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  "id": 391957,
  "title": "Dealing with Multiple Games in the Data",
  "url": "/competitions/predict-student-performance-from-game-play/discussion/391957",
  "author_name": "",
  "post_date": "2023-03-03T07:52:43.704874600Z",
  "votes": 14,
  "comment_count": 2,
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  "content": "<h1>Dealing with Multiple Games in the Data</h1>\n<p>In some sessions in the data, multiple games are present. This means the student completed the game once and then played again either from the start or from somewhere in between. The hosts were asked how the Kaggle API handles these users by <a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/cdeotte\" target=\"_blank\">@cdeotte</a> <a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/competitions/predict-student-performance-from-game-play/discussion/388479#2149959\" target=\"_blank\">here</a>. But we've still got no reply.</p>\n<p>I've made a notebook which shows how to remove these extra games from the data.<br>\nYou can find the notebook <a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/code/shashwatraman/dealing-with-multiple-games-in-the-data\" target=\"_blank\">here.</a><br>\nI hope it can help!</p>\n<p>And it will be really great if the hosts can clarify this.<br>\n<a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/nrambis\" target=\"_blank\">@nrambis</a> <a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/alexmlfranklin\" target=\"_blank\">@alexmlfranklin</a> <a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/sohier\" target=\"_blank\">@sohier</a> <a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/maggiemd\" target=\"_blank\">@maggiemd</a></p>",
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    {
      "id": "2167020",
      "postDate": "03/03/2023 07:52:43",
      "content": "<h1>Dealing with Multiple Games in the Data</h1>\n<p>In some sessions in the data, multiple games are present. This means the student completed the game once and then played again either from the start or from somewhere in between. The hosts were asked how the Kaggle API handles these users by <a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/cdeotte\" target=\"_blank\">@cdeotte</a> <a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/competitions/predict-student-performance-from-game-play/discussion/388479#2149959\" target=\"_blank\">here</a>. But we've still got no reply.</p>\n<p>I've made a notebook which shows how to remove these extra games from the data.<br>\nYou can find the notebook <a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/code/shashwatraman/dealing-with-multiple-games-in-the-data\" target=\"_blank\">here.</a><br>\nI hope it can help!</p>\n<p>And it will be really great if the hosts can clarify this.<br>\n<a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/nrambis\" target=\"_blank\">@nrambis</a> <a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/alexmlfranklin\" target=\"_blank\">@alexmlfranklin</a> <a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/sohier\" target=\"_blank\">@sohier</a> <a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/maggiemd\" target=\"_blank\">@maggiemd</a></p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "#Dealing with Multiple Games in the Data\n\nIn some sessions in the data, multiple games are present. This means the student completed the game once and then played again either from the start or from somewhere in between. The hosts were asked how the Kaggle API handles these users by @cdeotte [here](https://www.kaggle.com/competitions/predict-student-performance-from-game-play/discussion/388479#2149959). But we've still got no reply.\n\nI've made a notebook which shows how to remove these extra games from the data.\nYou can find the notebook [here.](https://www.kaggle.com/code/shashwatraman/dealing-with-multiple-games-in-the-data)\nI hope it can help!\n\nAnd it will be really great if the hosts can clarify this.\n@nrambis @alexmlfranklin @sohier @maggiemd",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "2171695",
      "postDate": "03/07/2023 02:45:35",
      "content": "<p>Thanks! Did you recognize any changes in CV and LB after these users or extra games have been excluded?</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Thanks! Did you recognize any changes in CV and LB after these users or extra games have been excluded?",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "2174858",
      "postDate": "03/09/2023 13:04:04",
      "content": "<p>It appears that there is a session_id in the test data that has a row where the level is less than the previous row. Thus, someone may have played the game more than once in test.</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "It appears that there is a session_id in the test data that has a row where the level is less than the previous row. Thus, someone may have played the game more than once in test.",
      "votes": null
    }
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    {
      "id": 2171695,
      "author_name": "hoangnguyen719",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "03/07/2023 02:45:35",
      "content": "<p>Thanks! Did you recognize any changes in CV and LB after these users or extra games have been excluded?</p>",
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    },
    {
      "id": 2174858,
      "author_name": "yurimaeda",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "03/09/2023 13:04:04",
      "content": "<p>It appears that there is a session_id in the test data that has a row where the level is less than the previous row. Thus, someone may have played the game more than once in test.</p>",
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    "2167020": "#Dealing with Multiple Games in the Data\n\nIn some sessions in the data, multiple games are present. This means the student completed the game once and then played again either from the start or from somewhere in between. The hosts were asked how the Kaggle API handles these users by @cdeotte [here](https://www.kaggle.com/competitions/predict-student-performance-from-game-play/discussion/388479#2149959). But we've still got no reply.\n\nI've made a notebook which shows how to remove these extra games from the data.\nYou can find the notebook [here.](https://www.kaggle.com/code/shashwatraman/dealing-with-multiple-games-in-the-data)\nI hope it can help!\n\nAnd it will be really great if the hosts can clarify this.\n@nrambis @alexmlfranklin @sohier @maggiemd",
    "2171695": "Thanks! Did you recognize any changes in CV and LB after these users or extra games have been excluded?",
    "2174858": "It appears that there is a session_id in the test data that has a row where the level is less than the previous row. Thus, someone may have played the game more than once in test."
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