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Level Intermediate
Recommended Use: Regression Models
Domain: Automobiles
Auto MPG Data Set
Can you predict the fuel-efficieny of a car?
This intermediate level data set has 398 rows and 9 columns and provides mileage, horsepower, model year, and other technical specifications for cars. This data set is recommended for learning and practicing your skills in exploratory data analysis, data visualization, and regression 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:
Data Dictionary
Column Position | Attribute Name | Description | Examples | Attribute Type | Nulls Ratio |
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#1 | mpg | fuel efficiency measured in miles per gallon (mpg) | 9.0, 13.0, 41.5 | quantitative | 0% |
#2 | cylinders | number of cylinders in the engine | 3, 4, 8 | qualitative | 0% |
#3 | displacement | engine displacement (in cubic inches) | 68.0, 112.0, 455.0 | quantitative | 0% |
#4 | horsepower | engine horsepower | 46.0, 70.0, 230.0 | quantitative | 2% |
#5 | weight | vehicle weight (in pounds) | 1613, 3615, 5140 | quantitative | 0% |
#6 | acceleration | time to accelerate from O to 60 mph (in seconds) | 8.00, 15.50, 24.80 | quantitative | 0% |
#7 | model year | model year | 73, 79, 82 | qualitative | 0% |
#8 | origin | origin of car (1: American, 2: European, 3: Japanese) | 1, 2, 3 | qualitative | 0% |
#9 | car name | car name | audi fox, subaru | qualitative | 0% |
Acknowledgement
This data set has been sourced from the Machine Learning Repository of University of California, Irvine Auto MPG Data Set (UC Irvine). The UCI page mentions StatLib (Carnegie Mellon University) as the original source of the data set.