Business Statistics: A First Course (7th Edition)
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ISBN: 9780321979018
Author: David M. Levine, Kathryn A. Szabat, David F. Stephan
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 2, Problem 2.101CRP
What was the average price of a room at two-star, three-star, and four-star hotels around the world during the first half of 2013? The file HotelPrices contains the prices in English pounds, (about US$1.52 as of July 2013). (Data extracted from “Hotel Price Index,” press.hotels.com/content/blogs.dir/13/files/2013/09/HPI_UK.pdf.) Complete the following for the two-star, three-star, and four-star hotels:
- Construct a frequency distribution and a percentage distribution.
- Construct a histogram and a percentage
polygon . - Construct a cumulative percentage distribution and plot a cumulative percentage polygon (ogive).
- What conclusions can you reach about the cost of two-star, three-star, and four-star hotels?
- Construct separate
scatter plots of the cost of two-star hotels versus three-star hotels, two-star hotels versus four-star hotels, and three-star hotels versus four-star hotels. - What conclusions can you reach about the relationship of the price of two-star, three-star, and four-star hotels?
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