# Source: abalone
**Category:** biology_health
**README generated:** 2025-10-02 12:52:18Z

## Source URL(s)
- https://archive.ics.uci.edu/dataset/1/abalone

## Citation(s)
- Dieterich, W. & Forrester, R. (1995). Abalone Data Set. UCI Machine Learning Repository. DOI: 10.24432/C5VQ12.

## Variables (X → Y)
[Filtered by: Sex]

- Rings → size (Diameter,Height,Length)
- Rings → Weight(Shell_weight,Shucked_weight,Viscera_weight,Whole_weight)
## Causal reasoning 

The rings serve as a measure of age. The age causes changes in the other physical attributes of the abalone.

## Notes:

Present in the Tübingen dataset.