Challenge: regression analysis

Hamish Gibbs

Challenge statement

Objective: Predict the nightly price of AirBnB listings in London based on their characteristics.

Data source: Inside AirBnB

Dataset: 2020-08-24-listings.csv.gz

Guidelines: Challenge

Challenge scaffold

• Because we have so little time, I have made a “scaffold of the project”
  • challenge_scaffold.py
• This is a bad solution, but it should be give you a foundation to improve from!

Aims

• See the Challenge Guidelines.
• By the end of the session:
  • Aim to make progress on each major item in the Guidelines.
  • Start simple, then refine your solution.

Aims: This afternoon

• After lunch: introduction to git and GitHub.
• We will contribute our code to a shared repository.
• We will discuss everyone’s solutions and have some cookies.
  • Any dietary restrictions?