# A question about the target variable

**URL:** <https://datachallenge.cfm.fr/t/a-question-about-the-target-variable/328>\
**Category:** Data\
**Created:** [June 27, 2021, 10:01pm UTC](https://datachallenge.cfm.fr/t/a-question-about-the-target-variable/328 "2021-06-27T22:01:53Z")\
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**Author:** ![DJOE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9de0a6/32.png) [@DJOE](https://datachallenge.cfm.fr/u/DJOE)\
**Post date:** [June 27, 2021, 10:01pm UTC](https://datachallenge.cfm.fr/t/a-question-about-the-target-variable/328/1 "2021-06-27T22:01:53Z")

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Good evening,  
Thanks for organizing this challenge.

Can the auction volume take values greater than 100 % because I have found that the `target` variable contains **12758** positive values. Is it normal?

Thanks in advance,  
Mohamed-Ali.

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**Author:** ![lebigot](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/datachallenge.cfm.fr/lebigot/32/10_2.png) [@lebigot](https://datachallenge.cfm.fr/u/lebigot)\
**Post date:** [June 28, 2021, 3:49pm UTC](https://datachallenge.cfm.fr/t/a-question-about-the-target-variable/328/2 "2021-06-28T15:49:02Z")

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Hello,

This is in principle possible, and simply means that the auction volume was larger than the volume traded during the period represented in the data.

Now, you might want to check if these are outliers and should somehow be modified or discarded!