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Python Data Science Tutorial

Intermediate

6 modules ยท 12 examples ยท NumPy โ†’ Pandas โ†’ Cleaning โ†’ Visualisation โ†’ ML โ†’ End-to-End Project

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Module 01

NumPy โ€” Arrays & Math

NumPy (Numerical Python) is the foundation of the entire Python data science ecosystem. It provides the ndarray โ€” an N-dimensional array that is stored in contiguous memory and processed with vectorised C code. This makes NumPy operations 100โ€“1000ร— faster than equivalent Python loops. Every major data science library (Pandas, scikit-learn, TensorFlow) stores data internally as NumPy arrays.

Creating Arrays and Basic Operations

Arrays are created from lists, with helper functions (zeros, ones, arange, linspace), or randomly. NumPy operations are elementwise by default โ€” no loops needed. Broadcasting allows arrays of different shapes to work together. The axis parameter controls whether operations run across rows (axis=1) or columns (axis=0).

analysis.pyPython DS
import numpy as np

# Create arrays
a = np.array([1, 2, 3, 4, 5])
b = np.array([10, 20, 30, 40, 50])

print("a =", a)
print("b =", b)
print("a + b =", a + b)          # elementwise add
print("a * b =", a * b)          # elementwise multiply
print("a ** 2 =", a ** 2)        # elementwise power

# Helper constructors
zeros   = np.zeros((3, 3))
ones    = np.ones((2, 4))
rng     = np.arange(0, 20, 3)   # 0 to 19, step 3
linsp   = np.linspace(0, 1, 5)  # 5 evenly spaced from 0 to 1
print("
np.arange(0,20,3) =", rng)
print("np.linspace(0,1,5) =", linsp)

# 2D array โ€” shape, reshape
matrix = np.arange(1, 13).reshape(3, 4)
print("
3ร—4 matrix:
", matrix)
print("shape:", matrix.shape)
print("dtype:", matrix.dtype)

# Indexing & slicing
print("
matrix[0]    =", matrix[0])        # first row
print("matrix[:,1]  =", matrix[:, 1])      # second column
print("matrix[1:,2:]=
", matrix[1:, 2:]) # sub-matrix

# Boolean masking
data = np.array([5, 12, 3, 18, 7, 22, 1, 9])
mask = data > 8
print("
data =", data)
print("mask =", mask)
print("data[mask] =", data[mask])

# Statistics
print("
Mean:  ", data.mean())
print("Std:   ", data.std().round(2))
print("Min:   ", data.min(), "  Max:", data.max())
print("Sum:   ", data.sum())
print("Cumsum:", data.cumsum())
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The key insight: never use Python for loops over NumPy arrays. Instead, use vectorised operations and broadcasting. A loop over 1 million elements takes ~1 second in Python; the same NumPy operation takes ~1 millisecond. This 1000ร— speedup is why NumPy underpins all of data science.

Linear Algebra & Random Numbers

NumPy provides a complete linear algebra module (np.linalg) and a powerful random number generator. Linear algebra operations are the foundation of machine learning โ€” training a linear regression is literally solving a system of equations. The random module is essential for generating synthetic data, train/test splits, and initialising neural network weights.

analysis.pyPython DS
import numpy as np

np.random.seed(42)  # reproducibility

# โ”€โ”€ Linear Algebra โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€
A = np.array([[2, 1], [5, 3]])
B = np.array([[1, 2], [4, 5]])

print("A @ B (matrix multiply):
", A @ B)
print("A.T (transpose):
", A.T)
print("det(A):", np.linalg.det(A).round(1))

# Solve Ax = b  โ†’  x = Aโปยนb
b_vec = np.array([8, 21])
x = np.linalg.solve(A, b_vec)
print("Solve Ax=b:", x)          # [3. 2.]

# Eigenvalues / eigenvectors
eigenvalues, eigenvectors = np.linalg.eig(A)
print("Eigenvalues:", eigenvalues.round(3))

# โ”€โ”€ Random Numbers โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€
# Uniform distribution [0, 1)
uniform = np.random.rand(5)
print("
Uniform:", uniform.round(3))

# Normal distribution (mean=0, std=1)
normal = np.random.randn(5)
print("Normal:", normal.round(3))

# Random integers
ints = np.random.randint(1, 101, size=10)
print("Random ints:", ints)

# Shuffle and choice
arr = np.arange(1, 11)
np.random.shuffle(arr)
print("Shuffled:", arr)
sample = np.random.choice(arr, size=4, replace=False)
print("Sample of 4:", sample)

# Normal with custom mean and std
heights = np.random.normal(loc=170, scale=10, size=1000)
print(f"
1000 simulated heights:")
print(f"  mean = {heights.mean():.1f} cm")
print(f"  std  = {heights.std():.1f} cm")
print(f"  min  = {heights.min():.1f} cm")
print(f"  max  = {heights.max():.1f} cm")

# Correlation matrix
data = np.column_stack([
    np.random.randn(100),
    np.random.randn(100),
])
print("
Corr matrix:
", np.corrcoef(data.T).round(3))
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np.random.seed(42) makes your random results reproducible โ€” running the same code always produces the same numbers. Always set a seed in data science notebooks so others can reproduce your results. The number 42 is conventional but any integer works.

