Goal: Predict whether Himalayan mountain climbers died on their expedition.

library(tidyverse)
library(correlationfunnel)

members <- readr::read_csv('https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rfordatascience/tidytuesday/master/data/2020/2020-09-22/members.csv')
## Rows: 76519 Columns: 21
## ── Column specification ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
## Delimiter: ","
## chr (10): expedition_id, member_id, peak_id, peak_name, season, sex, citizen...
## dbl  (5): year, age, highpoint_metres, death_height_metres, injury_height_me...
## lgl  (6): hired, success, solo, oxygen_used, died, injured
## 
## ℹ Use `spec()` to retrieve the full column specification for this data.
## ℹ Specify the column types or set `show_col_types = FALSE` to quiet this message.

Clean data

skimr::skim(members)
Data summary
Name members
Number of rows 76519
Number of columns 21
_______________________
Column type frequency:
character 10
logical 6
numeric 5
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Group variables None

Variable type: character

skim_variable n_missing complete_rate min max empty n_unique whitespace
expedition_id 0 1.00 9 9 0 10350 0
member_id 0 1.00 12 12 0 76518 0
peak_id 0 1.00 4 4 0 391 0
peak_name 15 1.00 4 25 0 390 0
season 0 1.00 6 7 0 5 0
sex 2 1.00 1 1 0 2 0
citizenship 10 1.00 2 23 0 212 0
expedition_role 21 1.00 4 25 0 524 0
death_cause 75413 0.01 3 27 0 12 0
injury_type 74807 0.02 3 27 0 11 0

Variable type: logical

skim_variable n_missing complete_rate mean count
hired 0 1 0.21 FAL: 60788, TRU: 15731
success 0 1 0.38 FAL: 47320, TRU: 29199
solo 0 1 0.00 FAL: 76398, TRU: 121
oxygen_used 0 1 0.24 FAL: 58286, TRU: 18233
died 0 1 0.01 FAL: 75413, TRU: 1106
injured 0 1 0.02 FAL: 74806, TRU: 1713

Variable type: numeric

skim_variable n_missing complete_rate mean sd p0 p25 p50 p75 p100 hist
year 0 1.00 2000.36 14.78 1905 1991 2004 2012 2019 ▁▁▁▃▇
age 3497 0.95 37.33 10.40 7 29 36 44 85 ▁▇▅▁▁
highpoint_metres 21833 0.71 7470.68 1040.06 3800 6700 7400 8400 8850 ▁▁▆▃▇
death_height_metres 75451 0.01 6592.85 1308.19 400 5800 6600 7550 8830 ▁▁▂▇▆
injury_height_metres 75510 0.01 7049.91 1214.24 400 6200 7100 8000 8880 ▁▁▂▇▇
factors_vec <- members %>% select(year, age, highpoint_metres, death_height_metres, injury_height_metres) %>% names()

data_clean <- members %>%
  
  # Address factors imported as numeric 
  mutate(across(factors_vec, as.factor)) %>%
  
  # Drop variables
  select(-c(death_cause, injury_type, sex, injury_height_metres, death_height_metres, highpoint_metres, age, expedition_role, peak_name, citizenship))
## Warning: There was 1 warning in `mutate()`.
## ℹ In argument: `across(factors_vec, as.factor)`.
## Caused by warning:
## ! Using an external vector in selections was deprecated in tidyselect 1.1.0.
## ℹ Please use `all_of()` or `any_of()` instead.
##   # Was:
##   data %>% select(factors_vec)
## 
##   # Now:
##   data %>% select(all_of(factors_vec))
## 
## See <https://tidyselect.r-lib.org/reference/faq-external-vector.html>.

Explore data

data_clean %>% count(died)
## # A tibble: 2 × 2
##   died      n
##   <lgl> <int>
## 1 FALSE 75413
## 2 TRUE   1106
data_clean %>%
    ggplot(aes(died)) +
    geom_bar()

Died vs member_id

data_clean %>% 
    ggplot(aes(died, year)) + 
    geom_point()

Correlation Plot

# Step 1: Binarize
data_binarized <- data_clean %>%
  select(-member_id) %>%
  binarize()

data_binarized %>% glimpse()
## Rows: 76,519
## Columns: 73
## $ expedition_id__EVER88101 <dbl> 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, …
## $ `expedition_id__-OTHER`  <dbl> 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, …
## $ peak_id__AMAD            <dbl> 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, …
## $ peak_id__ANN1            <dbl> 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, …
## $ peak_id__ANN4            <dbl> 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, …
## $ peak_id__BARU            <dbl> 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, …
## $ peak_id__CHOY            <dbl> 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, …
## $ peak_id__DHA1            <dbl> 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, …
## $ peak_id__EVER            <dbl> 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, …
## $ peak_id__HIML            <dbl> 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, …
## $ peak_id__KANG            <dbl> 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, …
## $ peak_id__LHOT            <dbl> 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, …
## $ peak_id__MAKA            <dbl> 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, …
## $ peak_id__MANA            <dbl> 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, …
## $ peak_id__PUMO            <dbl> 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, …
## $ `peak_id__-OTHER`        <dbl> 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, …
## $ year__1980               <dbl> 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, …
## $ year__1981               <dbl> 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, …
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## $ hired__1                 <dbl> 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, …
## $ success__0               <dbl> 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, …
## $ success__1               <dbl> 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, …
## $ solo__0                  <dbl> 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, …
## $ `solo__-OTHER`           <dbl> 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, …
## $ oxygen_used__0           <dbl> 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, …
## $ oxygen_used__1           <dbl> 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, …
## $ died__0                  <dbl> 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, …
## $ died__1                  <dbl> 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, …
## $ injured__0               <dbl> 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, …
## $ injured__1               <dbl> 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, …
# Step 2: Correlation
data_correlation <- data_binarized %>% 
    correlate(died__1)
## Warning: correlate(): [Data Imbalance Detected] Consider sampling to balance the classes more than 5%
##   Column with imbalance: died__1
data_correlation
## # A tibble: 73 × 3
##    feature bin    correlation
##    <fct>   <chr>        <dbl>
##  1 died    0          -1     
##  2 died    1           1     
##  3 year    -OTHER      0.0587
##  4 success 0           0.0415
##  5 success 1          -0.0415
##  6 peak_id ANN1        0.0359
##  7 peak_id AMAD       -0.0313
##  8 peak_id DHA1        0.0288
##  9 peak_id CHOY       -0.0261
## 10 peak_id KANG        0.0254
## # ℹ 63 more rows
# Step 3: Plot
data_correlation %>%
    correlationfunnel::plot_correlation_funnel()
## Warning: ggrepel: 55 unlabeled data points (too many overlaps). Consider
## increasing max.overlaps