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Statistics In Tourism Ii Question Paper

Statistics In Tourism Ii

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 (IOL)
EXAMINATION FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF
ARTS IN TOURISM STUDIES
TSA 201: STATISTICS IN TOURISM II

DATE: Thursday
13th
August
2009
TIME: 2.00pm-4.00pm

INSTRUCTIONS
Answer, Three questions, illustrations should be given where appropriate.
1.
a)
Define the following terms/concepts.
i)
Set
ii)
Tourism variable
iii
Combination
iv)
Rank
iii)
Trend
b)
State 4 hypothetical tourism variables and describe statistical methods, of measuring their relationships. [162/3 marks]
2.
Discuss the significance of time series analysis in tourism studies. [16 2/3 marks]
3.
Discuss the need for organization, analysis and interpretation of tourism data.
4.
a)
Give a distinction between Binomial model and poisson model.
b)
It has been observed that the probability of a European Tourism booking in a Five Star hotel in any day of the week is 0.1
Assuming that booking in the hotel is according to binomial model and a 102 Tourist booking are recorded, commute.
i)
The probability that 5, 20, 30 are Europeans.
ii)
The probability that at least 10 are Europeans. [16 2/3 marks]
5.
a) What is the need of smoothing technique in tourist time series data?
b) Three hypothetical tourist hotels II and II record the following number tourists in 12 months period.
Hotel Jan Feb Mar Apr. May Jun. July. August Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec.
I 125
70
52
112
99
59
62
90 144
82
149
300
II 39
120
81
100
49
100
44
110 59
134
190
200
II 57
79
39
180
82
81
34
88 130
120
200
217
Compare whether the three hotels records the same number of tourists at 95% confidence level. [16 2/3 marks]
6.
Describe citing limitations the sources methods of collection and analysis tourist data. [16 2/3 marks]

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