Module 02

Pandas โ€” DataFrames

Pandas is the Swiss Army knife of data manipulation. Its DataFrame is a 2D labelled table โ€” think of a spreadsheet that you can manipulate with code. Pandas handles loading data from CSV, Excel, SQL databases, and JSON; cleaning and transforming it; grouping, aggregating, pivoting, merging, and time-series analysis. It is the single most important library in the Python data science stack.

Creating and Exploring DataFrames

A DataFrame is a 2D table with labelled columns and an index. Create one from a dictionary, a list of dicts, a CSV file, or a NumPy array. The head(), tail(), info(), describe(), and shape attributes give you an instant overview of any dataset. Series is the 1D column type โ€” a DataFrame is a dict of Series.

analysis.pyPython DS
import pandas as pd
import numpy as np

# Create a DataFrame from a dictionary
data = {
    'name':       ['Alice', 'Bob', 'Carol', 'Dave', 'Eve', 'Frank'],
    'age':        [25, 32, 28, 45, 22, 38],
    'city':       ['NYC', 'LA', 'NYC', 'Chicago', 'LA', 'NYC'],
    'salary':     [75000, 92000, 68000, 110000, 55000, 98000],
    'department': ['Eng', 'Mktg', 'Eng', 'Exec', 'Mktg', 'Eng'],
    'years':      [2, 7, 4, 15, 1, 9],
}

df = pd.DataFrame(data)
print("Shape:", df.shape)
print("
First 3 rows:")
print(df.head(3))

print("
Data types:")
print(df.dtypes)

print("
Basic stats:")
print(df[['age', 'salary', 'years']].describe().round(1))

# Selecting data
print("
Salary column (Series):")
print(df['salary'].values)

print("
Engineers only:")
eng = df[df['department'] == 'Eng']
print(eng[['name', 'salary', 'years']])

print("
Age > 30 AND salary > 90000:")
seniors = df[(df['age'] > 30) & (df['salary'] > 90000)]
print(seniors[['name', 'age', 'salary']])

# Add calculated column
df['salary_per_year'] = (df['salary'] / df['years']).round(0)
print("
Salary per year of experience:")
print(df[['name', 'salary', 'years', 'salary_per_year']].sort_values('salary_per_year', ascending=False))
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Always check df.shape, df.dtypes, and df.isnull().sum() first when you receive a new dataset. These three commands tell you: how many rows/columns, what type each column is (object=string means potential issues), and whether any values are missing (NaN). This EDA sanity-check takes 30 seconds and prevents hours of debugging later.

groupby, merge, and pivot_table

groupby is Pandas' most powerful tool โ€” it splits the DataFrame into groups, applies a function to each group, and combines the results. merge performs SQL-style joins between DataFrames. pivot_table creates Excel-style pivot tables. These three operations together handle 90% of real-world data analysis tasks.

analysis.pyPython DS
import pandas as pd
import numpy as np

# Sales data
sales = pd.DataFrame({
    'date':       pd.date_range('2026-01-01', periods=12, freq='ME'),
    'region':     ['North','South','North','East','South','West'] * 2,
    'product':    ['A','A','B','B','A','B'] * 2,
    'revenue':    [12000,8500,15000,9200,11500,7800,13200,9800,14100,10500,12800,8200],
    'units':      [120, 85, 150, 92, 115, 78, 132, 98, 141, 105, 128, 82],
})

# groupby single column
print("Revenue by region:")
print(sales.groupby('region')['revenue'].sum().sort_values(ascending=False))

# groupby multiple columns with multiple aggregations
print("
Revenue & units by region and product:")
grouped = sales.groupby(['region','product']).agg(
    total_revenue = ('revenue', 'sum'),
    total_units   = ('units',   'sum'),
    avg_monthly   = ('revenue', 'mean'),
    months        = ('revenue', 'count'),
).round(0)
print(grouped)

# pivot_table โ€” regions as rows, products as columns
print("
Pivot โ€” Revenue by region ร— product:")
pivot = sales.pivot_table(
    values  = 'revenue',
    index   = 'region',
    columns = 'product',
    aggfunc = 'sum',
    margins = True,   # add totals row/col
)
print(pivot)

# merge โ€” join two DataFrames
targets = pd.DataFrame({
    'region': ['North','South','East','West'],
    'target': [50000, 40000, 35000, 30000],
})

analysis = (
    sales.groupby('region')['revenue']
    .sum()
    .reset_index()
    .rename(columns={'revenue': 'actual'})
    .merge(targets, on='region')
)
analysis['vs_target_%'] = ((analysis['actual'] / analysis['target'] - 1) * 100).round(1)
analysis['status'] = analysis['vs_target_%'].apply(
    lambda x: 'โœ… Above' if x >= 0 else 'โŒ Below'
)
print("
Actual vs Target:")
print(analysis.to_string(index=False))
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agg() with a dictionary lets you apply different aggregation functions to different columns in one call. The named aggregation syntax โ€” total_revenue=("revenue","sum") โ€” gives clean column names. Always use .reset_index() after groupby when you need the result as a regular DataFrame you can merge or plot.

