Indian Statistical Institute: Mid-Semester Examination: 2017-18
Indian Statistical Institute: Mid-Semester Examination: 2017-18
Indian Statistical Institute: Mid-Semester Examination: 2017-18
This is an open-resources examination. You may use any online or offline academic material as refer-
ence during the test, and you are free to borrow codes from any non-interactive source on the Internet.
However, posting any query on discussion forums, emails, blogs, and interactive online portals during
the test will be considered unethical, and will draw penalty. You must refer to each and every online or
offline source you use during the test at the end of your report. There is no need to explicitly cite the R
(or Python) packages and libraries you use during the test, as they will anyway be a part of your code(s).
Within-group discussion is permitted, but between-group discussion during the test will draw penalty.
Data : You are given a dataset — randData.csv — associated with this problem, along with
an auxiliary description file — randVars.csv. The dataset randData.csv contains the records
of 2823 departmental stores of a specific chain of stores — RandMartTM — in the USA, and the
variables/features of this dataset are explained in the auxiliary description file randVars.csv.
Objective : RandMartTM wants to open up a new store in the USA, and they have hired your
group as expert consultants to help them choose the best location for the new store. Analyze
the given dataset randData.csv given by RandMartTM , and advise them to the best of your
expertise, the most desirable location(s) for the company to open up its new store in the USA.
Best of luck! ,