Convenience Shopping
When a small business owner wants to sell, where does he go? One marketplace for such
transactions is BizBuySell.com. When a business owner is ready to sell, any serious buyer will want to analyze past
financial records to determine their potential for sales.
One owner of a convenience store with gas station is ready to sell. He knows that buyers will want to see his
sales, so he wants to review them himself to make sure he presents his business in its best light. The owner want to
analyze the business’ sales
. Each row summarizes sales for one day. This particular station sells gas, and it also
has a convenience store and a car wash.
Describe and Predict the business’ sales using one or more of the available Variables:
•
Sales (Dollars) : Sales of
only
the convenience store in $ (ie this sales does not include Gas sales).
•
Volume (Gallons) : Total Volume of gas sold per day (regardless of gas type).
•
Washes : number of vehicle washes sold per day
•
DayWeek : day of the week: Weekday (YES) or weekend day (NO)
•
Price : daily average price of one gallon of gasoline in cents of U.S. dollar. (regardless of gas type