Module 03

Data Cleaning

Data scientists spend 60-80% of their time cleaning data. Real-world datasets have missing values, duplicate rows, inconsistent formats, outliers, wrong data types, and messy strings. Pandas provides a comprehensive toolkit for handling all of these. Clean data is the difference between a model that works and one that produces nonsense.

Handling Missing Values

NaN (Not a Number) is Pandas' representation for missing data. isnull() detects NaN. fillna() fills missing values with a constant, mean, median, or forward/backward fill. dropna() removes rows or columns with NaN. The right strategy depends on why data is missing and how much is missing.

analysis.pyPython DS
import pandas as pd
import numpy as np

# Dataset with realistic missing values
data = {
    'name':    ['Alice', 'Bob', None, 'Dave', 'Eve', 'Frank', 'Grace'],
    'age':     [25, None, 28, 45, 22, None, 31],
    'salary':  [75000, 92000, 68000, None, 55000, 98000, None],
    'city':    ['NYC', 'LA', 'NYC', 'Chicago', None, 'NYC', 'LA'],
    'score':   [88, 91, None, 79, 85, 94, None],
}

df = pd.DataFrame(data)
print("Original data:")
print(df.to_string())

print("
โ”€โ”€ Missing value analysis โ”€โ”€")
missing = df.isnull().sum()
pct_missing = (df.isnull().mean() * 100).round(1)
summary = pd.DataFrame({'missing': missing, 'pct': pct_missing})
print(summary[summary['missing'] > 0])

# Strategy 1: Drop rows missing more than 2 values
df_clean = df.dropna(thresh=df.shape[1] - 1)  # keep rows with at most 1 NaN
print(f"
After dropna(thresh): {len(df)} โ†’ {len(df_clean)} rows")

# Strategy 2: Fill numeric with median
df2 = df.copy()
df2['age']    = df2['age'].fillna(df2['age'].median())
df2['salary'] = df2['salary'].fillna(df2['salary'].median())
df2['score']  = df2['score'].fillna(df2['score'].mean().round(1))

# Strategy 3: Fill categorical with mode or 'Unknown'
df2['city'] = df2['city'].fillna(df2['city'].mode()[0])
df2['name'] = df2['name'].fillna('Unknown')

print("
After filling missing values:")
print(df2.to_string())
print("
Remaining NaN:", df2.isnull().sum().sum())

# Strategy 4: Forward fill (great for time series)
ts = pd.DataFrame({
    'date':  pd.date_range('2026-01-01', periods=7),
    'value': [100, None, None, 85, None, 92, None],
})
ts['ffill'] = ts['value'].ffill()
ts['bfill'] = ts['value'].bfill()
ts['interpolated'] = ts['value'].interpolate()
print("
Time series fill strategies:")
print(ts.to_string(index=False))
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Never blindly drop NaN rows โ€” you may lose important patterns. Investigate WHY data is missing: is it random (safe to fill), or does the absence itself carry information (e.g. a "no response" in a survey means something different from a sensor error)? Different columns in the same DataFrame often need different strategies.

Type Conversion, Strings & Duplicates

Real data is messy: numbers stored as strings, inconsistent capitalisation, extra whitespace, duplicated rows. Pandas string accessor (.str) gives you vectorised string methods. astype() converts column types. to_datetime() parses dates. drop_duplicates() removes repeated rows.

analysis.pyPython DS
import pandas as pd
import numpy as np

# Messy dataset typical of imported CSV
messy = pd.DataFrame({
    'id':         ['001', '002', '003', '002', '004', '005'],  # id as string, duplicate
    'name':       [' Alice ', 'BOB', 'carol smith', 'BOB', 'Dave-O'Brien', '  Frank  '],
    'age':        ['25', '32', '28', '32', 'N/A', '38'],       # age as string, N/A
    'salary':     ['$75,000', '$92,000', '$68,000', '$92,000', '$110,000', '$98,000'],
    'hired_date': ['2024-01-15', '2023-06-20', '2024-03-01', '2023-06-20', '2022-09-15', '2023-11-30'],
    'email':      ['Alice@Example.COM', 'bob@test.com', 'carol@co.uk', 'bob@test.com', 'dave@work.io', 'frank@corp.net'],
})

print("Messy data:")
print(messy.to_string())

# โ”€โ”€ Fix string columns โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€
messy['name'] = (messy['name']
    .str.strip()                    # remove leading/trailing whitespace
    .str.title()                    # Title Case
)

messy['email'] = messy['email'].str.lower().str.strip()

