Question: Choose two comparable college towns. Develop a predictive, model for the sale price of a house for each college town. Explore loglinear transformations, dummy variables,
Choose two comparable college towns. Develop a predictive, model for the sale price of a house for each college town. Explore loglinear transformations, dummy variables, and interactions of the relevant predictor variables. Use model selection criteria to select the best predictive model. Interpret your results with reference to well-formatted figures and tables.
| Record | Sale_amount | Sale_date | Beds | Baths | Sqft_home | Sqft_lot | Type | Build_year | Town | University |
| 1 | 295000 | 5/31/2016 | 5 | 3 | 2020 | 38332.8 | Single Family | 1976 | Ames, IA | Iowa State University |
| 2 | 240000 | 6/20/2016 | 4 | 2 | 1498 | 54014.4 | Single Family | 2002 | Ames, IA | Iowa State University |
| 3 | 385000 | 5/31/2016 | 5 | 4 | 4000 | 85813.2 | Single Family | 2001 | Ames, IA | Iowa State University |
| 4 | 268000 | 4/12/2016 | 3 | 2.5 | 2283 | 118918.8 | Single Family | 1972 | Ames, IA | Iowa State University |
| 5 | 186000 | 4/5/2016 | 3 | 1.25 | 1527 | 15681.6 | Single Family | 1975 | Ames, IA | Iowa State University |
| 6 | 302500 | 3/2/2016 | 4 | 3 | 3117 | 33105.6 | Single Family | 1976 | Ames, IA | Iowa State University |
| 7 | 223000 | 6/2/2016 | 3 | 2 | 1218 | 25264.8 | Single Family | 1975 | Ames, IA | Iowa State University |
| 8 | 225000 | 5/7/2016 | 3 | 3 | 3000 | 30056.4 | Single Family | 1969 | Ames, IA | Iowa State University |
| 9 | 215000 | 4/14/2016 | 5 | 2 | 2963 | 14374.8 | Single Family | 1965 | Ames, IA | Iowa State University |
| 10 | 285100 | 2/12/2016 | 3 | 4 | 1680 | 48351.6 | Single Family | 1987 | Ames, IA | Iowa State University |
| 11 | 269000 | 6/1/2016 | 3 | 2 | 1682 | 43560 | Single Family | 1932 | Ames, IA | Iowa State University |
| 12 | 650000 | 6/2/2016 | 4 | 3.5 | 2535 | 82764 | Single Family | 1998 | Ames, IA | Iowa State University |
| 13 | 203500 | 4/18/2016 | 4 | 2 | 1277 | 10628 | Single Family | 1970 | Ames, IA | Iowa State University |
| 14 | 265000 | 6/28/2016 | 4 | 2.5 | 1340 | 10290 | Single Family | 1998 | Ames, IA | Iowa State University |
| 15 | 180000 | 2/24/2016 | 3 | 3.5 | 1709 | 13068 | Single Family | 1991 | Ames, IA | Iowa State University |
| 16 | 192000 | 2/29/2016 | 3 | 3 | 1470 | 8139 | Single Family | 1995 | Ames, IA | Iowa State University |
| 17 | 246500 | 3/23/2016 | 4 | 3.5 | 1776 | 8712 | Single Family | 1996 | Ames, IA | Iowa State University |
| 18 | 258000 | 6/14/2016 | 4 | 2.5 | 1752 | 9174 | Single Family | 1996 | Ames, IA | Iowa State University |
| 19 | 240500 | 3/17/2016 | 3 | 2.25 | 1502 | 6821 | Single Family | 1985 | Ames, IA | Iowa State University |
| 20 | 218000 | 7/1/2016 | 2 | 3.25 | 1864 | 28749.6 | Single Family | 1978 | Ames, IA | Iowa State University |
| 21 | 249000 | 5/20/2016 | 3 | 2.25 | 1381 | 13939.2 | Single Family | 1983 | Ames, IA | Iowa State University |
| 22 | 246000 | 6/24/2016 | 3 | 2.75 | 1969 | 11761.2 | Single Family | 1977 | Ames, IA | Iowa State University |
| 23 | 264000 | 4/29/2016 | 3 | 2 | 1660 | 13068 | Single Family | 1979 | Ames, IA | Iowa State University |
| 24 | 180000 | 7/15/2016 | 3 | 3 | 1277 | 10140 | Single Family | 1975 | Ames, IA | Iowa State University |
| 25 | 196000 | 4/4/2016 | 4 | 3 | 1768 | 10000 | Single Family | 1973 | Ames, IA | Iowa State University |
| 26 | 262000 | 6/15/2016 | 3 | 1.75 | 1650 | 14374.8 | Single Family | 1900 | Ames, IA | Iowa State University |
| 27 | 138000 | 5/10/2016 | 3 | 1 | 845 | 8712 | Single Family | 1970 | Ames, IA | Iowa State University |
| 28 | 143500 | 5/10/2016 | 2 | 1 | 858 | 7340 | Single Family | 1971 | Ames, IA | Iowa State University |
| 29 | 122000 | 5/10/2016 | 2 | 2 | 987 | 1680 | Single Family | 1972 | Ames, IA | Iowa State University |
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