MAT 240 Module Two Assignment Template
MAT 240 Module Two Assignment Template
Report: Selling Price and Area Analysis for D.M. Pan National Real Estate Company
David Hubble
Turner, Jennifer
11/7/2024
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Report: Selling Price and Area Analysis for D.M. Pan National Real Estate Company
Introduction
Below I provide a description and interpretation of a set of data within one of the
provided regions. This data will indicate possible trends within the data and the relationship
between that region’s real estate’s listing prices and the square footage of each property.
I have chosen thirty completely random samples from the provided data and calculated the
mean, median, and standard deviation for both the prices and square footage of the properties
sampled. The data goes as follows; the sample price’s average is $333,024. The sample price’s median is
$309,500. And the standard deviation of the sample price is $105,099. As for the square footage, the
average is 1,982. The median square footage is 1,827. And the standard deviation of the square footage
is 835.
Despite taking a random sample, both my chart and data for the sample deviated often
from the national averages, this is especially noticeable with the pricing as the difference was
around $50,000. On the other hand the sample data for the square footage appears to be almost
spot on with the averages across the nation, acting as a far better sample for that data. In order to
obtain a properly random sample I used a function within Microsoft Excel to assign a random
number to each county from the Northeast region. From here I chose the 30 highest out of that
Generate Scatterplot
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Chart Title
700,000
f(x) = 121.940357599754 x + 91396.7426089362
600,000
500,000
400,000
300,000
200,000
100,000
0
1,000 1,500 2,000 2,500 3,000 3,500 4,000 4,500 5,000
Observe Patterns
The Y axis on the above chart was a range from $0 to $800,000 in listing prices, with
$800,000 acting as the maximum due to the highest plot point on that axis being at 600,000 and
leaving further room for growth. On the other hand, the X axis was the range of data for the
square footage ranging from 1,000 to 5,000. It is clear from the graph that there is correlation
between the square footage and the listing prices as the square footage increases so does the
price. While there are small deviations in data, it has an almost entirely linear progression. If a
person had a 1,800 square foot home the listing price would be $310,889 based on the equation
provided in the graph. While the beginning of the graph is mostly linear, towards the end it
becomes more sporadic, notably within the 3,500 square foot range, despite having similar
square footage its price is greatly increased. Outliers often represent that there is more to the
context of a given scenario than what is a provided scenario. In this particular case it could be the
location of that data point making the person who listed the home believe it is worth more, or the
home including other possible amenities than the one that is more in line with the standard
pricing.
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