Usability Metrics Analysis and Presentation

This assignment focuses on collecting, analyzing, and presenting usability metrics. Students will need to apply statistical techniques to gather and interpret data related to user experience. The provided list of references includes books and articles on statistics, biostatistics, and software tools relevant to data analysis and presentation.

Running head: HOUSE PRICES IN KINGFISHER BAY
HOUSE PRICES IN KINGFISHER BAY
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Executive Summary:
This report is based on the city of Kingfisher Bay, Melbourne. Kingfisher Bay is known as one
of the most expensive area of Melbourne. The house prices and the rents generally remains sky-
high and this has created a concern in the government council. The council has collected few
data from various trusted sources and want to analyse the data regarding the expensiveness limit
of the area. The data are based on various facts like the price of the houses, the distance of the
houses from the local amenities like the bus stand, the railway stations, the stores and others.
They also analyse the condition of the house like the storeys, the present condition of it, the
availability of the air conditions. They are also divided among the different suburbs which are
three in number. These data are to be tested on few points like what should be the average price
of the houses and what are the proportions for the age of the houses and other characteristics.
The detailed report is stated below.

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Table of Contents
House Prices in Kingfisher Bay.......................................................................................................4
House Prices Vs. Condition/Suburbs...............................................................................................6
House Prices Vs. Factors Influencing House Prices:.......................................................................8
Concerns Raised By Real Estate Agents And Developers:.............................................................9
Future Survey.................................................................................................................................10
References:....................................................................................................................................12

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Date: 20th December 2017
To: Hannah Zhou, Director, Housing Affordability Division, Real Estate Institute
From: Sandy Stedwell, Manager, Research and Analysis, Real Estate Institute
Subject: Analysis of Kingfisher Bay’s housing and rental data
Dear Hannah,
I want through your letter and came across the reason of your concern. The city of
Kingfisher Bay in being considered to be one of the most expensive areas of the country. The
houses rents and the house prices are announced to be rarely low and this thing is creating a
hinder regarding the attraction of this area. Lots of people are really not being able to afford the
houses of the said area. These reports needs to be analyses proper on the basis of the a few data
sets so as the situation can be controlled with proper measures.
I have received the data set as well and I have gone through the required analysis and
provide the required results that are the answers of the mentioned questions.

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House Prices in Kingfisher Bay
(a) Overall house price summary of the region of Kingfisher Bay can be stated as:
The price of the houses is $886.575 in an average, that is, $886.575 can be taken as the
standard price level for every house (Lowry 2014). The house prices can vary within a
range of $324.94 from the average price. Half of the house prices can be taken to be in a
range lower than $852 and the rest of the house prices are more than $852. The highest
price in the area is $811.
(b) Mean or the average is a generally used measure but median is also preferred sometimes.
The reasons can be sited as: A dataset generally contains data that vary within a limit
within themselves (Pituch Whittaker and Stevens 2015). However sometimes, a single
data may seem to vary in an abnormal way and may seem to lie distant from the general
line that can be observed with bare eyes. It can be said alternatively that a single data
point can be seem to be detached or situated away from the main stream. This type of
data points is called outliers. Dataset that contain outliers can be handled more easily
through median than the mean because an average means the addition of all the available
values and a division of the sum by the total frequency. This sum can get affected a lot
with even a single outlier. The average may get deviated a lot (Mayers 2013). Whereas
median signifies the middle most value of the whole dataset and this doesn’t get effected
much with the outliers because a middle most value will remain in the middle position or
may vary only for a single point only. The same explanation goes for extremely high
values or extremely low values. Here comes another thing that is extremely high or low
values. A value may not be seemed to be that detached from the streamline but may be
extremely high or low within the line. These type of extreme values can affect the total a

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lot regarding the mean calculation and estimation of the exact average may become
tough. Datasets that contains more than a limit of extreme values can be handled well
through median. Again a dataset may consist of data points that vary symmetrically
within themselves. Plotting of the whole dataset can make this point more vivid.
However if a dataset shows somewhat a non symmetrical or asymmetrical graph, then it
can be handled in a better way through median since the asymmetry in the dataset can
affect the total that is needed for an average calculation and hence can deviate the
average. Situations can be seen like a dataset does not have a clear more. There may not
be any particular highest value in the set and there may be more that one nearby high
values(Konietschke and Pauly 2014). Cases like this will experience an average which
will nearly evolve around those highest values and hence may not show a proper estimate
of the average.
(c) Estimate of the average house prices for the houses in Kingfisher bay can be given like:
An estimate of the average house price is $887 and this estimate may vary within a limit
of $935.75 in the highest level and $837.40 in the lowest level (Kanda 2013). These are
estimates and can vary within a limit.
(d) Number of houses in the said area with prices more than $1million is 43. Estimate of the
proportion of houses with prices more than $1 million is 0.3583 (Altman et al. 2013).
This proportion can also vary within a limit. It can vary in the highest till 43.03% and in
the lowest till 28.63%.

