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The above data set, houses.2017.xls, contains information about the price, size (in square feet), and number of bedrooms of a sample of 200 homes. Please answer the questions below.

Answer

1. a) How many quantitative variables are in this dataset? Name them.

    b) How many categorical variables are in this dataset? Name them.

For the variable PRICE, use Excel to answer Q 2 – 7.

2. Q1

3. median

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Explanation / Answer

1)

a) There are 3  quantitative variables are in this dataset . They are  price, size (in square feet), and number of bedrooms .

b) There is no any categorical variable in this dataset.

2)

a) For the variable PRICE, using Excel

a) First quartile =Q1 =79900 (excel command is =QUARTILE(A1:A200,1))

b) Median=Q2=94900   (excel command is =QUARTILE(A1:A200,2) 0r =MEDIAN(A1:A200))