70. Travel + Leisure magazine provides an annual list of the 500 best hotels in the world.
The magazine provides a rating for each hotel along with a brief description that
includes the size of the hotel, amenities, and the cost per night for a double room. A
sample of 12 of the top-rated hotels in the United States follows.
DATA file
Travel
Hotel
Boulders Resort & Spa
Disney's Wilderness Lodge
Four Seasons Hotel Beverly Hills
Four Seasons Hotel
Hay-Adams
Inn on Biltmore Estate
Loews Ventana Canyon Resort
Mauna Lani Bay Hotel
Montage Laguna Beach
Sofitel Water Tower
St. Regis Monarch Beach
The Broadmoor
Location
Rooms
Cost/Night
Phoenix, AZ
220
499
Orlando, FL
727
340
Los Angeles, CA
285
585
Boston, MA
273
495
Washington, DC
145
495
Asheville, NC
213
279
Phoenix, AZ
398
279
Island of Hawaii
343
455
Laguna Beach, CA
250
595
Chicago, IL
414
367
Dana Point, CA
400
675
Colorado Springs, CO
700
420
a. What is the mean number of rooms?
b. What is the mean cost per night for a double room?
c. Develop a scatter diagram with the number of rooms on the horizontal axis and the
cost per night on the vertical axis. Does there appear to be a relationship between the
number of rooms and the cost per night? Discuss.
d. What is the sample correlation coefficient? What does it tell you about the relationship
between the number of rooms and the cost per night for a double room? Does this
appear reasonable? Discuss.