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8.4.1.1. sklearn.datasets.load_boston

sklearn.datasets.load_boston()

Load and return the boston house-prices dataset (regression).

Samples total 506
Dimensionality 13
Features real, positive
Targets real 5. - 50.
Returns :

data : Bunch

Dictionary-like object, the interesting attributes are: ‘data’, the data to learn, ‘target’, the regression targets, ‘target_names’, the meaning of the labels, and ‘DESCR’, the full description of the dataset.

Examples

>>> from sklearn.datasets import load_boston
>>> boston = load_boston()
>>> boston.data.shape
(506, 13)