Exploring the Data
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Here are some summary statistics describing the `data set <https://archive.ics.uci.edu/ml/datasets/Student+Performance>`_ of student data.

.. csv-table:: Summary Statistics
   :header: Statistic, Value

   Total number of students, 395
   Number of students who passed, 265
   Number of students who failed, 130
   Number of features, 30
   Graduation rate of the class, 67.09%



Passed
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In the original data set, the target was a grade (ranging from 0 to 20) but has been re-cast here to a binary target (0 = *didn't pass*, 1 = *passed* ). The target variable is named 'passed'.

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.. image:: figures/passing_count.*
   :align: center
   :scale: 95%



As noted above, 67% of the students passed.