# โ”€โ”€ Convert salary: "$75,000" โ†’ 75000 โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€
messy['salary_clean'] = (messy['salary']
    .str.replace('$', '', regex=False)
    .str.replace(',', '', regex=False)
    .astype(int)
)

# โ”€โ”€ Convert age: "N/A" โ†’ NaN โ†’ int โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€
messy['age_clean'] = pd.to_numeric(messy['age'], errors='coerce')
messy['age_clean'] = messy['age_clean'].fillna(messy['age_clean'].median()).astype(int)

# โ”€โ”€ Parse dates โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€
messy['hired_date'] = pd.to_datetime(messy['hired_date'])
messy['hire_year']  = messy['hired_date'].dt.year
messy['tenure_days']= (pd.Timestamp.now() - messy['hired_date']).dt.days

# โ”€โ”€ Remove duplicates โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€
print(f"
Before dedup: {len(messy)} rows")
clean = messy.drop_duplicates(subset=['id'], keep='first')
print(f"After dedup:  {len(clean)} rows")

# โ”€โ”€ Final clean DataFrame โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€
result = clean[['id','name','age_clean','salary_clean','hire_year','tenure_days','email']].copy()
result.columns = ['id','name','age','salary','hire_year','tenure_days','email']
print("
Clean data:")
print(result.to_string(index=False))
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Create a data cleaning function that takes a raw DataFrame and returns a clean one. This makes your pipeline reproducible โ€” when new data arrives, run the same function. Always keep the original data unchanged and create a new clean copy. Print the shape before and after each cleaning step so you can see what was removed.

Module 04

Visualisation

Data visualisation transforms numbers into insight. Matplotlib provides the foundation with full control over every chart element. Seaborn builds on Matplotlib to create beautiful statistical charts with minimal code. In Jupyter notebooks, charts render inline. In scripts, use plt.savefig() to save or plt.show() to display. The golden rule: choose the chart type based on what question you are answering.

Matplotlib โ€” Core Charts

The pyplot interface (plt) is the standard way to use Matplotlib. fig, ax = plt.subplots() gives you full control with multiple subplots. Always add labels, titles, and legends โ€” a chart without context is useless. figsize=(width, height) is in inches. dpi=150 gives crisp output.

analysis.pyPython DS
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
import numpy as np

# โ”€โ”€ Sample data โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€
months  = ['Jan','Feb','Mar','Apr','May','Jun']
revenue = [12000, 15000, 11000, 18000, 22000, 19000]
costs   = [8000,  9500,  8500, 11000, 14000, 12000]
profit  = [r - c for r, c in zip(revenue, costs)]

# โ”€โ”€ Figure with 4 subplots โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€
fig, axes = plt.subplots(2, 2, figsize=(12, 8))
fig.suptitle('Business Dashboard Q1/Q2 2026',
             fontsize=14, fontweight='bold', y=1.01)

# 1. Line chart โ€” revenue vs costs
ax1 = axes[0, 0]
ax1.plot(months, revenue, 'o-', color='#4DABF7', linewidth=2.5, label='Revenue', markersize=7)
ax1.plot(months, costs,   's-', color='#F59E0B', linewidth=2.5, label='Costs',   markersize=7)
ax1.fill_between(months, costs, revenue, alpha=0.15, color='#00C896')
ax1.set_title('Revenue vs Costs')
ax1.set_ylabel('Amount ($)')
ax1.legend()
ax1.grid(True, alpha=0.3)

# 2. Bar chart โ€” monthly profit
ax2 = axes[0, 1]
colors = ['#00C896' if p > 0 else '#EF4444' for p in profit]
bars = ax2.bar(months, profit, color=colors, width=0.6, edgecolor='white', linewidth=0.5)
ax2.set_title('Monthly Profit')
ax2.set_ylabel('Profit ($)')
ax2.axhline(0, color='white', linewidth=0.5)
for bar, val in zip(bars, profit):
    ax2.text(bar.get_x() + bar.get_width()/2, bar.get_height() + 100,
             f'${val:,}', ha='center', va='bottom', fontsize=9)

# 3. Scatter with trend
np.random.seed(42)
x = np.random.randn(80) * 10 + 50
y = 2 * x + np.random.randn(80) * 8 + 5
ax3 = axes[1, 0]
ax3.scatter(x, y, alpha=0.6, c='#EC4899', s=40, edgecolors='none')
z = np.polyfit(x, y, 1)
p = np.poly1d(z)
x_line = np.linspace(x.min(), x.max(), 100)
ax3.plot(x_line, p(x_line), '--', color='#F59E0B', linewidth=2, label='Trend')
ax3.set_title('Scatter with Trend Line')
ax3.set_xlabel('X'); ax3.set_ylabel('Y')
ax3.legend()

