Amazon QA — Sports & Outdoors

A Amazon dataset of 146,891 QA pairs in Sports & Outdoors, collected by Wan and McAuley via Amazon API. Each record contains question, answer, question type, answer type, ASIN, timestamp. Amazon product Q&A data for Sports & Outdoors. Suitable for question answering, sentiment analysis, product understanding, conversational AI.

#Mcauley amazon#Outdoor#Product question answering

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146,891 records scored · min–maxmean ± 0.675 σ (the interquartile range if the values are roughly normal)mean

unixTimeμ 1.3B ± 281.1M
min 0max 1.4B
has answer100.0% true
true 100.0%false 0.0%
is yes no44.0% true
true 44.0%false 56.0%
is open ended56.0% true
true 56.0%false 44.0%
4.9
Flesch–Kincaid grade
US school grade level
4.8
Automated readability index
Frequent terms
sizefituseyesworklikedonneedgoodknowsurelongsmallcomethinkbikeincheswatergreatweightlargewantoldhopebuymodelboughtfitsproducttimelittlerightwayhelpssetyearworksfinebigcasethanksholdinchwearscopeseatlengthbagbettergun
Topic clusters

Topic 0

stove
coleman
burner
pot
propane
bottle
grill
lid

Topic 1

knife
blade
sheath
sharpen
steel
stone
edge
sharp

Topic 2

battery
plug
wire
light
amp
charger
cable
cord

Topic 3

ball
play
table
baseball
game
soccer
basketball
inflate

Topic 4

yes
yep
focus
white
ctg
aeroblade
rigth
yea

Topic 5

old
year
son
boy
grandson
size
child
age

Topic 6

reel
rod
line
fish
hand
fishing
left
right

Topic 7

bag
carry
fold
handle
suitcase
anchor
sack
stake

Topic 8

scope
ring
mount
rifle
tripod
nikon
rail
binocular

Topic 9

weight
pound
lbs
weigh
dumbbell
heavy
hold
maximum

Topic 10

holster
barrel
ruger
revolver
fit
taurus
wesson
gun

Topic 11

bike
seat
kickstand
ride
fit
saddle
schwinn
mountain
Show all 58 topics

Topic 12

spray
ant
product
kill
odor
smell
vinyl
fabric

Topic 13

strap
treadmill
velcro
shoulder
come
thumb
chin
closure

Topic 14

color
black
blue
green
red
white
navy
picture

Topic 15

shoe
size
large
men
wear
boot
order
husband

Topic 16

inch
diameter
wide
width
length
long
tall
height

Topic 17

sight
rear
mossberg
dovetail
remington
winchester
fit
gunsmith

Topic 18

bar
rack
thule
crossbar
trunk
fit
cross
vehicle

Topic 19

resistance
rower
machine
adjustable
leg
adjust
band
exercise

Topic 20

belt
waist
size
belly
medium
tight
large
fit

Topic 21

pellet
gun
pistol
airsoft
barrel
cock
rifle
shoot

Topic 22

amazon
stock
check
customer
thank
buy
come
send

Topic 23

arrow
bow
draw
string
nock
shoot
bolt
grain

Topic 24

model
instruction
dvd
include
install
number
instal
booklet

Topic 25

tire
rim
tube
wheel
width
bike
fender
schwinn

Topic 26

wheel
freewheel
rear
speed
chain
cassette
rim
gear

Topic 27

aluminum
metal
plastic
steel
stainless
rust
enamel
paint

Topic 28

pump
inflate
hose
air
deflate
mattress
tank
water

Topic 29

mount
backboard
bracket
swivel
wall
beam
everlast
hardware

Topic 30

ship
shipping
charge
cost
apo
thank
address
state

Topic 31

skate
pant
shoe
wear
size
rink
big
daughter

Topic 32

card
deck
sleeve
page
ultra
paper
cardboard
slot

Topic 33

tube
valve
motor
schrader
presta
hopefully
bob
regard

Topic 34

mat
carpet
floor
foam
rubber
yoga
slip
pad

Topic 35

pole
replacement
set
ground
netting
section
table
height

Topic 36

step
riser
kayak
paddle
board
high
person
incline

Topic 37

