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Explore statistics over split data

The dataset viewer provides a `/statistics` endpoint for fetching some basic statistics precomputed for a requested dataset. This will get you a quick insight on how the data is distributed.

> Currently, statistics are computed only for datasets with Parquet exports.

The `/statistics` endpoint requires three query parameters:

- `dataset`: the dataset name, for example `nyu-mll/glue`
- `config`: the subset name, for example `cola`
- `split`: the split name, for example `train`

Let’s get some stats for `nyu-mll/glue` dataset, `cola` subset, `train` split:

Python
JavaScript
cURL

    import requests
    headers = {"Authorization": f"Bearer {API_TOKEN}"}
    API_URL = "https://datasets-server.huggingface.co/statistics?dataset=nyu-mll/glue&config=cola&split=train"
    def query():
        response = requests.get(API_URL, headers=headers)
        return response.json()
    data = query()

The response JSON contains three keys:

- `num_examples` - number of samples in a split or number of samples in the first chunk of data if dataset is larger than 5GB (see `partial` field below).
- `statistics` - list of dictionaries of statistics per each column, each dictionary has three keys: `column_name`, `column_type`, and `column_statistics`. Content of `column_statistics` depends on a column type, see Response structure by data types for more details
- `partial` - `true` if statistics are computed on the first 5 GB of data, not on the full split, `false` otherwise.

    {
      "num_examples": 8551,
      "statistics": [
        {
          "column_name": "idx",
          "column_type": "int",
          "column_statistics": {
            "nan_count": 0,
            "nan_proportion": 0,
            "min": 0,
            "max": 8550,
            "mean": 4275,
            "median": 4275,
            "std": 2468.60541,
            "histogram": {
              "hist": [
                856,
                856,
                856,
                856,
                856,
                856,
                856,
                856,
                856,
                847
              ],
              "bin_edges": [
                0,
                856,
                1712,
                2568,
                3424,
                4280,
                5136,
                5992,
                6848,
                7704,
                8550
              ]
            }
          }
        },
        {
          "column_name": "label",
          "column_type": "class_label",
          "column_statistics": {
            "nan_count": 0,
            "nan_proportion": 0,
            "no_label_count": 0,
            "no_label_proportion": 0,
            "n_unique": 2,
            "frequencies": {
              "unacceptable": 2528,
              "acceptable": 6023
            }
          }
        },
        {
          "column_name": "sentence",
          "column_type": "string_text",
          "column_statistics": {
            "nan_count": 0,
            "nan_proportion": 0,
            "min": 6,
            "max": 231,
            "mean": 40.70074,
            "median": 37,
            "std": 19.14431,
            "histogram": {
              "hist": [
                2260,
                4512,
                1262,
                380,
                102,
                26,
                6,
                1,
                1,
                1
              ],
              "bin_edges": [
                6,
                29,
                52,
                75,
                98,
                121,
                144,
                167,
                190,
                213,
                231
              ]
            }
          }
        }
      ],
      "partial": false
    }

##
Response structure by data type

Currently, statistics are supported for strings, float and integer numbers, lists, datetimes, audio and image data and the special `datasets.ClassLabel` feature type of the `datasets` library.

`column_type` in response can be one of the following values:

- `class_label` - for `datasets.ClassLabel` feature which represents categorical data
- `float` - for float data types
- `int` - for integer data types
- `bool` - for boolean data type
- `string_label` - for string data types being treated as categories (see below)
- `string_text` - for string data types if they do not represent categories (see below)
- `list` - for lists of any other data types (including lists)
- `audio` - for audio data
- `image` - for image data
- `datetime` - for datetime data

###
class_label

This type represents categorical data encoded as `ClassLabel` feature. The following measures are computed:

- number and proportion of `null` values
- number and proportion of values with no label
- number of unique values (excluding `null` and `no label`)
- value counts for each label (excluding `null` and `no label`)

Example

    {
      "column_name": "label",
      "column_type": "class_label",
      "column_statistics": {
        "nan_count": 0,
        "nan_proportion": 0,
        "no_label_count": 0,
        "no_label_proportion": 0,
        "n_unique": 2,
        "frequencies": {
          "unacceptable": 2528,
          "acceptable": 6023
        }
      }
    }

###
float

The following measures are returned for float data types:

- minimum, maximum, mean, median, and standard deviation values
- number and proportion of `null` and `NaN` values (`NaN` values are treated as `null`)
- histogram with 10 bins

Example

    {
      "column_name": "clarity",
      "column_type": "float",
      "column_statistics": {
        "nan_count": 0,
        "nan_proportion": 0,
        "min": 0,
        "max": 2,
        "mean": 1.67206,
        "median": 1.8,
        "std": 0.38714,
        "histogram": {
          "hist": [
            17,
            12,
            48,
            52,
            135,
            188,
            814,
            15,
            1628,
            2048
          ],
          "bin_edges": [
            0,
            0.2,
            0.4,
            0.6,
            0.8,
            1,
            1.2,
            1.4,
            1.6,
            1.8,
            2
          ]
        }
      }
    }

###
int

The following measures are returned for integer data types:

- minimum, maximum, mean, median, and standard deviation values
- number and proportion of `null` values
- histogram with less than or equal to 10 bins

Example

    {
        "column_name": "direction",
        "column_type": "int",
        "column_statistics": {
            "nan_count": 0,
            "nan_proportion": 0.0,
            "min": 0,
            "max": 1,
            "mean": 0.49925,
            "median": 0.0,
            "std": 0.5,
            "histogram": {
                "hist": [
                    50075,
                    49925
                ],
                "bin_edges": [
                    0,
                    1,
                    1
                ]
            }
        }
    }

###
bool

The following measures are returned for bool data type:

