---
configs:
- config_name: abalone
  data_files:
  - path: abalone/train.csv
    split: train
  default: true
- config_name: binary
  data_files:
  - path: binary/train.csv
    split: train
  default: false
language: en
license: cc
pretty_name: Abalone
size_categories: 1M<n<10M
tags:
- tabular_classification
- binary_classification
- multiclass_classification
task_categories:
- tabular-classification
---
# Abalone
The [Abalone dataset](https://archive-beta.ics.uci.edu/dataset/1/abalone) from the [UCI ML repository](https://archive.ics.uci.edu/ml/datasets).
Predict the age of the given abalone.

# Configurations and tasks
| **Configuration** | **Task**                  | **Description**                         |
|-------------------|---------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
| abalone           | Regression                | Predict the age of the abalone.         |
| binary            | Binary classification     | Does the abalone have more than 9 rings?|

# Usage
```python
from datasets import load_dataset

dataset = load_dataset("mstz/abalone")["train"]
```

# Features
Target feature in bold.

|**Feature**            |**Type**       |
|-----------------------|---------------|
| sex                   | `[string]`    |
| length                | `[float64]`   |
| diameter              | `[float64]`   |
| height                | `[float64]`   |
| whole_weight          | `[float64]`   |
| shucked_weight        | `[float64]`   |
| viscera_weight        | `[float64]`   |
| shell_weight          | `[float64]`   |
| **number_of_rings**   | `[int8]`      |