I have been given the task of finding what affects the price of a used car, using a spreadsheet given to me displaying data on a hundred cars with data on about each car.
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Maths Statistic Coursework I have been given the task of finding what affects the price of a used car, using a spreadsheet given to me displaying data on a hundred cars with data on about each car. The data on the cars were: (See Spreadsheet 1) Make Model Price When New Used Price Age Colour Engine Size Fuel Type MPG Mileage Service Owners Length of MOT Tax (Months left) Insurance Group Doors (Amount) Style Central Locking Seats Gearbox Air Conditioning Airbags Immediately from looking at those categories I omitted colour, fuel, service, doors, style, central locking, seats, gearbox, air conditioning and airbags. I omitted this data because it is of a low range of contains words, these would be hard to show on graphs and would show me little evidence of what affects a used car price. E.g. Colour: Cannot produce a scatter graph as it uses words. Seats: Has a range of 2-5 and would produce poor scatter graphs and would be hard to find a direct relationship on. Then from the remaining...