- number and proportion of `null` values
- value counts for `'True'` and `'False'` values

Example

    {
      "column_name": "penalty",
      "column_type": "bool",
      "column_statistics":
        {
            "nan_count": 3,
            "nan_proportion": 0.15,
            "frequencies": {
                "False": 7,
                "True": 10
            }
        }
    }

###
string_label

If the proportion of unique values in a string column within requested split is lower than or equal to 0.2 and the number of unique values is lower than 1000, or if the number of unique values is lower or equal to 10 (independently of the proportion), it is considered to be a category. The following measures are returned:

- number and proportion of `null` values
- number of unique values (excluding `null`)
- value counts for each label (excluding `null`)

Example

    {
      "column_name": "answerKey",
      "column_type": "string_label",
      "column_statistics": {
        "nan_count": 0,
        "nan_proportion": 0,
        "n_unique": 4,
        "frequencies": {
          "D": 1221,
          "C": 1146,
          "A": 1378,
          "B": 1212
        }
      }
    }

###
string_text

If string column does not satisfy the conditions to be treated as a `string_label`, it is considered to be a column containing texts and response contains statistics over text lengths which are calculated by character number. The following measures are computed:

- minimum, maximum, mean, median, and standard deviation of text lengths
- number and proportion of `null` values
- histogram of text lengths with 10 bins

Example

    {
      "column_name": "sentence",
      "column_type": "string_text",
      "column_statistics": {
        "nan_count": 0,
        "nan_proportion": 0,
        "min": 6,
        "max": 231,
        "mean": 40.70074,
        "median": 37,
        "std": 19.14431,
        "histogram": {
          "hist": [
            2260,
            4512,
            1262,
            380,
            102,
            26,
            6,
            1,
            1,
            1
          ],
          "bin_edges": [
            6,
            29,
            52,
            75,
            98,
            121,
            144,
            167,
            190,
            213,
            231
          ]
        }
      }
    }

###
list

For lists, the distribution of their lengths is computed. The following measures are returned:

- minimum, maximum, mean, median, and standard deviation of lists lengths
- number and proportion of `null` values
- histogram of lists lengths with up to 10 bins

Example

    {
        "column_name": "chat_history",
        "column_type": "list",
        "column_statistics": {
            "nan_count": 0,
            "nan_proportion": 0.0,
            "min": 1,
            "max": 3,
            "mean": 1.01741,
            "median": 1.0,
            "std": 0.13146,
            "histogram": {
                "hist": [
                    11177,
                    196,
                    1
                ],
                "bin_edges": [
                    1,
                    2,
                    3,
                    3
                ]
            }
        }
    }

Note that dictionaries of lists are not supported.

###
audio

For audio data, the distribution of audio files durations is computed. The following measures are returned:

- minimum, maximum, mean, median, and standard deviation of audio files durations
- number and proportion of `null` values
- histogram of audio files durations with 10 bins

Example

    {
        "column_name": "audio",
        "column_type": "audio",
        "column_statistics": {
            "nan_count": 0,
            "nan_proportion": 0,
            "min": 1.02,
            "max": 15,
            "mean": 13.93042,
            "median": 14.77,
            "std": 2.63734,
            "histogram": {
                "hist": [
                    32,
                    25,
                    18,
                    24,
                    22,
                    17,
                    18,
                    19,
                    55,
                    1770
                ],
                "bin_edges": [
                    1.02,
                    2.418,
                    3.816,
                    5.214,
                    6.612,
                    8.01,
                    9.408,
                    10.806,
                    12.204,
                    13.602,
                    15
                ]
            }
        }
    }

###
image

For image data, the distribution of images widths is computed. The following measures are returned:

- minimum, maximum, mean, median, and standard deviation of widths of image files
- number and proportion of `null` values
- histogram of images widths with 10 bins

Example

    {
        "column_name": "image",
        "column_type": "image",
        "column_statistics": {
            "nan_count": 0,
            "nan_proportion": 0.0,
            "min": 256,
            "max": 873,
            "mean": 327.99339,
            "median": 341.0,
            "std": 60.07286,
            "histogram": {
                "hist": [
                    1734,
                    1637,
                    1326,
                    121,
                    10,
                    3,
                    1,
                    3,
                    1,
                    2
                ],
                "bin_edges": [
                    256,
                    318,
                    380,
                    442,
                    504,
                    566,
                    628,
                    690,
                    752,
                    814,
                    873
                ]
            }
        }
    }

###
datetime

The distribution of datetime is computed. The following measures are returned:

- minimum, maximum, mean, median, and standard deviation of datetimes represented as strings with precision up to seconds
- number and proportion of `null` values
- histogram of datetimes with 10 bins

Example

    {
        "column_name": "date",
        "column_type": "datetime",
        "column_statistics": {
            "nan_count": 0,
            "nan_proportion": 0.0,
            "min": "2013-05-18 04:54:11",
            "max": "2013-06-20 10:01:41",
            "mean": "2013-05-27 18:03:39",
            "median": "2013-05-23 11:55:50",
            "std": "11 days, 4:57:32.322450",
            "histogram": {
                "hist": [
                    318776,
                    393036,
                    173904,
                    0,
                    0,
                    0,
                    0,
                    0,
                    0,
                    206284
                ],
                "bin_edges": [
                    "2013-05-18 04:54:11",
                    "2013-05-21 12:36:57",
                    "2013-05-24 20:19:43",
                    "2013-05-28 04:02:29",
                    "2013-05-31 11:45:15",
                    "2013-06-03 19:28:01",
                    "2013-06-07 03:10:47",
                    "2013-06-10 10:53:33",
                    "2013-06-13 18:36:19",
                    "2013-06-17 02:19:05",
                    "2013-06-20 10:01:41"
                ]
            }
        }
    }

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