Term Paper on "Group Spending Comparison Between British, German, French"

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Please send me all the rough calculations,rough drafts,sketches and everything in minute details whatever has been used for preparing the paper and all calculations preferably should be using MS Ex-cel.The assignment consists of Task 1 and Task 2.Use data from my sheet number-285.Do not use data from any other sheet .Use of wrong data will lead to award of zero mark.Task 1 consists of 70% of marks and Task 2 consists of 30% of marks.Task 2 is a report and wordlimit for the report is 500 words. Managing Through Information

Statistical Assignment

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

Erehwon is an island in the Mediterranean. Like many similar islands Erehwon is a tourist destination. The island is quite small, approximately 20 kilometers north to south by about 5 kilometers east to west. There are three main towns on the island, Erehwon Town, Lazzeville and Brashville (see appendix for a map). There are a large number of small villages scattered over the island.

Erehwon Town is the capital of the island and the only port on the island. The town is the commercial centre of the island with all the local government administrative offices based there. The port provides a focus for the small ship repair industry and is the main link with the outside world. Around the port area are a number of light engineering businesses, several food processing plants and a winery. Virtually all tourists pass through the port as there is no airport but very few actually stay in Erehwon Town.

Lazzeville used to be a fishing port but the tourist trade has since taken over the town. This has reduced the fishing industry to a fraction of its former size. The fishermen have now turned to running day cruises around the smaller islands around the coast. Despite these changes the *****fishing harbour***** is still a big attraction with the area being the location of many fish restaurants. The nightlife is subdued and focused around restaurants and bars. The restaurants are generally good and the different bars cater for different clientele. As a tourist resort Lazzeville attracts mainly couples over 25 years old and some families. The accommodation is mainly self-catering apartments and studios with several pensions and a few top class hotels. The tourist season runs from April to September.

Brashville is a new resort built around a wide bay at the end of a valley. Its location and prevailing winds make it one of the best places for windsurfing in Europe. There is very little of the original fishing village left, most of the buildings have been turned into accommodation for tourists and no fishing boats operate from the quay now. Here the ex-fishermen operate *****fish picnic***** or *****pirate***** cruises. The restaurants are a mix of fast food outlets and *****international food***** restaurants with a very few good restaurants. The bars are aimed at people under the age of 25 who wish to have a good time. Bars seem to compete on the length of their list of potent cocktails and how late they close. The accommodation is mainly on a room only basis or self-catering, although very few tourists seem to cook anything. The tourists are predominantly young and mainly travelling in single sex groups. The Brashville is marketed as a *****young and lively***** resort. The tourist season runs from May to August.

The infrastructure of the island is quite poor. There is only one major road that runs from Erehwon Town through Lazzieville to Brashville. A network of minor roads connects the scattered villages of the island. The bus service is geared up to take people to work in a morning and bring them back in the afternoon. The vast majority of tourists do not use the buses. Taxis are available but they mainly operate within the towns with only a few willing to undertake journeys beyond their own towns. Those that do, have a reputation for overcharging. Car hire is widely available but expensive and journeys off the main road are not recommended because of the poor quality of the roads.

SPECIFIC INFORMATION

In an attempt to develop the tourist industry of Brashville, Theodoras Spyridos, the head of the Brashville tourist board obtained the results of a survey done of tourists who stayed in Brashville last year. The survey results are contained in appendix 3.

Theodoras would have preferred to have initiated the survey himself but believes the data obtained could be useful if properly an*****d.

APPENDIX 1



APPENDIX 2 - Glossary of Terms Used

Self catering

This is accommodation with cooking facilities and refrigerator. The number of beds varies from two to six. This type of accommodation is aimed at families or groups of friends depending on the type of resort.

Pensions

These are small, family run hotels usually providing bed and breakfast. The number of rooms varies from 5 to 20. Older couples usually take this type of accommodation.

