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What does it mean "predictive attribute"?


I've downloaded a data set from UCI Machine Learning Repository. In the description of the data set, they talk about "predictive attribute" and "non-predictive attribute". What does it mean and how can you identify them in a data set? Description of the attribute


Solution

  • To me, it looks like attributes relates to type of data points available; therefore a predictive attribute would be a data point that can be used to "predict" something, such as MYCT, MMIN, MMAX, CACH, CHMIN, CHMAX. The "non-predictive attribute" would be the vendor names and model name. PRP seems to be the goal field, and linear regression guess is ERP.