Facultad de Ingenierı́a

Departamento de Matemáticas, Fı́sica

y Estadı́stica
Probabilidad y Estadı́stica I

WORKSHOP WEEK 1

Nota: Este taller está propuesto como complemento a las actividades realizadas en clase y dirigidas por
cada uno de los docentes. Sirve de guı́a respecto a la totalidad de temas que se planea evaluar al concluir la
quinta semana de clases.

Suggested Exercises
1. Condé Nast Traveler magazine conducts an annual survey among its subscribers to
determine the best accommodations in the world. A sample of nine European hotels
is presented (Condé Nast Traveler, January 2000). Prices for a standard double room
range from $(lowest price) to $$$$(highest price). The overall rating corresponds to
the evaluation of the quality of the services of each hotel; the higher the overall rating,
the higher the level of satisfaction.

Hotel Country Price Room Rooms Raiting

GraveteyeManor England $$ 18 83.6
Villad’Este Italy $$$$ 166 86.3
HotelPrem Germany $ 54 77.8
Hoteld’Europe France $$ 47 76.8
PalaceLuzern Switzerland $$ 326 80.9
RoyalCrescentHotel England $$$ 45 73.7
HotelSacher Austria $$$ 120 85.5
DucdeBourgogne Belgium $ 10 76.9
VillaGallici France $$ 22 90.6

a) How many elements are in this data set?

b) How many variables are in this data set?
c) Which variables are qualitative and which are quantitative?
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2. The Ritz Carlton Hotel uses a customer opinion questionnaire to obtain data on the
quality of its restaurant and entertainment services (The Ritz-Carlton Hotel, Naples,
Florida, (February 2006). Customers were asked to rate six items: welcome, service,
food, menu, service, and atmosphere. The data recorded for each factor was 1 Poor, 2
Regular, 3 Good and 4 Excellent. Client responses provide data for six variables. Are
these variables qualitative or quantitative?

3. The Hawaii Visitors Bureau collects data on visitors. Among the 16 questions asked
to passengers of an arriving flight in June 2003 were the following.

* How many times did you visit Hawaii?

* The main reason for this trip is: (10 categories to choose from including a vacation,
a honeymoon, a convention).
* Where am I going to stay: (11 categories including hotel, apartment, relatives,
camping)
* Total days in Hawaii

a) What’s the population?

b) For each question indicate which are qualitative or quantitative

4. When 1002 potential voters were interviewed, 70 % of them said they had voted in
a recent presidential election (based on ICR Research Group data). However, voting
records indicate that only 61 % of the potential voters actually voted. Which differs
from these two values.

5. Write 5 examples of qualitative variables (nominal and ordinal) and 5 examples of

quantitative variables (discrete and continuous)

Exercise answers
1. The solution to each item is

a) There are 9 elements

b) 5 Variables
c) The qualitative variables are: Place, Country and the quantitative variables are
Price, Rooms and Qualification

2. The variables are ordinal qualitative

3. a) The population studied is all visitors to Hawaii.

b) Questions 2 and 3 generate qualitative data.

4. The value of 70 % is one parameter, while the other value is a sample statistic.