{
  "id": 405992,
  "title": "How does the API work?",
  "url": "/competitions/predict-student-performance-from-game-play/discussion/405992",
  "author_name": "",
  "post_date": "2023-04-30T09:48:50.464857Z",
  "votes": 6,
  "comment_count": 3,
  "views": 0,
  "content": "<p>In the data description tab, we have this sentence <code>At each checkpoint, you will have access to all previous test data for that section.</code></p>\n<p>What I understand from it is, in one section, at level 0-4, we have the data of level 0-4. At level 5-12, we have the data of level 0-4 and 5-12. At level 13-22, we have all data for that section. However, I think it doesn't seem so. The actual process is we have only the data of the corresponding level group (at level 0-4, we have data for level 0-4, at level 5-12, we have only data for level 5-12, and so on).</p>\n<p>Plus, can we know how the API deals with the users that reset their sections (0-4 then 5-12 then 13-22, then they have 0-4 again, and so on)?</p>\n<p><a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/philculliton\" target=\"_blank\">@philculliton</a> Could you please give the proper description of how the API works? Thank you very much for your dedicate work and support in this competition!</p>",
  "messages": [
    {
      "id": "2240171",
      "postDate": "04/30/2023 09:48:50",
      "content": "<p>In the data description tab, we have this sentence <code>At each checkpoint, you will have access to all previous test data for that section.</code></p>\n<p>What I understand from it is, in one section, at level 0-4, we have the data of level 0-4. At level 5-12, we have the data of level 0-4 and 5-12. At level 13-22, we have all data for that section. However, I think it doesn't seem so. The actual process is we have only the data of the corresponding level group (at level 0-4, we have data for level 0-4, at level 5-12, we have only data for level 5-12, and so on).</p>\n<p>Plus, can we know how the API deals with the users that reset their sections (0-4 then 5-12 then 13-22, then they have 0-4 again, and so on)?</p>\n<p><a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/philculliton\" target=\"_blank\">@philculliton</a> Could you please give the proper description of how the API works? Thank you very much for your dedicate work and support in this competition!</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "In the data description tab, we have this sentence `At each checkpoint, you will have access to all previous test data for that section.`\n\nWhat I understand from it is, in one section, at level 0-4, we have the data of level 0-4. At level 5-12, we have the data of level 0-4 and 5-12. At level 13-22, we have all data for that section. However, I think it doesn't seem so. The actual process is we have only the data of the corresponding level group (at level 0-4, we have data for level 0-4, at level 5-12, we have only data for level 5-12, and so on).\n\nPlus, can we know how the API deals with the users that reset their sections (0-4 then 5-12 then 13-22, then they have 0-4 again, and so on)?\n\n@philculliton Could you please give the proper description of how the API works? Thank you very much for your dedicate work and support in this competition!",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "2243055",
      "postDate": "05/02/2023 16:54:36",
      "content": "<p>I'm wondering the same question.</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "I'm wondering the same question.",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "2246647",
      "postDate": "05/05/2023 10:43:35",
      "content": "<p>I think that line of description has been misleading a lot of people. I have made test submissions and can confirm that at each checkpoint, you'll receive data of only <strong>one level-group by one session</strong>.</p>\n<p>The closest thing I can infer from that description line is that, for every session, you can use info from previous level groups <strong>but</strong> not later. That means at level <code>0-4</code>, you'll have only data of that group; at <code>5-12</code> you'll have <code>5-12</code> and, if you have saved info from previous checkpoints, <code>0-4</code> data; and so on. </p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "I think that line of description has been misleading a lot of people. I have made test submissions and can confirm that at each checkpoint, you'll receive data of only **one level-group by one session**.\n\nThe closest thing I can infer from that description line is that, for every session, you can use info from previous level groups **but** not later. That means at level `0-4`, you'll have only data of that group; at `5-12` you'll have `5-12` and, if you have saved info from previous checkpoints, `0-4` data; and so on.",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "2247235",
      "postDate": "05/05/2023 20:24:55",
      "content": "<p>Thank you for your info. You're right, the text is very misleading, indeed. I feel like overall, this competition is not well-described. A lot of important information is missing or very vague.</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Thank you for your info. You're right, the text is very misleading, indeed. I feel like overall, this competition is not well-described. A lot of important information is missing or very vague.",
      "votes": null
    }
  ],
  "comments": [
    {
      "id": 2243055,
      "author_name": "yuanzhezhou",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "05/02/2023 16:54:36",
      "content": "<p>I'm wondering the same question.</p>",
      "votes": null,
      "replies": []
    },
    {
      "id": 2246647,
      "author_name": "hoangnguyen719",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "05/05/2023 10:43:35",
      "content": "<p>I think that line of description has been misleading a lot of people. I have made test submissions and can confirm that at each checkpoint, you'll receive data of only <strong>one level-group by one session</strong>.</p>\n<p>The closest thing I can infer from that description line is that, for every session, you can use info from previous level groups <strong>but</strong> not later. That means at level <code>0-4</code>, you'll have only data of that group; at <code>5-12</code> you'll have <code>5-12</code> and, if you have saved info from previous checkpoints, <code>0-4</code> data; and so on. </p>",
      "votes": null,
      "replies": [
        {
          "id": 2247235,
          "author_name": "shinomoriaoshi",
          "author_url": "",
          "post_date": "05/05/2023 20:24:55",
          "content": "<p>Thank you for your info. You're right, the text is very misleading, indeed. I feel like overall, this competition is not well-described. A lot of important information is missing or very vague.</p>",
          "votes": null,
          "replies": []
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "raw_markdown_by_id": {
    "2240171": "In the data description tab, we have this sentence `At each checkpoint, you will have access to all previous test data for that section.`\n\nWhat I understand from it is, in one section, at level 0-4, we have the data of level 0-4. At level 5-12, we have the data of level 0-4 and 5-12. At level 13-22, we have all data for that section. However, I think it doesn't seem so. The actual process is we have only the data of the corresponding level group (at level 0-4, we have data for level 0-4, at level 5-12, we have only data for level 5-12, and so on).\n\nPlus, can we know how the API deals with the users that reset their sections (0-4 then 5-12 then 13-22, then they have 0-4 again, and so on)?\n\n@philculliton Could you please give the proper description of how the API works? Thank you very much for your dedicate work and support in this competition!",
    "2243055": "I'm wondering the same question.",
    "2246647": "I think that line of description has been misleading a lot of people. I have made test submissions and can confirm that at each checkpoint, you'll receive data of only **one level-group by one session**.\n\nThe closest thing I can infer from that description line is that, for every session, you can use info from previous level groups **but** not later. That means at level `0-4`, you'll have only data of that group; at `5-12` you'll have `5-12` and, if you have saved info from previous checkpoints, `0-4` data; and so on.",
    "2247235": "Thank you for your info. You're right, the text is very misleading, indeed. I feel like overall, this competition is not well-described. A lot of important information is missing or very vague."
  },
  "source": "meta"
}