BUAN 571: Introduction to Business Analytics
Assignment 1: Descriptive Analytics
Due in the Brightspace drop box before class on Wednesday, 9/6; work must be shown for credit.
An investor currently owns real estate in the college town of Blacksburg, Virginia—home to the Virginia
Tech Hokies. He would like to expand his holdings by purchasing similar rental property in either Ann
Arbor, Michigan, or Tallahassee, Florida. As a preliminary step, he is looking for information on house
prices in the two areas. He is interested in properties that have at least two bedrooms and that are
listed for less than $1,000,000 and would like to have a report comparing prices in the two markets for
those types of houses.
Perform an analysis similar to the one done in the chapter-end case study on pages 105-106 of the
text. (House price data for the two cities are included in the file “House_Price.xlsx”.)
The work may be done individually or in a group of either 2 or 3 (if a group, only one file is to be
submitted with the names of the group members included on the document).