Predict the project state (success, failure, in progress, etc.) for Kickstarter projects using key project goal indicators and information (goal amount, updates, backers, etc.)

Information taken from Dan Misener's KickbackMachine. Raw data available here

Number of sales prediction, based on etsy.com shop stats: items, followers, admirers, feedback, open date, sales,...

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Data from 58,000 shops extracted directly from etsy.com using import.io crawler

Day of week patterns in car accidents with fatalities, based on accident and personal variables during 2011 in USA

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Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS) Encyclopedia

A dataset relating characteristics of telephony account features and usage and whether or not the customer churned.

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Telephony Churn Prediction Dataset

The 2008-09 nine-month academic salary for Assistant Professors, Associate Professors and Professors in a college in the U.S. The data were collected as part of the on-going effort of the college's administration to monitor salary differences between male and female faculty members.

Fox J. and Weisberg, S. (2011) An R Companion to Applied Regression, Second Edition Sage.

Currency rate USD/GBP prediction based on other world currency rates USD/XXX

- USD/EUR rate 1 USA Dollar in Euros from Europe

USD/JPY rate 1 USA Dollar in Yens from Japan - USD/CZK rate 1 USA Dollar in Korunas from Czech Republic

USD/GBP rate 1 USA Dollar in Pound Sterlings from Great Britain - USD/AUD rate 1 USA Dollar in Dollars from Australia

USD/BRL rate 1 USA Dollar in Reals from Brazil - USD/CNY rate 1 USA Dollar in Yuan Renminbis from China

USD/ZAR rate 1 USA Dollar in Rands from South Africa - USD/CAD rate 1 USA Dollar in Dollars from Canada

USD/MXN rate 1 USA Dollar in New Pesos from Mexico - USD/ARS rate 1 USA Dollar in Pesos from Argentina

USD/CHF rate 1 USA Dollar in Francs from Switzerland - USD/INR rate 1 USA Dollar in Rupees from India

USD/VND rate 1 USA Dollar in New Dngs from Vietnam - USD/ZMW rate 1 USA Dollar in Kwachas from Zambia

USD/IDR rate 1 USA Dollar in Rupiahs from Indonesia - USD/IQD rate 1 USA Dollar in Dinars from Iraq

USD/IRR rate 1 USA Dollar in Rials from Iran

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Quandl dataset about currency rates

etsy.com shops sales prediction, based on other shop parameters like items, followers, admirers, feedback, open date,...

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Data extracted directly from etsy.com using import.io crawler

Supermarket Data aggregated by Customer and info from shops pivoted to new columns.

Pennacchioli, D., Coscia, M., Rinzivillo, S., Pedreschi, D. and Giannotti, F., Explaining the Product Range Effect in Purchase Data. In BigData, 2013.

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Supermarket data

Do you expect to spend MORE/LESS time on Facebook the upcoming year?

Based on omnibus survey containing questions on people's Facebook habits and attitudes.

Source: http://pewinternet.org