This table contains the data behind the story The Ultimate Halloween Candy Power Ranking.
candy-data.csv includes attributes for each candy along with its ranking. For binary variables, 1 means yes, 0 means no.
The data contains the following fields:
| Header | Description |
|---|---|
| chocolate | Does it contain chocolate? |
| fruity | Is it fruit flavored? |
| caramel | Is there caramel in the candy? |
| peanutalmondy | Does it contain peanuts, peanut butter or almonds? |
| nougat | Does it contain nougat? |
| crispedricewafer | Does it contain crisped rice, wafers, or a cookie component? |
| hard | Is it a hard candy? |
| bar | Is it a candy bar? |
| pluribus | Is it one of many candies in a bag or box? |
| sugarpercent | The percentile of sugar it falls under within the data set. |
| pricepercent | The unit price percentile compared to the rest of the set. |
| winpercent | The overall win percentage according to 269,000 matchups. |
Data source: https://github.com/fivethirtyeight/data/blob/master/candy-power-ranking/candy-data.csv
| rowid | competitorname | chocolate | fruity | caramel | peanutyalmondy | nougat | crispedricewafer | hard | bar | pluribus | sugarpercent | pricepercent | winpercent |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 | Junior Mints | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.197 | 0.51099998 | 57.21925 |