Question

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Tourism is extremely important to the economy of Florida. Hotel occupancy is an often-reported measure of visitor volume and visitor activity (Orlando Sentinel). Hotel occupancy data for February in two consecutive years are as follows.

	Current Year	Previous Year
Occupied Rooms	1,470	1,458
Total Rooms	1,750	1,800

(b)

What is the estimated proportion of hotel rooms occupied each year?

current previous

(c)

Calculate the test statistic. (Round your answer to two decimal places.)

What is the p-value? (Round your answer to four decimal places.)

p-value =

(d)

What is the 95% confidence interval estimate of the change in occupancy for the one-year period? (Round your answers to four decimal places.)

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Answer 1

a)

I assume we want to test if there is difference in proportion of occupied rooms in current year vs that of in previous year

b)

p^ = X/n

1- current year

2- previous year

c)

TS = 2.35

p-value = 0.0187

d)

z = 1.96 for 95% confidence level