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--- |
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task_categories: |
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- tabular-regression |
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- tabular-classification |
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language: |
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- en |
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pretty_name: 'Ames Iowa: Alternative to the Boston Housing Data Set' |
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size_categories: |
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- 1K<n<10K |
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license: unknown |
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configs: |
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- config_name: default |
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data_files: "AmesHousing.csv" |
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default: true |
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sep: "," |
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- config_name: metadata |
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data_files: "metadata.json" |
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--- |
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# Dataset Card for 'Ames Iowa: Alternative to the Boston Housing Data Set' |
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This dataset contains information from the Ames Assessor’s Office about residential properties sold in Ames, IA from 2006 to 2010. This repository is a mirror the original dataset meant to facilitate its consumption. |
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The dataset was originally published by Dean De Cock in [Ames, Iowa: Alternative to the Boston Housing Data as an End of Semester Regression Project](https://jse.amstat.org/v19n3/decock.pdf), it is meant as a resource for teaching machine learning as an alternative to the old and small Boston Housing Dataset. |
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## Dataset Details |
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### Dataset Description |
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- **Curated by:** Dean De Cock, Truman State University |
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- **License:** Unknown |
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Full description of the dataset is in [`./originals/DataDocumentation.txt`](./originals/DataDocumentation.txt), structured metadata was extracted manually in [`./metadata.json`](./metadata.json`). |
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The main dataset file is [`AmesHousing.csv`](./AmesHousing.csv) is the result of a simple preprocessing of the original file, the preprocessing script is in [`./preprocessing/preprocess.py`](preprocessing/preprocess.py). |
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### Dataset Sources |
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- **Original Data:** |
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- excel format (xls): https://jse.amstat.org/v19n3/decock/AmesHousing.xls (mirrored in [./originals/AmesHousing.xls]) |
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- text format (tsv): https://jse.amstat.org/v19n3/decock/AmesHousing.txt (mirrored in [./originals/AmesHousing.txt]) |
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- **Paper:** [De Cock, D. (2011). Ames, Iowa: Alternative to the Boston Housing Data as an End of Semester Regression Project. Journal of Statistics Education, 19(3). https://doi.org/10.1080/10691898.2011.11889627](https://jse.amstat.org/v19n3/decock.pdf) |
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## Uses |
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This dataset was designed as an alternative for the well-known [Boston Housing Data Set](http://lib.stat.cmu.edu/datasets/boston), mostly for teaching purposes. |
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## Dataset Creation |
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### Curation Rationale |
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The original author of this dataset was motivated to assemble a larger and more contemporary dataset: the boston housing dataset covers data from the 1970s and only has 506 observations, ie prices, over 14 variables. |
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### Source Data |
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<!-- This section describes the source data (e.g. news text and headlines, social media posts, translated sentences, ...). --> |
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The original author of the dataset obtain the raw data directly from the Ames, Iowa, City Assessor’s Office. |
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## Citation |
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**BibTeX:** |
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``` |
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@article{de2011ames, |
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title={Ames, Iowa: Alternative to the Boston housing data as an end of semester regression project}, |
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author={De Cock, Dean}, |
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journal={Journal of Statistics Education}, |
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volume={19}, |
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number={3}, |
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year={2011}, |
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publisher={Taylor \& Francis} |
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} |
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``` |