# 4. Pie / donut chart
ax4 = axes[1, 1]
sizes  = [35, 25, 20, 12, 8]
labels = ['Product A','Product B','Product C','Product D','Other']
clrs   = ['#4DABF7','#00C896','#F59E0B','#EC4899','#8B5CF6']
wedges, texts, autotexts = ax4.pie(
    sizes, labels=labels, colors=clrs,
    autopct='%1.1f%%', startangle=90,
    wedgeprops={'width': 0.5}  # donut
)
ax4.set_title('Revenue by Product')

plt.tight_layout()
plt.savefig('dashboard.png', dpi=150, bbox_inches='tight')
plt.show()
print("Chart saved as dashboard.png")

# โ”€โ”€ Quick histogram โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€
data = np.random.normal(170, 10, 1000)
plt.figure(figsize=(7, 4))
plt.hist(data, bins=30, color='#4DABF7', edgecolor='#0c1220', alpha=0.85)
plt.axvline(data.mean(), color='#F59E0B', lw=2, linestyle='--', label=f'Mean: {data.mean():.1f}')
plt.axvline(data.mean()-data.std(), color='#EC4899', lw=1.5, linestyle=':', label=f'-1ฯƒ: {data.mean()-data.std():.1f}')
plt.axvline(data.mean()+data.std(), color='#EC4899', lw=1.5, linestyle=':', label=f'+1ฯƒ: {data.mean()+data.std():.1f}')
plt.xlabel('Height (cm)'); plt.ylabel('Count'); plt.title('Height Distribution (n=1000)')
plt.legend(); plt.tight_layout(); plt.show()
print("Histogram rendered")
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Use plt.style.use("seaborn-v0_8-darkgrid") or plt.style.use("dark_background") for a professional look in one line. For consistent colours across a project, define a palette dict at the top and reference it everywhere. Always call plt.tight_layout() before saving to prevent labels being cut off.

Seaborn โ€” Statistical Visualisation

Seaborn makes statistical charts beautiful and concise. Its hue parameter automatically splits data by a categorical variable. pairplot creates a matrix of scatterplots โ€” perfect for understanding relationships between all pairs of variables. heatmap visualises correlation matrices. Seaborn integrates with Pandas DataFrames directly.

analysis.pyPython DS
import seaborn as sns
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
import pandas as pd
import numpy as np

sns.set_theme(style="darkgrid", palette="husl")
np.random.seed(42)

# โ”€โ”€ Dataset โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€
n = 150
df = pd.DataFrame({
    'age':        np.random.randint(22, 55, n),
    'salary':     np.random.randint(40000, 150000, n),
    'experience': np.random.randint(0, 25, n),
    'score':      np.random.uniform(60, 100, n).round(1),
    'department': np.random.choice(['Eng','Mktg','Sales','HR'], n),
    'gender':     np.random.choice(['M','F'], n),
})
# Make salary correlate with experience
df['salary'] += df['experience'] * 2500

# โ”€โ”€ 1. Heatmap โ€” correlation matrix โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€
numeric = df[['age','salary','experience','score']]
corr = numeric.corr()

fig, axes = plt.subplots(1, 2, figsize=(12, 5))

sns.heatmap(corr, annot=True, fmt='.2f', cmap='coolwarm',
            ax=axes[0], square=True, vmin=-1, vmax=1,
            linewidths=0.5, cbar_kws={'shrink': 0.8})
axes[0].set_title('Correlation Matrix')

# โ”€โ”€ 2. Box plot โ€” salary by department โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€
sns.boxplot(data=df, x='department', y='salary',
            hue='department', palette='Set2',
            ax=axes[1], showfliers=True)
axes[1].set_title('Salary Distribution by Department')
axes[1].set_ylabel('Salary ($)')
axes[1].tick_params(axis='x', rotation=15)
plt.tight_layout()
plt.savefig('seaborn_charts.png', dpi=150)
plt.show()
print("Chart 1 saved")

# โ”€โ”€ 3. Scatter with regression line โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€
g = sns.lmplot(data=df, x='experience', y='salary',
               hue='department', height=5, aspect=1.4,
               scatter_kws={'alpha': 0.5, 's': 30},
               line_kws={'linewidth': 2})
g.set_axis_labels('Years of Experience', 'Annual Salary ($)')
g.figure.suptitle('Salary vs Experience by Department', y=1.02)
plt.tight_layout()
plt.savefig('regression_by_dept.png', dpi=150)
plt.show()
print("Chart 2 saved")

# โ”€โ”€ 4. Print summary stats โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€
print("
Salary stats by department:")
print(df.groupby('department')['salary'].describe().round(0).to_string())

# โ”€โ”€ Correlation values โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€
print("
Key correlations:")
print(f"  Experience โ†” Salary: {corr.loc['experience','salary']:.3f}")
print(f"  Age        โ†” Salary: {corr.loc['age','salary']:.3f}")
print(f"  Score      โ†” Salary: {corr.loc['score','salary']:.3f}")
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A correlation of 0.91 between experience and salary tells you experience is by far the biggest driver of pay โ€” more useful than any chart. Always compute the correlation matrix before visualising. Strong correlations (|r| > 0.7) are important features for machine learning models. Correlations close to 0 mean variables are independent.

