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My task for this coursework was to analyse the data given to me to see what effects the price of a second hand car; I tested such ideas like, age, service history and M.P.G.  

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Coursework My task for this coursework was to analyse the data given to me to see what effects the price of a second hand car; I tested such ideas like, age, service history and M.P.G. The first thing I had to do was work out what the percentage price loss between the new price and the second hand price, I put my results in the table below. Car make and Model Price when new Price when used Price loss % loss Ford Orion 16000 7999 8001 50 Ford Escort 8785 1595 7190 82 Ford Fiesta 7875 1050 6825 86 Ford Fiesta 7310 1495 5815 81 Ford Fiesta lx 8748 1995 6753 77 Ford Escort duet 9105 2300 6805 75 Ford Escort 12125 4295 7830 65 Ford Escort 11800 4700 7100 60 Ford Fiesta 8680 3200 5480 63 Ford Focus 14505 8800 5705 39 Ford Puma 13230 8250 4980 38 Ford Escort 13183 3495 9688 73 Ford Mondeo 17780 7995 9785 55 Ford Fiesta 6590 1664 4926 75 Ford Escort 15405 3995 11410 74 Ford Escort 9995 2995 7000 70 From this I found out that Ford cars lose so much % when comparing the new car prices with the used car prices. The first things that I thought to test were the age against the %lost and see if there is any correlation between these two, Car Model age Ford Orion 1 Ford Escort 7 Ford Fiesta 8 Ford Fiesta 11 Ford Fiesta lx 7 Ford Escort duet 7 Ford Escort 5 Ford Escort 5 Ford...

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