House Calls

This Pull-Out focuses on building models to predict housing starts (the number of new residential construction projects) over time. Students are given housing-starts data for single-family homes, which is the largest component of residential housing starts. It turns out that housing starts for single family homes is a key economic indicator. Long before the television news was filled with reports of economic troubles, declines in housing starts were pointing in that direction.

Activity 1: Housing Starts-A Periodic Model

Activity 2: Housing Starts-A Linear Model

Activity 3: Housing Starts-Modeling Seasonal Trends