Attendance-Based Events
Attended Events are gatherings with a start and end date/time, where people come together in one location for entertainment or business.
Categories
Sports
A sports competition consists of multiple players or teams. It has a certain theme or goals with its own rules to regulate and a dedicated environment as well.
Labels
Labels for a sports event provide more information about the type, league, and environment.
Sports Type
The most common sports types in PredictHQ dataset are:
soccer
,basketball
,ice-hockey
,rugby
,baseball
.Sports League
The most popular sports leagues in the PredictHQ dataset are:
NFL
,MLB
,NHL
,NBA
.Sports Games Environment
The general environment where the sports game is held, or the purpose of the sports game, for example:
closed-doors
: When the sports game has no physical audience in attendance. This is most commonly due to COVID-19 restrictions.outdoors
: Where the sports game is held in an outdoor area.fundraise
: A community-related sports game for fundraising purposes.
Youth Sports
These events have the
youth-sport
labelThese events are defined as any sports event where competitors are younger than adult age, whether children or adolescents. Youth sports include school sports at primary and secondary level, as well as sports played outside the education system, whether informally or organized. They do not include colleague sports which are separate and can be cound with the
NCAA
label.Sports covered are youth basketball, baseball, softball and soccer
These events are for the US (with a very small amount in Canada)
Youth sports include a new dynamic ranking model that predicts attendance and rank based on the type of sport, age group, level, gender, population density, student numbers, and other features
Date & Time
Start date
Yes
End date
Yes
Start time
Yes
Sports games are expected to have a specific start time.
End time
Yes
Yes
For sports events where there is no official end time available, PredictHQ predicts end times using our machine learning models and intelligent algorithms.
PredictHQ’s Predicted End Times feature provides end times in the predicted_end
field. When a predicted end time is provided, the event’s end time (in the end
field) is set to be the same as the start time (in the start
field).
Timezone
Yes
Note: datetime is in UTC.
Location
Entities
Sports events have event group entities and venue entities available.
Ranking
PHQ Rank
Sports events have PHQ Rank available.
Local Rank
Sports events have Local Rank available.
PHQ Attendance
Sports events have PHQ Attendance available.
Conferences
LABELS
Labels for a conference event provide more information about the event. The most common 5 labels are:
Date & Time
Start date
Yes
End date
Yes
Start time
Yes
Conferences are expected to have a specific start time.
End time
Yes
Timezone
Yes
Note: datetime is in UTC.
Location
Conferences events are point events, meaning the latitude and longitude of the event represents the location of the event’s venue. The smaller size conferences are usually held in a hotel, and the large conferences in convention centers.
Entities
Conference events have event group entities and venue entities available.
Ranking
PHQ Rank
Conference events have PHQ Rank available.
Local Rank
Conference events have Local Rank available.
PHQ Attendance
Conference events have PHQ Attendance available.
Expos
An industrial exhibition for communicating and trading purpose between business, or a trade fair that connects business and customers.
LABELS
Labels for an expo event provide more information about the event. The most common 5 labels are:
Date & Time
Start date
Yes
End date
Yes
Start time
Yes
End time
Yes
Timezone
Yes
Note: datetime is in UTC.
Location
Expos events are point events, meaning the latitude and longitude of the event represents the location of the event’s venue. Expos are usually held in venues that can fit a large number of attendees such as a convention center.
Entities
Expos events have event group entities and venue entities available.
Ranking
PHQ Rank
Expos events have PHQ Rank available.
Local Rank
Expos events have Local Rank available.
PHQ Attendance
Expos events have PHQ Attendance available.
Concerts
LABELS
All concert events have a music
label as concert events are expected to be music-related.
Date & Time
Start date
Yes
End date
Yes
Start time
Yes
Concerts are expected to have a specific start time
End time
Yes
Yes
For concert events where there is no official end time available, PredictHQ predicts end times using our machine-learning models and intelligent algorithms.
PredictHQ’s Predicted End Times feature provides end times in the predicted_end
field. When a predicted end time is provided, the event’s end time (in the end
field) is set to be the same as the start time (in the start
field).
Timezone
Yes
Note: datetime is in UTC.
Location
Concerts events are point events, meaning the latitude and longitude of the event represent the location of the event’s venue.
Entities
Concerts events have event group entities and venue entities available.
Ranking
PHQ Rank
Concerts events have PHQ Rank available.
Local Rank
Concerts events have Local Rank available.
PHQ Attendance
Concerts events have PHQ Attendance available.
Festivals
LABELS
Labels for a festival event provide more information about the festival. The most common 5 labels are:
Date & Time
Start date
Yes
End date
Yes
Start time
Yes
End time
Yes
Timezone
Yes
Note: datetime is in UTC.
Location
Entities
Festival events have event group entities and venue entities available.
Ranking
PHQ Rank
Festival events have PHQ Rank available.
Local Rank
Festival events have Local Rank available.
PHQ Attendance
Festival events have PHQ Attendance available.
Performing Arts
EVENT TYPES
The most common 5 types of performing-arts events are:
General Theatre
Comedy club
Concert
Family Theatre
Cultural Performances
Date & Time
Start date
Yes
End date
Yes
Start time
Yes
Performing-arts events are expected to have a specific start time
End time
Yes
Yes
For performing arts events where there is no official end time available, PredictHQ predicts end times using our machine-learning models and intelligent algorithms.
