# Dataset (machine learning)

> A collection of raw data, commonly (but not exclusively) organized in one of the following formats:[^1]

A collection of raw data, commonly (but not exclusively) organized in one of the following formats:[^1]

- a spreadsheet
- a file in <CSV> format

## Chacteristics

A dataset is characterized by its size and diversity. Good datasets are both large and highly diverse:[^2]

- **Size** indicates the number of examples.
- **Diversity** indicates the range those examples cover.

## See also

- [ML crash course - Datasets, generalization, and overfitting](https://wiki.g15e.com/pages/ML%20crash%20course%20-%20Datasets,%20generalization,%20and%20overfitting.txt)

## Footnotes

[^1]: https://developers.google.com/machine-learning/glossary#dataset
[^2]: https://developers.google.com/machine-learning/intro-to-ml/supervised