Section 1.1: The Role of the Confusion Matrix

The Confusion Matrix serves as a vital tool for evaluating model performance by presenting the prediction scores in a clear format. It allows us to understand how well the model predicts outcomes, distinguishing between positive and negative samples. The matrix includes:

• Negative Predictions: Samples incorrectly classified as negative.
• Positive Predictions: Samples incorrectly classified as positive.
• Correct Predictions: The total number of accurately predicted samples.
• Incorrect Predictions: The total number of samples misclassified by the model.

Here’s a binary classification example illustrating how to implement this:

# Import Libraries

from random import random

from random import randint

import numpy as np

import pandas as pd

import matplotlib.pyplot as plt

import seaborn as sns

from sklearn.model_selection import train_test_split

from sklearn.linear_model import LogisticRegression

from sklearn.metrics import classification_report, confusion_matrix

from sklearn.metrics import precision_recall_curve

from sklearn.metrics import roc_curve

# Fabricating Variables

FeNO_0 = np.random.normal(15, 20, 1000)

FeNO_1 = np.random.normal(35, 20, 1000)

FeNO_2 = np.random.normal(65, 20, 1000)

# More variable creation...

# Create DataFrame

df = pd.DataFrame()

df['FeNO'] = FeNO.tolist()

# Add other variables...

# Train and Test Split

X_train, X_test, y_train, y_test = train_test_split(X, y, test_size=0.20)

# Build Model

logisticregression = LogisticRegression().fit(X_train, y_train)

# Print Accuracy Metrics

print("Training set score: %f" % logisticregression.score(X_train, y_train))

print("Test set score: %f" % logisticregression.score(X_test, y_test))

# Predict Labels and Create Confusion Matrix

y_pred = logisticregression.predict(X_test)

confmx = confusion_matrix(y_test, y_pred)

f, ax = plt.subplots(figsize=(8, 8))

sns.heatmap(confmx, annot=True, fmt='.1f', ax=ax)

plt.xlabel('Predicted Labels')

plt.ylabel('True Labels')

plt.title('Confusion Matrix')

plt.show()

Now we can observe specific misclassifications, such as 42 instances with true labels of [1] and 57 with true labels of [0].

The first video provides insights on selecting the right machine learning model and discusses concepts like model selection and cross-validation.

Section 1.2: Evaluation Metrics Explained

In machine learning, various metrics are employed to assess classifier performance. Some of the most prevalent include:

• Accuracy: A measure of how effectively the model predicts outcomes.
• Precision: The proportion of correct positive predictions among all positive predictions.
• Recall: The proportion of true positive results among the actual positive samples.
• F1 Score: The harmonic mean of precision and recall.

To extract these metrics, we can utilize:

# Printing the Model Scores

print(classification_report(y_test, y_pred))

This code will display a detailed report of the model’s performance, highlighting precision and recall for each class.

Section 2.1: Receiver Operating Characteristic (ROC) and Area Under the Curve (AUC)

The ROC curve is a graphical representation that showcases the performance of a binary classifier as the discrimination threshold changes. A higher area under the ROC curve indicates a more effective test.

To construct the ROC curve, you can use the following code:

# Get FPR and TPR Values

fpr, tpr, thresholds = roc_curve(y_test, logisticregression.decision_function(X_test))

plt.plot(fpr, tpr, label="ROC Curve")

plt.xlabel("FPR")

plt.ylabel("TPR (Recall)")

plt.title("ROC Curve")

Section 2.2: Precision-Recall Curve

The precision-recall curve illustrates the balance between precision and recall, where precision measures the accuracy of positive predictions and recall measures how many actual positives were captured.

For binary classification tasks, plotting this curve provides a comprehensive view of your classification model’s effectiveness.

# Get Precision and Recall Thresholds

precision, recall, thresholds = precision_recall_curve(y_test, logisticregression.decision_function(X_test))

plt.plot(precision, recall, label="Precision-Recall Curve")

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