Regression Analysis on Real Estate Company Case Study
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An agent for a residential real estate company in a large city has the business objective of developing more accurate estimates of the monthly rental cost for apartments. Toward that goal, the agent would like to use the size of an apartment, as defined by square footage to predict the monthly rental cost. The agent selects a sample of 25 apartments in a particular residential neighborhood and collects the following data (stored in Rent):
a. Construct a scatter plot.
b. Use the least-squares method to determine the regression coefficients b0 and b1.
c. Interpret the meaning of b0 and b1 in this problem.
d. Predict the monthly rent for an apartment that has 1,000 square feet.
e. Why would it not be appropriate to use the model to predict the monthly rent for apartments that have 500 square feet?
f. Your friends Jim and Jennifer are considering signing a lease for an apartment in this residential neighborhood. They are trying to decide between two apartments, one with 1,000 square feet for a monthly rent of $2,275 and the other with 1,200 square feet for a monthly rent of $2,425. Based on (a) through (d), which apartment do you think is a better deal?
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The solution provides step by step method for the calculation of regression analysis. Formula for the calculation and Interpretations of the results are also included.
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