Description of the German credit dataset.
1. Title: German Credit data
2. Source Information
Professor Dr. Hans Hofmann
Institut f"ur Statistik und "Okonometrie
Universit"at Hamburg
FB Wirtschaftswissenschaften
Von-Melle-Park 5
2000 Hamburg 13
3. Number of Instances: 1000
Two datasets are provided. the original dataset, in the form provided
by Prof. Hofmann, contains categorical/symbolic attributes and
is in the file "german.data".
For algorithms that need numerical attributes, Strathclyde University
produced the file "german.data-numeric". This file has been edited
and several indicator variables added to make it suitable for
algorithms which cannot cope with categorical variables. Several
attributes that are ordered categorical (such as attribute 17) have
been coded as integer. This was the form used by StatLog.
6. Number of Attributes german: 20 (7 numerical, 13 categorical)
Number of Attributes german.numer: 24 (24 numerical)
7. Attribute description for german
Attribute 1: (qualitative)
Status of existing checking account
A11 : ... < 0 DM
A12 : 0 = 200 DM /
salary assignments for at least 1 year
A14 : no checking account
Attribute 2: (numerical)
Duration in month
Attribute 3: (qualitative)
Credit history
A30 : no credits taken/
all credits paid back duly
A31 : all credits at this bank paid back duly
A32 : existing credits paid back duly till now
A33 : delay in paying off in the past
A34 : critical account/
other credits existing (not at this bank)
Attribute 4: (qualitative)
Purpose
A40 : car (new)
A41 : car (used)
A42 : furniture/equipment
A43 : radio/television
A44 : domestic appliances
A45 : repairs
A46 : education
A47 : (vacation - does not exist?)
A48 : retraining
A49 : business
A410 : others
Attribute 5: (numerical)
Credit amount
Attibute 6: (qualitative)
Savings account/bonds
A61 : ... < 100 DM
A62 : 100