PredictHQ’s Predicted End Times feature provides end times in the predicted_end
field. When a predicted end time is provided, the event’s end time (in the end
field) is set to be the same as the start time (in the start
field).
Timezone
Yes
Note: datetime is in UTC.
Location
Performing-arts events are point events meaning the latitude and longitude of the event is for the location of the event’s venue. Venues for these events are usually theatres, playgrounds, or clubs, etc.
Entities
Performing-arts events have event group entities and venue entities available.
Ranking
PHQ Rank
Performing-arts events have PHQ Rank available.
Local Rank
Performing-arts events have Local Rank available.
PHQ Attendance
Performing-arts events have PHQ Attendance available.
Community
LABELS
Labels for a community event provide more information about the event. The most common 5 labels are:
Date & Time
Start date
Yes
End date
Yes
Start time
Yes
End time
Yes
Timezone
Yes
Note: datetime is in UTC.
Location
A community event is a point events meaning the latitude and longitude of the event represents the location of the event’s venue.
Entities
Community events have event group entities and venue entities available.
Ranking
PHQ Rank
Community events have PHQ Rank available.
Local Rank
Community events have Local Rank available.
PHQ Attendance
Community events have PHQ Attendance available.
Academic
Academic Events are captured from an individual higher education institute’s academic calendar. They outline the general undergraduate activities, for example instruction period, break, exams, graduation, social, etc.
Note:
Academic Events currently covers institutions where full-time undergraduate enrollment (or FTE, full-time equivalent) is over 5,000. The student number is campus-based instead of the overall enrollment across different locations.
Academic Events currently covers institutions in US and top 20 institutions in UK. In future it will expand to other countries.
LABELS / EVENT TYPES
The Academic Events category has six main event types affecting students’ activities. The dates are retrieved from the official academic calendar and/or estimated based on the pattern. The estimated date will have an additional estimated
label.
Academic-session
The compulsory academic session for students to graduate upon completion.
Session starts on the first day of instruction and ends on the last day of instruction.
Orientation, reading days, and exams are not included.
Session events are labeled with
academic
andacademic-session
.Intensive session, the optional academic session between the normal sessions for earlier graduation where the compulsory term is not applied, is also included in this event type.
Exam
The exam period for the academic session.
Exam starts on the first day of the exam period and ends on the last day of the exam period
No separate exam period for the intensive session.
Reading days are not included.
Exam event is labeled with
academic
andexam
.
Holiday
The break/holiday period between the sessions or within the sessions.
Holiday events consist of:
Fall break
Thanksgiving break
Winter break
Spring break
Summer break
Holiday events don’t cover the public holidays such as Labor day, Easter holiday, Martin Luther King Jr. Day, etc as we already have the public holiday and observance categories.
Holiday events cover the Thanksgiving break because institutions may have a different schedule, e.g. 9 days vs 4 days.
Holiday events start on the day after the instruction / exam finishes and ends before the following instruction starts.
Winter and summer breaks may overlap with intensive sessions as the break will affect the majority of students while the intensive session only affects a few.
Holiday events are labeled with
academic
andholiday
.
Graduation
Graduation (also called commencement) date for undergraduate students.
Graduation events may have a specific start time where applicable.
Graduation venues may be outside the campus.
Graduation events include the institute’s name in the title.
Graduation events are labeled with
academic
andgraduation
.
Social
Social events currently cover homecoming where alumni come back to the campus to visit.
Homecoming events may last up to a week.
Parent/family day/weekend may be included in the future.
Social events is labeled with
academic
andsocial
.
Date & Time
Start date
Yes
End date
Yes
End date will be as same as the start date when it’s not available, e.g. an one day graduation event has end date same as start date
Start time
Yes
Available for graduation and social events only. This is an optional data point and may not always be provided.
End time
Yes
Available for graduation and social events only. This is an optional data point and may not always be provided.
Timezone
Yes
Note: datetime is in UTC.
Location
Academic events are tracked as an event with a scope of locality. In terms of geographic information we return a latitude/longitude for the event and the address of the event. However, Academic events can apply to an entire campus or a specific location, e.g. an academic session applies to the whole campus, and a point event, e.g. graduation happens at a specific location. Use labels to distinguish these different types of events. graduation
and social
event are point events, academic-session
, holiday
, exam
impact the whole area of the campus.
Entities
The Academic events have venue entities available.
Ranking
PHQ Rank
Academic events have PHQ Rank available.
Session, exam, and holiday types use student numbers (FTE) to indicate the event’s impact as the events apply on the whole campus.
Intensive sessions use 30% of the total student numbers (FTE) to indicate the event’s impact as the events apply to only a small population.
Graduation and social events use the actual number of attendees to indicate the impact.
Local Rank
Academic events have no Local Rank available.
PHQ Attendance
Academic events have PHQ Attendance available for all event types. PHQ Attendance for academic-session
, exam
, and holiday
event types is based on student population, e.g. the amount of students enrolled in the term. PHQ attendance on graduation
and social
events are based on the number of people in attendance at the event.
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