encoding for the categorical feature sliders

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+ # Encoding for the categorical features
+
+********************
+
+ 'What is the Overall material and finish quality?',
+ 'What is the Quality of the basement finished area?',
+ 'Where are the physical locations within Ames city limits?',
+ 'Where is the location of the Garage?',
+ 'What is the condition of the sale?',
+ 'Does the house have walkout or garden-level basement walls?'
+
+********************
+
+OverallQual: Rates the overall material and finish of the house
+
+       10     Very Excellent
+       9      Excellent
+       8      Very Good
+       7      Good
+       6      Above Average
+       5      Average
+       4      Below Average
+       3      Fair
+       2      Poor
+       1      Very Poor
+********************
+
+BsmtFinType1: Rating of basement finished area
+
+(These will be encoded with 1 to 7 in the slider of the APP)
+
+       GLQ    Good Living Quarters
+       ALQ    Average Living Quarters
+       BLQ    Below Average Living Quarters      
+       Rec    Average Rec Room
+       LwQ    Low Quality
+       Unf    Unfinshed
+       NA     No Basement
+
+********************
+
+Neighborhood: Physical locations within Ames city limits
+
+(These will be encoded with 1 to 25 in the slider of the APP)
+
+       Blmngtn	Bloomington Heights
+       Blueste	Bluestem
+       BrDale	       Briardale
+       BrkSide	Brookside
+       ClearCr	Clear Creek
+       CollgCr	College Creek
+       Crawfor	Crawford
+       Edwards	Edwards
+       Gilbert	Gilbert
+       IDOTRR	       Iowa DOT and Rail Road
+       MeadowV	Meadow Village
+       Mitchel	Mitchell
+       Names	       North Ames
+       NoRidge	Northridge
+       NPkVill	Northpark Villa
+       NridgHt	Northridge Heights
+       NWAmes	       Northwest Ames
+       OldTown	Old Town
+       SWISU	       South & West of Iowa State University
+       Sawyer	       Sawyer
+       SawyerW	Sawyer West
+       Somerst	Somerset
+       StoneBr	Stone Brook
+       Timber	       Timberland
+       Veenker	Veenker
+
+********************
+
+GarageType: Garage location
+
+(These will be encoded with 1 to 7 in the slider of the APP)
+              
+       2Types        More than one type of garage
+       Attchd        Attached to home
+       Basment       Basement Garage
+       BuiltIn       Built-In (Garage part of house - typically has room above garage)
+       CarPort       Car Port
+       Detchd        Detached from home
+       NA            No Garage
+              
+********************
+
+SaleCondition: Condition of sale
+
+(These will be encoded with 1 to 6 in the slider of the APP)
+
+       Normal Normal Sale
+       Abnorml       Abnormal Sale -  trade, foreclosure, short sale
+       AdjLand       Adjoining Land Purchase
+       Alloca Allocation - two linked properties with separate deeds, typically condo with a garage unit 
+       Family Sale between family members
+       Partial       Home was not completed when last assessed (associated with New Homes)
+
+********************
+
+BsmtExposure: Refers to walkout or garden level walls
+
+(These will be encoded with 1 to 5 in the slider of the APP)
+
+       Gd     Good Exposure
+       Av     Average Exposure (split levels or foyers typically score average or above)   
+       Mn     Mimimum Exposure
+       No     No Exposure
+       NA     No Basement
+