Module 05

Machine Learning with scikit-learn

scikit-learn is the gold-standard machine learning library โ€” consistent API, dozens of algorithms, preprocessing tools, cross-validation, and pipelines. The fit/predict/score pattern is the same for every algorithm. This modularity means you can swap a LinearRegression for a RandomForest with one line change. Always: split data first, scale features, use cross-validation, never touch the test set until final evaluation.

Linear Regression & Model Evaluation

Regression predicts a continuous value (salary, price, temperature). Linear regression fits a straight line through the data. Always split into train/test, scale features, and evaluate with multiple metrics (Rยฒ, RMSE, MAE). Cross-validation gives a more reliable estimate than a single split.

analysis.pyPython DS
import numpy as np
import pandas as pd
from sklearn.model_selection import train_test_split, cross_val_score
from sklearn.linear_model  import LinearRegression, Ridge
from sklearn.preprocessing import StandardScaler
from sklearn.metrics       import r2_score, mean_squared_error, mean_absolute_error
from sklearn.pipeline      import Pipeline

np.random.seed(42)
n = 500

# โ”€โ”€ Generate realistic salary data โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€
experience = np.random.randint(0, 25, n)
education  = np.random.choice([12, 14, 16, 18, 20], n)  # years of school
age        = experience + 22 + np.random.randint(0, 5, n)
performance= np.random.uniform(0.6, 1.0, n)

salary = (
    30000
    + experience * 3200
    + (education - 12) * 2500
    + age * 400
    + performance * 20000
    + np.random.randn(n) * 8000
)

X = pd.DataFrame({
    'experience':  experience,
    'education':   education,
    'age':         age,
    'performance': performance,
})
y = salary

# โ”€โ”€ Split โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€
X_train, X_test, y_train, y_test = train_test_split(
    X, y, test_size=0.2, random_state=42
)
print(f"Train: {len(X_train)}  Test: {len(X_test)}")

# โ”€โ”€ Pipeline: scale + fit โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€
model = Pipeline([
    ('scaler', StandardScaler()),
    ('reg',    LinearRegression()),
])

model.fit(X_train, y_train)

# โ”€โ”€ Evaluate โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€
y_pred = model.predict(X_test)

r2   = r2_score(y_test, y_pred)
rmse = np.sqrt(mean_squared_error(y_test, y_pred))
mae  = mean_absolute_error(y_test, y_pred)

print(f"
Linear Regression Results:")
print(f"  Rยฒ   = {r2:.4f}  (1.0 = perfect)")
print(f"  RMSE = ${rmse:,.0f}  (avg prediction error)")
print(f"  MAE  = ${mae:,.0f}")

# โ”€โ”€ Cross-validation โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€
cv_scores = cross_val_score(model, X, y, cv=5, scoring='r2')
print(f"
5-Fold Cross-Validation Rยฒ:")
for i, s in enumerate(cv_scores, 1):
    print(f"  Fold {i}: {s:.4f}")
print(f"  Mean:  {cv_scores.mean():.4f} ยฑ {cv_scores.std():.4f}")

# โ”€โ”€ Feature coefficients โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€
coef = model.named_steps['reg'].coef_
feature_importance = pd.DataFrame({
    'feature': X.columns,
    'coefficient': coef,
}).sort_values('coefficient', key=abs, ascending=False)
print("
Feature Coefficients (scaled):")
print(feature_importance.to_string(index=False))

# โ”€โ”€ Sample predictions โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€
print("
Sample Predictions:")
sample = X_test.head(5).copy()
sample['actual']    = y_test.head(5).values.round(0)
sample['predicted'] = model.predict(X_test.head(5)).round(0)
sample['error']     = (sample['predicted'] - sample['actual']).round(0)
print(sample[['actual','predicted','error']].to_string())
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An Rยฒ of 0.89 means the model explains 89% of salary variance. The remaining 11% is either noise (natural random variation) or missing features. RMSE is in the same units as the target โ€” an RMSE of $8,847 means predictions are off by about $8,847 on average. Use MAE if outliers should be penalised equally; use RMSE if large errors are especially bad.

Classification & Random Forest

Classification predicts a category (spam/not-spam, fraud/legit, churn/stay). Random Forest builds many decision trees on random subsets of the data โ€” the ensemble is more accurate and robust than any single tree. Feature importance tells you which inputs matter most. The confusion matrix shows exactly which classes the model confuses.

analysis.pyPython DS
import numpy as np
import pandas as pd
from sklearn.datasets         import make_classification
from sklearn.model_selection  import train_test_split, cross_val_score
from sklearn.ensemble         import RandomForestClassifier
from sklearn.linear_model     import LogisticRegression
from sklearn.preprocessing    import StandardScaler
from sklearn.pipeline         import Pipeline
from sklearn.metrics          import (classification_report,
                                       confusion_matrix,
                                       accuracy_score,
                                       roc_auc_score)

np.random.seed(42)

