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  "id": 1114,
  "title": "What does Outcome 0 (zero) mean?",
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  "post_date": "2011-12-01T11:26:10.027Z",
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  "content": "<p>Friends: In line 244068 of valid_training.csv, the Outcome code is 0.</p>\r\n<p>Outcomes are defined as: <em>outcome</em>: a numeric code representing 'correct' (1), 'incorrect' (2), 'skipped' (3), or 'timeout' (4): a more detailed indicator of the outcome.&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p><strong>What does Outcome 0 mean?</strong></p>",
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      "id": "6897",
      "postDate": "12/01/2011 11:26:10",
      "content": "<p>Friends: In line 244068 of valid_training.csv, the Outcome code is 0.</p>\r\n<p>Outcomes are defined as: <em>outcome</em>: a numeric code representing 'correct' (1), 'incorrect' (2), 'skipped' (3), or 'timeout' (4): a more detailed indicator of the outcome.&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p><strong>What does Outcome 0 mean?</strong></p>",
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      "id": "6923",
      "postDate": "12/02/2011 18:42:01",
      "content": "<p>It means (because of some error) we don't have the outcome recorded. &nbsp;Alas. &nbsp;Fortunately, there aren't too many cases where this happens.</p>",
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      "postDate": "12/03/2011 11:53:30",
      "content": "<p>Thank you, Thomas. May we also take &quot;(because of some error)&quot; to be the general answer to anomalies in the data?</p>",
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      "postDate": "12/03/2011 22:07:06",
      "content": "<p>I am also confused by so many details of correct. Should I regard the correct = 0 as it is a correct = 2 or desert that part of the data.</p>",
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      "postDate": "12/05/2011 18:29:21",
      "content": "<p>Mike -- in general, yes; if there is missing or incorrect data which occurs infrequently, you can generally assume it is caused by some error.</p>\r\n<p>GBA -- correct is either 0 or 1 and is the field to predict. &nbsp;It will be a 1 whenever outcome is 1 (correct) and 0 otherwise.</p>",
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      "id": "6972",
      "postDate": "12/05/2011 21:20:04",
      "content": "<p>Thanks, Thomas. </p>",
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      "author_name": "thomaslotze",
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      "post_date": "12/02/2011 18:42:01",
      "content": "<p>It means (because of some error) we don't have the outcome recorded. &nbsp;Alas. &nbsp;Fortunately, there aren't too many cases where this happens.</p>",
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      "author_name": "mikel1",
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      "post_date": "12/03/2011 11:53:30",
      "content": "<p>Thank you, Thomas. May we also take &quot;(because of some error)&quot; to be the general answer to anomalies in the data?</p>",
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      "post_date": "12/03/2011 22:07:06",
      "content": "<p>I am also confused by so many details of correct. Should I regard the correct = 0 as it is a correct = 2 or desert that part of the data.</p>",
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      "author_name": "thomaslotze",
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      "post_date": "12/05/2011 18:29:21",
      "content": "<p>Mike -- in general, yes; if there is missing or incorrect data which occurs infrequently, you can generally assume it is caused by some error.</p>\r\n<p>GBA -- correct is either 0 or 1 and is the field to predict. &nbsp;It will be a 1 whenever outcome is 1 (correct) and 0 otherwise.</p>",
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      "author_name": "mikel1",
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      "post_date": "12/05/2011 21:20:04",
      "content": "<p>Thanks, Thomas. </p>",
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