Predicting the Foursquare rating of Taco Bell restaurants
Introduction Background Taco Bell is an American fast food chain which serves Mexican and Tex-Mex foods. According to scrapehero.com , there are currently 7,117 locations in the United States with 824 locations in California. In 2019, there were 7,363 locations worldwide, an increase of 1,467 locations from 5,896 locations in 2010. That is an average increase of 163 locations per year. Meanwhile, consumers are often guided by where they eat based on the ratings of the restaurants they go to. Thus, having a location with a higher rating is lucrative. In other words, when opening a new Taco Bell restaurant, the owner might be interested in opening the restaurant at a location that is biased towards a higher rating. Problem How does a Taco Bell restaurant’s location affect its rating? In this project, our goal is to determine whether or not a restaurant’s location has an impact on its Foursquare venue rating and if so give the relationship. Interest This problem is c...