Ikea Furniture

Setting up R Packages

library(tidyverse)
library(mosaic)
library(skimr)
library(ggformula)
library(ggridges)

Introduction

This is a dataset pertaining to furniture prices at IKEA, modified for ease of analysis and plotting.

Data

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item_id <dbl>	name <chr>	category <fct>	price <dbl>	old_price <chr>	sellable_online <lgl>
29123958	MINNEN	Beds (208)	395.0	SR 445	TRUE
49278341	BRIMNES	Beds (208)	895.0	SR 925	TRUE
50461230	SMÅGÖRA	Beds (208)	595.0	No old price	TRUE
89326463	PLATSA	Beds (208)	2111.0	SR 2,205	TRUE
50468953	VATTVIKEN	Beds (208)	995.0	No old price	TRUE
69326609	SLÄKT	Beds (208)	540.0	No old price	FALSE
59099136	BRIMNES	Beds (208)	795.0	No old price	TRUE
40395245	NEIDEN	Beds (208)	99.0	No old price	TRUE
69277307	LEIRVIK	Beds (208)	1195.0	No old price	TRUE
70395239	NEIDEN	Beds (208)	199.0	No old price	TRUE

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Data Dictionary

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Plot the Data

Task and Discussion

Complete the Data Dictionary. Create the graph shown and discuss the following questions:

• What is the kind of plot used in the chart?
• What variables have been used in the chart?
• What can you say about the scale on X-axis?
• What can you say about prices of items that are available in single colour versus those that are available in more than one colour?
• What is a good hypothesis to interpret the double-humped nature of some of the curves?