A project on predicting the age of abalones using their characteristics.
Given is the attribute name, attribute type, the measurement unit and a brief description. The number of rings is the value to predict: either as a continuous value or as a classification problem.
- Sex / nominal / -- / M, F, and I (infant)
- Length / continuous / mm / Longest shell measurement
- Diameter / continuous / mm / perpendicular to length
- Height / continuous / mm / with meat in shell
- Whole weight / continuous / grams / whole abalone
- Shucked weight / continuous / grams / weight of meat
- Viscera weight / continuous / grams / gut weight (after bleeding)
- Shell weight / continuous / grams / after being dried
- Rings / integer / -- / +1.5 gives the age in years
- How does weight change with age for each of the three sex categories?
- Can you estimate an abalone's age using its physical characteristics?
- Investigate which variables are better predictors of age for abalones.