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This short project take the Titanic Survival Data Set, analyze the data and tries to figure out the factors likely to effect the survival rate of a person.

Some description about the DataSet.

Data Dictionary

Variable Definition Key

• survival Survival 0 = No, 1 = Yes
• pclass Ticket class 1 = 1st, 2 = 2nd, 3 = 3rd
• sex Sex
• Age Age in years
• sibsp # of siblings / spouses aboard the Titanic
• parch # of parents / children aboard the Titanic
• ticket Ticket number
• fare Passenger fare
• cabin Cabin number
• embarked Port of Embarkation C = Cherbourg, Q = Queenstown, S = Southampton

Variable Notes

• pclass: A proxy for socio-economic status (SES)
• 1st = Upper
• 2nd = Middle
• 3rd = Lower
• age: Age is fractional if less than 1. If the age is estimated, is it in the form of xx.5
• sibsp: The dataset defines family relations in this way...
• Sibling = brother, sister, stepbrother, stepsister
• Spouse = husband, wife (mistresses and fiancés were ignored)
• parch: The dataset defines family relations in this way...
• Parent = mother, father
• Child = daughter, son, stepdaughter, stepson Some children travelled only with a nanny, therefore parch=0 for them.