
The following table shows the income in USA dollars that tourist firm earned
from tourism in the first 20 days of the month.

280 570 220 120 302 800 305 701 171 242 303 400 217 311 233 122 280 190 203

Group the data and construct a frequency polygon and comment on your result.

5. i) State
the
procedure
in testing on hypothesis.
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ii)
A Tourist firm states that the mean number of tourist booking is 400
monthly with standard deviation of 100 tourists. A group of 200 tourists
are interviewed and mean booking was found as 100 Tourists Monthly.
Assuming bookings are normally distributed.
iii)
Determine the probability that between 300 and 400 bookings recorded.
iv)
What is the % and number of tourists that would be between 400 and 500
bookings?

6.
Discuss the significance of sampling in tourism studies.

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