VT Census Case Studies : MRIS-MLS Preparation
Created and last modified by molfe on 19 Oct 2015
- Separate into three tables (Location, Characteristics, and Selling).
Cleaning
- Remove duplicated row
- Check 5 address listed as Mclean in the Arlington County Property Search to confirm they are in Arlington's Jurisdiction
Restructuring
- Set into wide format with on observation per an address
Cleaning
- Remove duplicated row
- Pull out variables of interest
- Check house that had 30 bedrooms against Arlington County Property Search and fix
- Check house that had 21 full bathrooms against Arlington County Property Search and fix
- Recode type of property into Property Type and Number of Units ACS categories
- Recode Bedroom Count to ACS categories
- Recode Bathrooms to ACS category
- Recode Year Built into ACS categories
- Recode Heating Fuel into ACS categories
- Had to create Unknown category for those that were not specific on fuel type currently in use (some levels were about availability)
Cleaning
- Remove duplicated row
- Pull out variables of interest
- Make selling data into Selling.Year
- Put Closing Price and Original Listing Price into constant 2013 dollars