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House Prices Vs. Condition/Suburbs:
(a). The house conditions as can be seen from the dataset is:
Kingfisher Bay is known to be one of the posh area of Melbourne and it is expected to be the
most costly area of the country (Bates et al. 2014). The city consists of houses of different ages
as it is not considered to be one of the newest city of Melbourne. The houses range from very old
ones to newest ones. It has very old houses and very new houses as well. As is known by
everyone that houses needs to get maintenance in a proper level or otherwise it may become
dangerous for the staying purpose as well. A well maintained house will generate higher revenue
and that will have higher resale values as well. 15 houses are in a very poor condition. They
highly lacks maintenance and it may be dangerous to stay there since they are really old. 40
houses are in poor condition means in a condition which is slightly better than the first 15
houses. They have got a little better maintenance and they have to be get sorted a bit more with
construction and all. 42 houses are in really good conditions. They are highly maintained with
modern resources and they can be said to actually be the modern houses. They also generate
higher rates regarding the rent case and also regarding the resale value. The rest of the 23 houses
are in moderate condition (Anderson et al. 2014). They are comparatively better than the old
ones or the very old ones but they still need a little bit of attention like a bit of construction,
cleaning and more maintenance. They are the one who can generate higher rents and resale
values. This conditional factor plays an important role in deciding the price level of the houses.
The houses which are in a very poor condition need immediate attention or which may decrease
the price for these houses.

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(b)
(1) The houses can be classified according to the conditions in the different suburbs. The area is
not a very new area only with the new houses. This is believed to be an area developed in the
older times and hence it has older houses and newer houses as well (Dean et al. 2015). There are
also moderately aged houses which are not that old and not that new. These house ages and the
houses conditions impact the houses prices. They can be considered as indicators of prices. A
very old house will be in a very bad condition and the one which is newly constructed will be in
a good condition. The moderately aged houses are in moderate conditions. The classification of
the houses says that there is less number of houses in a very good condition and in a very good
condition in all the three suburbs. Most of the houses are poor or in good conditions.
(2) The house prices can be classified according to the conditions. The price factor is highly
dependent on the conditions of the houses. Like the houses which are in better condition will
draw higher revenue and the houses which are in the worse condition will generate lower
revenue (Floudas et al. 2013). All the houses in the different suburbs are classified according to
the conditions and the analysis says that the average prices of the houses in a very bad condition
a are comparatively low that the house which are in great conditions generated great amount of
revenues. The analysis hence completely supports the general theory.
(3) The prices of houses in the different suburbs can be compared. Any of the three suburbs can
be considered to be more expensive than the other (Miller 2013). The analysis sates that the
Suburb c has the highest average pieces and the suburb A has the maximum of the average
prices. The Suburb B has a moderate average price record.

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(c) Suburb and condition has an impact on the prices but lots of other factors are also responsible
like: The distances from the bus stand, train stand, shops. What exactly is the style of kitchen and
what is the bathroom style. The kitchen can be of old styles and can lack modern facilities like
the presence of chimneys and other resources. Bathrooms can lack modern amenities and there
can be less number of bathrooms. Prices also depends on storey number and the number of room
is the house. People may have a bit of preferences for higher storey and a few may have lower
preferences for the lower storey like aged people may have preference for lower storey. Again
people may have a height phobia and this category may consist of the lower age group as well.
Rooms in the houses should also be considered. People may have big families and the they will
be always in need of more rooms. Again people can have small families and they will always
need fewer rooms (Lazaridis et al. 2014.). More rooms also need more maintenance but people
with more family member have to bear these propositions. The presence of air conditioners is
also important as air conditioners are considered as one of the basic requirement. Another
important factor can be being traditional in style and being non-traditional in style. Aged people
may prefer traditional houses and younger people can prefer modern houses. Bay view is also a
very important criterion as a clear and beautiful view can enhance the attraction of the house.
House Prices Vs. Factors Influencing House Prices:
(a) As is a general belief, house prices are generally driven by people seeking for good rental
investments. The data is to be tested for this purpose. It can clearly be seen from the

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analysis that the house prices are not completely dependent on the rental investment factor
(Albert and Tullis 2013). Though they have a weak relation and a positive relation like
one will increase with the increase of the other, but the prices are not completely
dependent on this factor.
(b) There are various key indicators for higher house prices (Gravetter and Wallnau 2016).
The factors can be listed like:
The total number of rooms in the house, The age of the house since the constructions are
being done, The total area that the block of the land covers, The total house area, the
house distance from the nearest railway station, nearest bus stand and may be from the
nearest shop, The condition of the nearest street, Styles and stores of the house and lot
more factors.
Concerns Raised By Real Estate Agents And Developers:
(a) Kingfisher bay is reported as one of the most expensive area in Melbourne. This area is
divided into three suburbs. The dataset is to checked to see whether all the suburbs are
equally expensive. The average price level can be set to $600 and it can be claimed that if
the average monthly rent exceed the level, the suburb can be denoted as an expensive
suburb (Kautonen, Van Gelderen and Tornikoski 2013). It can be said from the analysis
that the average price for each and every suburb exceeds the decided level. The dataset
claims that all the suburbs are equally expensive. Scatter plot of the prices and returns is
given below:

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$600
$800
$1,000
$1,200
$1,400
$1,600
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Figure 1: Scatterplot for House Prices and Rental Returns
(Source: Created by Author)
(b)Number of reports claims that there is a lack of development in the Kingfisher Bay area. The
area consists of more than 75% of the houses which ages 10 years or even more than that. This
claim can be tested through the dataset. Data analysis claims that the area consists of more than
of 75% old houses.
Future Survey:
Estimations are to be made regarding the sample sizes that are necessary for any future
survey. These estimations are to be made on the context of future surveys and on the basis of few
points. The future surveys are to be made for comparing the prices and also to keep a track of it
(Kautonen Van Gelderen and Tornikoski 2013.). The average house price which is within

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$50000 will be estimated and the vacant house proportion in the market which is within 3% will
be calculated. Data analysis claims that the sample size should be 120 regarding the average part
and should be 342 regarding the proportion part.

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