woman
size
lady
wear
small
normally
hand
order

Topic 38

filter
water
gallon
treat
saltwater
salt
taste
katadyn

Topic 39

bolt
screw
nut
hole
drill
reflector
wrench
tighten

Topic 40

cap
head
child
hat
speedo
specific
size
hair

Topic 41

sand
beach
base
outside
fill
float
water
pool

Topic 42

loud
silently
hear
noise
quiet
discreet
sound
tone

Topic 43

helmet
child
bell
visor
adult
faction
medium
bicycle

Topic 44

size
right
selection
page
guide
pinny
intermediate
picture

Topic 45

determine
size
large
calf
purchase
nipple
likely
order

Topic 46

foot
sock
ankle
skate
wear
wool
bare
cold

Topic 47

lock
clip
combination
pocket
key
pin
phone
core

Topic 48

daughter
girl
hem
old
year
size
uniform
wear

Topic 49

dimension
stopwatch
internal
interior
inside
thank
exterior
depth

Topic 50

glove
medium
hand
small
finger
size
large
educate

Topic 51

leather
glove
spiked
tip
genuine
faux
smell
flexible

Topic 52

china
country
origin
manufacture
japan
mexico
response
sweden

Topic 53

box
ship
come
shipping
recall
size
pick
actual

Topic 54

warranty
date
lifetime
expiration
year
purchase
defect
service

Topic 55

glove
pair
gold
grip
partner
cheer
rep
recently

Topic 56

yes
good
quality
absolutely
sure
available
excellent
easy

Topic 57

inch
mono
measure
approx
accross
half
available
fletching
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Sampled: text metrics from 50K of 293.8K records; topic model from 20K.

Record

Catalog key
amazon_qa_Sports_and_Outdoors
Authors
Wan, Mengting; McAuley, Julian
Year
2016
Source paper
Modeling Ambiguity, Subjectivity, and Diverging Viewpoints in Opinion Question Answering Systems
DOI / arXiv
10.1109/ICDM.2016.0060
License
No licence stated by the authors (citation requested)
Records
146,891
Languages
en
Collected
2013-2015 (2010s)
Region
Global (inferred: the platform is used worldwide)

Provenance

Originally published at
https://cseweb.ucsd.edu/~jmcauley/datasets.html#amazon_qa link checked
Hosted copy
Mirrored on echo.directory on 2026-10-02, 11.7 MB across 1 files. Checksums in MANIFEST.json.

How to cite

BibTeX

@misc{echo2026,
  title  = {ECHO: Exploratory Compendium of Humanity Online},
  author = {Switzer, Braden and Zafarani, Reza},
  year   = {2026},
  url    = {https://echo.directory},
  note   = {Syracuse University}
}

@inproceedings{Wan_2016,
  title     = {Modeling Ambiguity, Subjectivity, and Diverging Viewpoints in Opinion Question Answering Systems},
  url       = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ICDM.2016.0060},
  doi       = {10.1109/icdm.2016.0060},
  booktitle = {2016 IEEE 16th International Conference on Data Mining (ICDM)},
  publisher = {IEEE},
  author    = {Wan, Mengting and McAuley, Julian},
  year      = {2016},
  month     = Dec,
  pages     = {489–498}
}

APA

Switzer, B., & Zafarani, R. (2026). ECHO: Exploratory Compendium of Humanity Online [Data repository]. Syracuse University. https://echo.directory

Wan, M., & McAuley, J. (2016). Amazon QA — Sports & Outdoors [Data set]. https://doi.org/10.1109/ICDM.2016.0060

MLA

Switzer, Braden, and Reza Zafarani. ECHO: Exploratory Compendium of Humanity Online. Syracuse University, 2026, echo.directory.

Wan, Mengting, and Julian McAuley. Amazon QA — Sports & Outdoors. 2016, doi.org/10.1109/ICDM.2016.0060.

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