Training a machine learning model with scikit-learn

From the video series: Introduction to machine learning with scikit-learn

Agenda

What is the K-nearest neighbors classification model?
What are the four steps for model training and prediction in scikit-learn?
How can I apply this pattern to other machine learning models?

Reviewing the iris dataset



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150 observations
4 features (sepal length, sepal width, petal length, petal width)
Response variable is the iris species
Classification problem since response is categorical
More information in the UCI Machine Learning Repository

K-nearest neighbors (KNN) classification

Pick a value for K.
Search for the K observations in the training data that are "nearest" to the measurements of the unknown iris.
Use the most popular response value from the K nearest neighbors as the predicted response value for the unknown iris.

Example training data

KNN classification map (K=1)

KNN classification map (K=5)

Image Credits: Data3classes, Map1NN, Map5NN by Agor153. Licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0

Loading the data



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# import load_iris function from datasets module
from sklearn.datasets import load_iris

# save "bunch" object containing iris dataset and its attributes
iris = load_iris()

# store feature matrix in "X"
X = iris.data

# store response vector in "y"
y = iris.target



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# print the shapes of X and y
print X.shape
print y.shape









    



(150L, 4L)
(150L,)

scikit-learn 4-step modeling pattern

Step 1: Import the class you plan to use



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from sklearn.neighbors import KNeighborsClassifier

Step 2: "Instantiate" the "estimator"

"Estimator" is scikit-learn's term for model
"Instantiate" means "make an instance of"



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knn = KNeighborsClassifier(n_neighbors=1)

Name of the object does not matter
Can specify tuning parameters (aka "hyperparameters") during this step
All parameters not specified are set to their defaults



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print knn









    



KNeighborsClassifier(algorithm='auto', leaf_size=30, metric='minkowski',
           metric_params=None, n_neighbors=1, p=2, weights='uniform')

Step 3: Fit the model with data (aka "model training")

Model is learning the relationship between X and y
Occurs in-place



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knn.fit(X, y)









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KNeighborsClassifier(algorithm='auto', leaf_size=30, metric='minkowski',
           metric_params=None, n_neighbors=1, p=2, weights='uniform')

Step 4: Predict the response for a new observation

New observations are called "out-of-sample" data
Uses the information it learned during the model training process



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knn.predict([3, 5, 4, 2])









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array([2])

Returns a NumPy array
Can predict for multiple observations at once



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X_new = [[3, 5, 4, 2], [5, 4, 3, 2]]
knn.predict(X_new)









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array([2, 1])

Using a different value for K



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# instantiate the model (using the value K=5)
knn = KNeighborsClassifier(n_neighbors=5)

# fit the model with data
knn.fit(X, y)

# predict the response for new observations
knn.predict(X_new)









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array([1, 1])

Using a different classification model



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# import the class
from sklearn.linear_model import LogisticRegression

# instantiate the model (using the default parameters)
logreg = LogisticRegression()

# fit the model with data
logreg.fit(X, y)

# predict the response for new observations
logreg.predict(X_new)









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array([2, 0])

Resources

Nearest Neighbors (user guide), KNeighborsClassifier (class documentation)
Logistic Regression (user guide), LogisticRegression (class documentation)
Videos from An Introduction to Statistical Learning
- Classification Problems and K-Nearest Neighbors (Chapter 2)
- Introduction to Classification (Chapter 4)
- Logistic Regression and Maximum Likelihood (Chapter 4)

Comments or Questions?



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