| Machine readable .names file for MLC++ library.
| Commented Irvine .names follows with machine readable info at end of file.
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|1. Title of Database: 
|   Thyroid gland data. ('normal', hypo and hyper functioning)
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|2. Sources:
|   (a) Original owner
|   	Danny Coomans, Dept. of Maths. and Stats., James Cook University,
|   	Townsville 4811, Australia.  email: madhc@manta.jcu.edu.au
|   (b) Donor of database
|	Stefan Aeberhard, Dept. of Comp. Science, James Cook University,
|        Townsville 4811, Australia.  email: stefan@coral.cs.jcu.edu.au
|   (c) Date received 
|	July, 1992
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|3. Past Usage:
|   - (a) Coomans, D., Broeckaert, M. Jonckheer M. and Massart D.L.,
|       "Comparison of Multivariate Discriminant Techniques for 
|	Clinical Data - Application to the Thyroid Functional State",
|	Meth. Inform. Med. 22 (1983) pp. 93-101.
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|     (b) The data was used for comparing 16 different discriminant
|	techniques, each trying to predict the state of the 
|	thyroid gland.
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|   - (a) Coomans, D. and I. Broeckaert, "Potential Pattern Recognition
|	in Cemical and Medical Decision Making", Research Studies Press,
|	Letchworth, England.
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|     (b) Uses the data to compare different different kernel density 
|	methods. Some achieve 100% correct classification.
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|4. Relevant Information Paragraph:
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|	Five lab. tests are used to try to predict whether a patient's
|	thyroid to the class euthyroidism, hypothyroidism or
|	hyperthyroidism. The diagnosis (the class label) was based
|	on a complete medical record, including anamnesis, scan etc.
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|5. Number of Instances
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|	215
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|6. Number of Attributes 
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|	5
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|7. For Each Attribute: (please give both acronym and full name if both exist)
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|	Attr. no : 
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|	1:	Class attribute (1 = normal, 2 = hyper, 3 = hypo)
|	2:	T3-resin uptake test. (A percentage)
|	3:	Total Serum thyroxin as measured by the isotopic
|		displacement method. 
|	4: 	Total serum triiodothyronine as measured by radioimmuno
|		assay.
|	5: 	basal thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) as measured by 
|		radioimmuno assay.
|	6: 	Maximal absolute difference of TSH value after injection of 
|		200 micro grams of thyrotropin-releasing hormone as compared
|		to the basal value.
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|	All attributes are continuous.
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|	(Note, there is a slight possibility of having the 
|	 attribute numbers mixed up, see [2a] if it matters.)
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|8. Missing Attribute Values: how many per each attribute?
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|	None 
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|9. Class Distribution: number of instances per class
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|	Class 1: (normal)	150
|	Class 2: (hyper)	35
|	Class 3: (hypo)		30
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1, 2, 3				| classes

2:				continuous.
3:				continuous.
4:				continuous.
5:				continuous.
6:				continuous.