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  "id": 5787,
  "title": "Meaning of the extra fields in the Train.csv file",
  "url": "/competitions/expedia-personalized-sort/discussion/5787",
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  "post_date": "2013-09-17T10:17:13.753Z",
  "votes": null,
  "comment_count": 2,
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  "content": "<p>Though these fields are intuitive - could you please mention if this understanding is in the right direction ?&nbsp;</p>\n<p>position = position of &quot;this listing&quot; in the recommendation result shown to the customer ;<br>click_bool = 1 if the customer clicked on &quot;this listing&quot; , 0 if the customer did not click , and NULL == ? ;<br>gross_bookings_usd = gross bookings for this &quot;listing&quot; in usd (but how would we normalize this usd amount per listing?)<br>booking_bool = 1 if the customer booked this listing , 0 if the customer did not book this listing and NULL == ?&nbsp;</p>",
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      "postDate": "09/17/2013 10:17:13",
      "content": "<p>Though these fields are intuitive - could you please mention if this understanding is in the right direction ?&nbsp;</p>\n<p>position = position of &quot;this listing&quot; in the recommendation result shown to the customer ;<br>click_bool = 1 if the customer clicked on &quot;this listing&quot; , 0 if the customer did not click , and NULL == ? ;<br>gross_bookings_usd = gross bookings for this &quot;listing&quot; in usd (but how would we normalize this usd amount per listing?)<br>booking_bool = 1 if the customer booked this listing , 0 if the customer did not book this listing and NULL == ?&nbsp;</p>",
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      "id": "31037",
      "postDate": "09/17/2013 10:36:32",
      "content": "<p>1. click_bool and booking_bool do not have missing (NULL) values in the training data.</p>\n<p>2. gross_bookings_usd:</p>\n<p>The data description says: &quot;Total value of the transaction. This can differ from the price_usd due to taxes, fees, conventions on multiple day bookings and purchase of a room type other than the one <br>shown in the search&quot;</p>\n<p>This column was released here just to help you to normalize prices over different site_id, if you decide you need this information. You could also deduct if the room type listed in a ranking was the same room type that was purchased; rankings always list prices of cheapest room types (can be different for different hotels).</p>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<p>X</p>",
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    },
    {
      "id": "31038",
      "postDate": "09/17/2013 10:58:10",
      "content": "<p>why signed with a kiss?!!</p>",
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      "votes": null
    }
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  "comments": [
    {
      "id": 31037,
      "author_name": "adamwoz",
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      "post_date": "09/17/2013 10:36:32",
      "content": "<p>1. click_bool and booking_bool do not have missing (NULL) values in the training data.</p>\n<p>2. gross_bookings_usd:</p>\n<p>The data description says: &quot;Total value of the transaction. This can differ from the price_usd due to taxes, fees, conventions on multiple day bookings and purchase of a room type other than the one <br>shown in the search&quot;</p>\n<p>This column was released here just to help you to normalize prices over different site_id, if you decide you need this information. You could also deduct if the room type listed in a ranking was the same room type that was purchased; rankings always list prices of cheapest room types (can be different for different hotels).</p>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<p>X</p>",
      "votes": null,
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    },
    {
      "id": 31038,
      "author_name": "mattvanderhoek",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "09/17/2013 10:58:10",
      "content": "<p>why signed with a kiss?!!</p>",
      "votes": null,
      "replies": []
    }
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