Room only basis

This is when no food or cooking facilities is provided. The accommodation is similar to Pensions in that it is small and usually family run. Young couples who can not be bothered to get up early or cook food usually take this type of accommodation.

Fish picnic

A boat trip to a beach where food is cooked on the beach. Usually a large amount of alcohol is consumed.

Pirate cruise

This is the same as fish picnic without the food but more alcohol.

Young and lively

A resort aimed at young single people who intend to have a good time. A good time usually being defined by the consumption of alcohol and the company of the opposite sex. The nightlife goes on until dawn and breakfast is served in the bars from 10 am until 3 p.m.

International Food

This is food catering to the lowest common denominator of international taste with no reference to the cuisine of the local country. Essentially chips with everything type of meals.

APPENDIX 3 - Survey data

See accompanying EXCEL file entitled MTI-data.

Be aware that you will each be using separate individual data. If you use the wrong data you will score one mark.

Below is a list of which data set to use.

Surname First Name Sheet

Ahmed Syed Bilal 205

Aijieenthan Sampasivamoorthy 206

Basha Abdul Mahaboob 207

Brar Jaspreet Kaur 208

Broniewska Evelyn Anne 209

Cao Xuhui (Jack) 210

Chen Kai (Ken) 211

Cheng Jie 212

Cong Tiedi (Subway) 213

Dattaray Debopriyo 214

Dhliwayo Moses 215

Fu Jin (Don) 216

Gandla Srinivas 217

Ganjihal Sharad Kumar 218

Gao Ting (Mike) 219

Ge Wenbo (Joey) 220

Gu Zongwei (Iris) 221

Govindaraj Subathra Devi 222

Hussain Farhat 223

Jiang Hongtao (Tony) 224

Kaur Bains Aurndeep 225

Khan Jahanzeb Imtiaz 226

Kondaveeti Sateesh 227

Kong Chen 228

Krishnan Dinesh 229

Kuganab-Lem Ursula 230

Kumar Pradeep 231

Lam Lai Yinei (Phoebe) 232

Li Guang Yao (Ray) 233

Li Han Rui (Vivi) 234

Li Hong Ming (Luke) 235

Li Yongliang 236

Liu Sheng (Paine) 237

Lu Shuang (Selina) 238

Ma Ying (Margaret) 239

Mahalingam Divyalakshmi 240

Mai Stewart 241

Maier Monika 242

Malik Umer Iftikar 243

Maryala Venugopal 244

McHardy Alistair 245

Mediwake Keerthi 246

Mitra Ipshit 247

Mohammed Muqayyar Yazdani 248

Mu Yudong 249

Mullapudi Sundeep Audie 250

Nagendram Thavakumar 251

Nair Kaithakkattu Purushothaman Ajit 252

Narra Rohini Kumar 253

Punukullu Phani Kumar 254

Qaiser Asim 255

Rampally Rajesh Chakravarthy 256

Ray Mainak 257

Sadasivan Hari 258

Schanz *****ica 259

Shahid Aseer 260

Singh Pawan Jeet 261

Singh Ramnik 262

Su Jie 263

Sun Dong Xu (Sam) 264

Sun Kai Wei (Kevin) 265

Tweats Emma 266

Wang Ying (Do Do) 267

Wang Yongheng (Lily) 268

Watanabe Ryosuke 269

Wickramaratne Gumunadee Ka***** 270

Withanage Don Nishan Gunawardana (Don) 271

Wu Yiheng (Evonne) 272

Xi Quan 273

Xu Huan 274

Yang Di (Jo-Jo) 275

Yang Wan Jun (Simon) 276

Ye Chunhua (*****) 277

***** Chee Wai Richmond Victor 278

Zhang Chun (Sophia) 279

Zhang Lei 280

Zhang Li Ping (Anna) 281

Zhang Wei Dong (*****) 282

Zhang Xia 283

Zhu Xudong (Peter) 284

Swain Sarada Prasad 285

Onitiri Babalola 286

Asamaz Hatice 287

Taylor Kwamena 288

Reserve 289

Reserve 290

Reserve 291

Reserve 292

Reserve 293

Reserve 294

Reserve 295

Reserve 296

Reserve 297

Reserve 298

Reserve 299

Reserve 300

Reserve 301

Reserve 302

Reserve 303

Reserve 304

ASSIGNMENT TASKS

Task 1 (70 marks)

