CarMax - Case Study
Sep 2016 – Nov 2016
Virginia Commonwealth University
Richmond, Virginia
Objective 01: Provide an estimate of the total number of used cars potentially available for appraisal
Objective 02: Provide a method for forecasting used-car supply
- To meet Objective 01, wrote and demonstrated a Python-based web-scraper to extract criteria-driven used-vehicle search data from Craigslist (objective 01)
- To meet Objective 02, conducted a time-series analysis of vehicles purchased in previous years to predict available pool of select used vehicles in upcoming years
- Applied data insights to create a 2017 Buyer's Guide providing strategic guidance to prospective vehicle buyers on vehicle make/model decisions