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license: mit
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# StackOverflow QA Dataset for RAG
## Description
This dataset contains question–answer pairs extracted from the public StackOverflow data dump.
Each example consists of a question with its accepted answer, along with metadata such as tags, scores, and engagement statistics. The dataset is designed for retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), semantic search, and information retrieval tasks.
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## Dataset Structure
Each row is a JSON object with the following fields:
- `question_id` — unique ID of the question
- `answer_id` — unique ID of the accepted answer
- `title` — question title
- `question_body` — cleaned text of the question
- `answer_body` — cleaned text of the accepted answer
- `question_text` — title + question body
- `combined_text` — title + question + answer (used for retrieval)
- `tags` — list of StackOverflow tags
- `question_score` — score of the question
- `answer_score` — score of the answer
- `view_count` — number of views
- `answer_count` — number of answers
- `favorite_count` — number of favorites
- `question_creation_date` — timestamp
- `answer_creation_date` — timestamp