From the data supplied calculate the following:

(a) For the group expenditure (total spend) for each nationality:

mean

standard deviation of the sample

standard error

an interval estimate of the population mean

(b) Repeat the above calculations for the individual expenditure (total expenditure for the group divided by the number of people in the group).

(c) Assess the difference in means of the group expenditure for each pair of nationalities.

(d) Repeat the above calculations for the individual expenditure

(e) Calculate a regression equation for numbers in the group against group expenditure for each nationality. Assume that people cause expenditure.

(f) Calculate the r2 for the regression equation and the t-statistic for the intercept and slope coefficient for each nationality.

(g) Estimate the family expenditure of a group of 2 adults and 2 children for each nationality.

(h) Using chi-square assess if there is a difference in opinions on the four different aspects within each nationality.

(i) Using chi-square assess if there is a difference in opinions on the four different aspects between each nationality.

Note: Use a 95% confidence limit throughout. You are to comment on the statistical significance of any results.

TASK 2 (30 marks)

Write a report for Theodoras Spyridos explaining the above results and make any recommendation you think appropriate.

NOTES:

1) This assignment must be your own individual piece of work.

2) The word limit on task 2 is 500 words.

3) One copy is to be submitted

4) Hand in date *****“ 09/01/08 - (before 4.00 pm).

FORMAT OF YOUR ASSIGNMENT ANSWER

Your answer should consist of three main sections.

Section One

This is the answer to Task 1. You must submit your answer using the pro forma contained on the next four pages this document. Failure to use this pro forma will result in a reduction in your marks.

Section Two

This will be the answer to Task 2. This task is about interpreting the results from Task 1. Merely restating the results will not gain any marks.

Section Three

This will be an appendix of your calculations for Task 1

ASSIGNMENT PRO FORMA

STUDENT NUMBER

(this does not start with two letters, that is your e-mail number)

SHEET NUMBER

(the number of the sheet which contained the data)

Task 1(a) *****“ Group Spending

British German French Italian

Mean

Sample Standard Deviation

Standard Error

Estimate of Mean

Upper Limit

Lower Limit

Comments

Task 1(b) *****“ Individual Spending

British German French Italian

Mean

Sample Standard Deviation

Standard Error

Estimate of Mean

Upper Limit

Lower Limit

Comments

Task 1(c) *****“ Difference in Means of Group Spending

Standard Error British German French Italian

British

German

French

Italian

Z-score British German French Italian

British

German

French

Italian

Comments

Task 1(d) *****“ Difference in Means of Individual Spending

Standard Error British German French Italian

British

German

French

Italian

Z-score British German French Italian

British

German

French

Italian

Comments

Task 1(e) - Regression

British German French Italian

Intercept

Slope

Comments

Task 1(f) - Correlation

British German French Italian

R2 coefficient

Standard Error of intercept

Standard Error of slope

T statistic of intercept

T statistic of slope

Comments

Task 1(g) *****“ Estimate for the spending of a family of five

British German French Italian

Estimate

Comments

Task 1(h) *****“ Difference of opinions within nationalities

British German French Italian

Chi-square value

Comments

Task 1(i) *****“ Difference of opinions between nationalities

Overall Accommodation Location Food

Chi-square value

Comments

Plagiarism Warning

Summary

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*****¢ It can happen in any type of assessment where you are given the questions or tasks in advance.

*****¢ If another student uses your work in their answer(s), both you and they will be punished when caught.

*****¢ Punishments for committing plagiarism can be very severe.

*****¢ 25-30 students get caught in the Business school every year.

The details

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The risks of working with other students

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