To find out what affects the prices of used cars - I will be looking at the two different variables age and mileage to find out if they effect the prices of used cars.

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Aim

To find out what affects the prices of used cars. I will be looking at the two different variables age and mileage to find out if they effect the prices of used cars.

Hypothesis

I think that the mileage has a lot to do with the price of cars and I feel there will be a lot of positive correlation because in my experience of cars the higher the mileage the lower the price. As the mileage, increase the price decrease. Also I believe that the cars age will have more effect than the mileage on the price because as the average age for car increase the price decrease. I think that this is because if the car is old or it has a high mileage then it is more likely to need service.

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Method

My first part of investigating was to look at the data sheet. Then think of the way I would do the sampling I had three different ways in which I could have done my sampling in stratified, which is a sample in which the population randomly sampled. Anther one is random sampling which is   choosing sample at random Lastly, selective sampling which is a selective sample is one which every nth term is chosen where n is chosen at random. I considered all three, I chose selective sampling because it s the easiest, and would ...

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