Model Y

You can analyze these data to determine whether there is a difference between the price paid at an auction and an online sale. Take the following actions:

  1. Save this Web page in source file format (File>Save As)
  2. Import the saved file into Excel
  3. Add-in the Analysis Tool Pack, if you have not done so already (Tools>Add-ins>)
  4. Use linear regression analysis to compute price as a function of miles for auction and online sales. That is, you do two linear regressions, one for the auction subset and the other for the online subset (hint: first sort the data by type of sale).
  5. Estimate the price of a car that has done 30,000 miles using the linear regression functions for auction and online sales.


Price Miles Sale Color
23200 41430 Auction
23100 42524 Auction
23100 42692 Auction
23200 39911 Auction
24500 33199 Online
22600 43090 Auction
24900 33960 Online
23900 38089 Auction
22600 45909 Auction
22700 41355 Auction
24000 36396 Auction
24000 36108 Auction
23800 40743 Auction
24000 35497 Auction
22800 46867 Auction
24200 36563 Auction
24000 34486 Auction
24200 37157 Auction
23200 36729 Auction
22800 47330 Auction
22200 44996 Auction
22250 44102 Auction
22600 47993 Auction
24100 33188 Auction
23500 34669 Auction
22250 42809 Auction
22000 46830 Auction
23000 36946 Auction
22000 45160 Auction
25300 31707 Online
24400 32371 Auction
24400 32262 Auction
24600 33664 Auction
24000 36554 Online
24300 31790 Auction
21800 47163 Auction
24600 32500 Auction
23500 33577 Auction
23100 47936 Auction
23400 33855 Auction
21900 50928 Auction
21750 46651 Auction
21750 50550 Auction
21900 43163 Auction
21500 50750 Auction
24900 31062 Auction
25000 31089 Auction
21500 46920 Auction
21400 51764 Auction
25000 36528 Online
22800 35396 Auction
23800 37694 Online
25000 35082 Auction
23900 38719 Online
23800 46064 Auction
24800 28358 Auction
21300 52497 Auction
22000 40623 Auction
24000 39163 Online
22600 36054 Auction
23900 33247 Online
25000 28236 Auction
24800 38470 Auction
24500 38935 Online
25200 33427 Auction
23900 39226 Online
25300 31797 Auction
25200 27968 Auction
25100 36136 Auction
25400 30976 Auction
21600 55975 Auction
22600 34834 Auction
23200 31358 Auction
25500 34349 Online
25500 31468 Auction
25500 27539 Auction
23200 51254 Auction
25700 32305 Online
24600 42673 Auction
25500 33430 Auction
24800 38894 Online
23800 27915 Auction
22400 35243 Auction
23700 49201 Auction
21000 46865 Auction
24000 47527 Auction
25400 35688 Auction
25200 38277 Auction
25800 29514 Auction
24000 26495 Auction
25800 26488 Auction
20600 55330 Auction
24000 26443 Auction
23800 41064 Online
25300 37839 Auction
25750 24347 Auction
25600 34649 Auction
24600 44154 Auction
25700 33390 Auction
25500 36054 Auction
26000 28140 Auction
21000 44867 Auction
26000 28446 Auction
23400 52289 Auction
22700 31720 Auction
25500 37006 Auction
25000 25903 Online
26000 30802 Auction
26000 23047 Auction
26000 31324 Auction
20600 48188 Auction
26200 28399 Auction
20200 54133 Auction
20800 61340 Auction
24000 29465 Online
26000 26565 Online
21200 41239 Auction
25000 43243 Auction
26300 28832 Auction
20100 59942 Auction
25700 19846 Auction
21000 62363 Auction
22000 60501 Auction
25600 39122 Auction
26500 27503 Auction
25200 42810 Auction
26200 32877 Auction
26600 27047 Auction
24200 21939 Auction
20000 51148 Auction
26600 28304 Auction
23500 24473 Auction
25200 44276 Auction
26500 32565 Auction
25200 45061 Auction
20200 66514 Auction
25500 16295 Auction
24800 24297 Online
21000 66214 Auction
21600 33564 Auction
20800 67134 Auction
26500 34650 Auction
23100 24278 Auction
26000 14256 Auction
22800 38544 Online
26000 22370 Online
20400 68940 Auction
22600 25909 Auction
25000 49010 Auction
19300 69496 Auction
22600 25406 Auction
24800 15087 Auction
18800 70330 Auction
22600 23672 Auction
19000 73520 Auction
19500 74715 Auction
19400 45498 Auction
27000 27832 Online
19650 76813 Auction
18000 76774 Auction
23300 16381 Auction
20400 33955 Auction