I am writing a paper and looking for guidance on the statistical methods I should use.

1. Describe the statistical methods you would use to develop a model to predict the tips the waitress receives.

2. Include a description of the analysis performed to answer the question.

3. What would be your hypothesis?

4. What data cleaning, manipulation, and transformations should be done?

5. Is the analysis of the data thorough or are some aspects of the data ignored?

Waitress Tips. A student collected data from a restaurant where she was a waitress. The student was interested in learning under what conditions a waitress can expect the largest tipsfor example: At dinner time or late at night? From younger or older patrons? From patrons receiving free meals? From patrons drinking alcohol? From patrons tipping with cash or credit? And should tip amount be measured as total dollar amount or as a percentage? Develop a model to predict the tips the waitress receives. Data can be found in waitresstips.csv Here is a description of the variables collected:

Day = day of the week

Meal = time of day (Lunch, Dinner, Late Night)

Payment = how bill was paid (Credit, Cash, Credit with Cash tip)

Party = number of people in the party

Age = age category of person paying the bill (Yadult, Middle, SenCit)

GiftCard = was gift card used?

Comps = was part of the meal complimentary?

Alcohol = was alcohol purchased?

Bday = was a free birthday meal or treat given?

Bill = total size of the bill

W.tip = total amount paid (bill plus tip)

Tip = amount of the tip

Tip.Percentage = proportion of the bill represented by the tip