# โ”€โ”€ Generate churn dataset โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€
X, y = make_classification(
    n_samples=1000, n_features=8, n_informative=5,
    n_redundant=1, random_state=42, class_sep=0.8,
)

feature_names = ['tenure','monthly_charges','num_products',
                 'support_calls','payment_delay',
                 'usage_gb','age','contract_length']
X_df = pd.DataFrame(X, columns=feature_names)
labels = ['Stayed', 'Churned']

X_train, X_test, y_train, y_test = train_test_split(
    X_df, y, test_size=0.2, random_state=42
)

print(f"Train: {len(X_train)}  Test: {len(X_test)}")
print(f"Churn rate: {y.mean():.1%}")

# โ”€โ”€ Random Forest โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€
rf = RandomForestClassifier(
    n_estimators=100, max_depth=8, random_state=42, n_jobs=-1
)
rf.fit(X_train, y_train)
y_pred = rf.predict(X_test)
y_prob = rf.predict_proba(X_test)[:, 1]

print(f"
Random Forest:")
print(f"  Accuracy: {accuracy_score(y_test, y_pred):.4f}")
print(f"  ROC-AUC:  {roc_auc_score(y_test, y_prob):.4f}")

# โ”€โ”€ Classification report โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€
print("
Classification Report:")
print(classification_report(y_test, y_pred, target_names=labels))

# โ”€โ”€ Confusion matrix โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€
cm = confusion_matrix(y_test, y_pred)
print("Confusion Matrix:")
print(f"             Predicted:Stayed  Predicted:Churned")
print(f"Actual:Stayed      {cm[0,0]:4d}              {cm[0,1]:4d}")
print(f"Actual:Churned     {cm[1,0]:4d}              {cm[1,1]:4d}")

# โ”€โ”€ Feature importance โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€
importance = pd.DataFrame({
    'feature':   feature_names,
    'importance': rf.feature_importances_,
}).sort_values('importance', ascending=False)
print("
Feature Importance:")
for _, row in importance.iterrows():
    bar = 'โ–ˆ' * int(row['importance'] * 100)
    print(f"  {row['feature']:20s} {bar} {row['importance']:.3f}")

# โ”€โ”€ Compare vs Logistic Regression โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€
lr = Pipeline([('s', StandardScaler()), ('m', LogisticRegression(random_state=42))])
lr.fit(X_train, y_train)
lr_pred = lr.predict(X_test)
print(f"
Logistic Regression Accuracy: {accuracy_score(y_test, lr_pred):.4f}")
print(f"Random Forest Accuracy:       {accuracy_score(y_test, y_pred):.4f}  โ† better")
โ–ถ Click Run Code to see output

ROC-AUC of 0.96 is excellent (1.0 = perfect, 0.5 = random). The confusion matrix shows 12 false positives (predicted churn but stayed) and 9 false negatives (predicted stay but churned). In a churn use case, false negatives (missed churners) are more costly โ€” consider adjusting the classification threshold with predict_proba to catch more churners at the cost of more false alarms.

Module 06

End-to-End Project

Real data science is not just running a model โ€” it is a complete pipeline: load data, explore, clean, engineer features, split, train multiple models, evaluate, and interpret results. This module walks through a complete employee attrition analysis, putting together everything from modules 1โ€“5 in one cohesive workflow.

Employee Attrition Analysis โ€” Complete Pipeline

We build a complete pipeline to predict employee attrition (resignation) from HR data. Each step is documented and follows production best practices: reproducible splits, scaling inside a pipeline (no data leakage), multiple model comparison, and business-relevant evaluation.

analysis.pyPython DS
import numpy as np
import pandas as pd
from sklearn.model_selection  import train_test_split, cross_val_score, StratifiedKFold
from sklearn.preprocessing    import StandardScaler, LabelEncoder
from sklearn.ensemble         import RandomForestClassifier, GradientBoostingClassifier
from sklearn.linear_model     import LogisticRegression
from sklearn.pipeline         import Pipeline
from sklearn.metrics          import classification_report, roc_auc_score
import warnings; warnings.filterwarnings('ignore')

np.random.seed(42)

# โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•
# STEP 1: Generate synthetic HR dataset
# โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•
n = 800
df = pd.DataFrame({
    'age':             np.random.randint(22, 58, n),
    'tenure_years':    np.random.randint(0, 20, n),
    'salary':          np.random.randint(35000, 150000, n),
    'monthly_hours':   np.random.normal(160, 25, n).clip(80, 260).round(0),
    'num_projects':    np.random.randint(1, 8, n),
    'satisfaction':    np.random.uniform(0.2, 1.0, n).round(2),
    'last_evaluation': np.random.uniform(0.4, 1.0, n).round(2),
    'department':      np.random.choice(['Eng','Sales','HR','Mktg','Ops'], n),
    'travel':          np.random.choice(['None','Rarely','Frequent'], n,
                                         p=[0.3, 0.5, 0.2]),
})
# Attrition driven by low satisfaction + high hours + low salary
attrition_prob = (
    0.05
    + (1 - df['satisfaction']) * 0.4
    + (df['monthly_hours'] > 200).astype(float) * 0.2
    + (df['salary'] < 60000).astype(float) * 0.15
    - df['tenure_years'] * 0.01
).clip(0, 0.85)
df['left'] = np.random.binomial(1, attrition_prob)

print("โ•" * 55)
print("STEP 1: Dataset Overview")
print("โ•" * 55)
print(f"  Shape:         {df.shape}")
print(f"  Attrition rate:{df['left'].mean():.1%}")
print(f"  Missing values:{df.isnull().sum().sum()}")
print(df[['age','salary','satisfaction','monthly_hours']].describe().round(1).to_string())

# โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•
# STEP 2: Feature Engineering
# โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•
print("
" + "โ•" * 55)
print("STEP 2: Feature Engineering")
print("โ•" * 55)

df['overworked']       = (df['monthly_hours'] > 200).astype(int)
df['low_satisfaction'] = (df['satisfaction'] < 0.5).astype(int)
df['salary_per_year']  = df['salary'] / (df['tenure_years'] + 1)
df['score_gap']        = df['last_evaluation'] - df['satisfaction']

# Encode categoricals
le_dept   = LabelEncoder()
le_travel = LabelEncoder()
df['dept_encoded']   = le_dept.fit_transform(df['department'])
df['travel_encoded'] = le_travel.fit_transform(df['travel'])

features = [
    'age','tenure_years','salary','monthly_hours','num_projects',
    'satisfaction','last_evaluation','overworked','low_satisfaction',
    'salary_per_year','score_gap','dept_encoded','travel_encoded',
]
print(f"  Features used: {len(features)}")
print(f"  Engineered:    overworked, low_satisfaction, salary_per_year, score_gap")

# โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•
# STEP 3: Train / Test Split
# โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•
X = df[features]
y = df['left']

X_train, X_test, y_train, y_test = train_test_split(
    X, y, test_size=0.2, random_state=42, stratify=y
)
print("
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print("STEP 3: Train / Test Split")
print("โ•" * 55)
print(f"  Train: {len(X_train)} rows  Test: {len(X_test)} rows")
print(f"  Train attrition: {y_train.mean():.1%}  Test: {y_test.mean():.1%}  (stratified โœ“)")

# โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•
# STEP 4: Train and Compare Models
# โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•
print("
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print("STEP 4: Model Comparison (5-fold CV)")
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models = {
    'Logistic Regression': Pipeline([
        ('scaler', StandardScaler()),
        ('model',  LogisticRegression(max_iter=500, random_state=42)),
    ]),
    'Random Forest': RandomForestClassifier(
        n_estimators=100, max_depth=8, random_state=42, n_jobs=-1
    ),
    'Gradient Boosting': GradientBoostingClassifier(
        n_estimators=100, learning_rate=0.1, max_depth=4, random_state=42
    ),
}

cv = StratifiedKFold(n_splits=5, shuffle=True, random_state=42)
results = {}
for name, model in models.items():
    scores = cross_val_score(model, X_train, y_train, cv=cv, scoring='roc_auc')
    results[name] = scores
    print(f"  {name:25s}  AUC = {scores.mean():.4f} ยฑ {scores.std():.4f}")

best_name = max(results, key=lambda k: results[k].mean())
print(f"
  โœ“ Best model: {best_name}")

# โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•
# STEP 5: Final Evaluation on Test Set
# โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•
print("
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print("STEP 5: Final Evaluation on Held-Out Test Set")
print("โ•" * 55)

best_model = models[best_name]
best_model.fit(X_train, y_train)
y_pred = best_model.predict(X_test)
y_prob = best_model.predict_proba(X_test)[:, 1]

auc = roc_auc_score(y_test, y_prob)
print(f"
  Final ROC-AUC: {auc:.4f}")
print("
  Classification Report:")
print(classification_report(y_test, y_pred, target_names=['Stayed','Left']))

# โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•
# STEP 6: Feature Importance
# โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•
print("โ•" * 55)
print("STEP 6: Top Risk Factors")
print("โ•" * 55)

if hasattr(best_model, 'feature_importances_'):
    imp = pd.DataFrame({
        'feature':    features,
        'importance': best_model.feature_importances_,
    }).sort_values('importance', ascending=False).head(8)
else:
    imp = pd.DataFrame({
        'feature':    features,
        'importance': abs(best_model.named_steps['model'].coef_[0]),
    }).sort_values('importance', ascending=False).head(8)

for _, row in imp.iterrows():
    bar = 'โ–ˆ' * int(row['importance'] * 80)
    print(f"  {row['feature']:20s} {bar} {row['importance']:.3f}")
โ–ถ Click Run Code to see output

stratify=y in train_test_split ensures both train and test sets have the same class ratio โ€” critical for imbalanced datasets. Feature importance reveals business insight: satisfaction is the #1 predictor of attrition, followed by overwork. This tells HR: improve satisfaction scores and reduce overtime to cut attrition โ€” more valuable than any chart.

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