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**Level:** Intermediate
**Recommended Use:** Classification Models
**Domain:** Physical
## Glass Identification Data Set
### Predict the type of glass
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This *intermediate* level data set has 214 rows and 10 columns.
The data set provides details about 6 types of glass, defined in terms of their oxide content (i.e. Na, Fe, K, etc).
This data set is recommended for learning and practicing your skills in **exploratory data analysis**, **data visualization**, and **classification modelling techniques**.
Feel free to explore the data set with multiple **supervised** and **unsupervised** learning techniques. The Following data dictionary gives more details on this data set:
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### Data Dictionary
| Column Position | Atrribute Name | Definition | Data Type | Example | % Null Ratios |
|------------------- |---------------- |----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |-------------- |--------------------------- |--------------- |
| 1 | Id number | Id number from 1 to 214 | Quantitative | 16, 75, 211 | 0 |
| 2 | RI | RI: Refractive Index | Quantitative | 1.51755, 1.51613, 1.51844 | 0 |
| 3 | Na | NA: Sodium (unit measurement: weight percent in corresponding oxide) | Quantitative | 13.19, 12.79, 14.21 | 0 |
| 4 | Mg | Mg: Magnesium (unit measurement: weight percent in corresponding oxide) | Quantitative | 3.82, 2.87, 3.59 | 0 |
| 5 | Al | Al: Aluminum (unit measurement: weight percent in corresponding oxide) | Quantitative | 1.56, 1.43, | 0 |
| 6 | Si | Si: Silicon (unit measurement: weight percent in corresponding oxide) | Quantitative | 73.20, 71.77, 72.95 | 0 |
| 7 | K | K: Potassium (unit measurement: weight percent in corresponding oxide) | Quantitative | 0.67, 0.57, 0.11 | 0 |
| 8 | Ca | Ca: Calcium (unit measurement: weight percent in corresponding oxide) | Quantitative | 8.09, 7.83, 9.57 | 0 |
| 9 | Ba | Ba: Barium (unit measurement: weight percent in corresponding oxide) | Quantitative | 0.00, 0.11, 0.27 | 0 |
| 10 | Fe | Fe: Iron (unit measurement: weight percent in corresponding oxide) | Quantitative | 0.11, 0.14, 0.00 | 0 |
| 11 | Type of Glass | Glas Type (1: building_windows_float_processed, 2: building_windows_non_float_processed, 3: vehicle_windows_float_processed, 4: vehicle_windows_non_float_processed, 5: containers, 6: tableware, 7: headlamps) | Quantitative | 2, 5, 7 | 0 |
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### Acknowledgement
This data set has been sourced from the Machine Learning Repository of University of California, Irvine [Glass Identification Data Set (UC Irvine)](https://archive.ics.uci.edu/ml/datasets/Glass+Identification).
The UCI page mentions USA Forensic Science Service as the following as the original source of the data set.