Practical Data Analysis using R- Intermediate Level - Assignment
Niti Bhattarai
2024-05-30
#Load Necessary Libraries
library(readr)
library(dplyr)##
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## intersect, setdiff, setequal, unionlibrary(janitor)##
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## chisq.test, fisher.testlibrary(caret)## Loading required package: ggplot2## Loading required package: latticelibrary(corrplot)## corrplot 0.92 loadedlibrary(BMA)## Loading required package: survival##
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## cluster## Loading required package: leaps## Loading required package: robustbase##
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## heart## Loading required package: inline## Loading required package: rrcov## Scalable Robust Estimators with High Breakdown Point (version 1.7-5)library(ggplot2)
library(table1)##
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## units, units<-#Define the URL for the Raw Data
url <- "https://lib.stat.cmu.edu/datasets/boston" #Define the URL for the Raw Data
raw_data <- read_lines(url)#Remove Unnecessary Lines (First 21 Lines are Metadata)
raw_data <- raw_data[-(1:21)]#Combine the Lines into a Single String, Split by Spaces, and Convert to Numeric
data_split <- unlist(strsplit(paste(raw_data, collapse = " "), "\\s+"))
data_numeric <- as.numeric(data_split[data_split != ""])
data_matrix <- matrix(data_numeric, ncol = 14, byrow = TRUE)
housing_data <- as.data.frame(data_matrix)
colnames(housing_data) <- c("ID", "crime", "zone", "river", "industry", "nox", "rooms", "age", "distance", "radial", "ptratio", "B", "lstat", "price")
housing_data <- janitor::clean_names(housing_data)
housing_data$river <- factor(housing_data$river, levels = c(0, 1), labels = c("No", "Yes"))#View the First Few Rows of the Dataset
head(housing_data)## id crime zone river industry nox rooms age distance radial ptratio
## 1 0.00632 18 2.31 No 0.538 6.575 65.2 4.0900 1 296 15.3
## 2 0.02731 0 7.07 No 0.469 6.421 78.9 4.9671 2 242 17.8
## 3 0.02729 0 7.07 No 0.469 7.185 61.1 4.9671 2 242 17.8
## 4 0.03237 0 2.18 No 0.458 6.998 45.8 6.0622 3 222 18.7
## 5 0.06905 0 2.18 No 0.458 7.147 54.2 6.0622 3 222 18.7
## 6 0.02985 0 2.18 No 0.458 6.430 58.7 6.0622 3 222 18.7
## b lstat price
## 1 396.90 4.98 24.0
## 2 396.90 9.14 21.6
## 3 392.83 4.03 34.7
## 4 394.63 2.94 33.4
## 5 396.90 5.33 36.2
## 6 394.12 5.21 28.7#Summarize the Characteristics of the Study Sample
table1(~ crime + zone + river + industry + nox + rooms + age + distance + radial + ptratio + b + lstat + price, data = housing_data)| Overall (N=506) |
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| crime | |
| Mean (SD) | 11.4 (23.3) |
| Median [Min, Max] | 0 [0, 100] |
| zone | |
| Mean (SD) | 11.1 (6.86) |
| Median [Min, Max] | 9.69 [0.460, 27.7] |
| river | |
| No | 471 (93.1%) |
| Yes | 35 (6.9%) |
| industry | |
| Mean (SD) | 0.555 (0.116) |
| Median [Min, Max] | 0.538 [0.385, 0.871] |
| nox | |
| Mean (SD) | 6.28 (0.703) |
| Median [Min, Max] | 6.21 [3.56, 8.78] |
| rooms | |
| Mean (SD) | 68.6 (28.1) |
| Median [Min, Max] | 77.5 [2.90, 100] |
| age | |
| Mean (SD) | 3.80 (2.11) |
| Median [Min, Max] | 3.21 [1.13, 12.1] |
| distance | |
| Mean (SD) | 9.55 (8.71) |
| Median [Min, Max] | 5.00 [1.00, 24.0] |
| radial | |
| Mean (SD) | 408 (169) |
| Median [Min, Max] | 330 [187, 711] |
| ptratio | |
| Mean (SD) | 18.5 (2.16) |
| Median [Min, Max] | 19.1 [12.6, 22.0] |
| b | |
| Mean (SD) | 357 (91.3) |
| Median [Min, Max] | 391 [0.320, 397] |
| lstat | |
| Mean (SD) | 12.7 (7.14) |
| Median [Min, Max] | 11.4 [1.73, 38.0] |
| price | |
| Mean (SD) | 22.5 (9.20) |
| Median [Min, Max] | 21.2 [5.00, 50.0] |
#Examine the Distribution and Correlation #Remove Rows with NA Values for Correlation Calculation
housing_data <- na.omit(housing_data)
housing_data_for_corr <- housing_data %>%
select(-id) %>%
mutate(river = as.numeric(river) - 1)
correlation_matrix <- cor(housing_data_for_corr)
corrplot(correlation_matrix, method = "circle", type = "lower", tl.col = "black")
#Examine the Distribution of Housing Prices
ggplot(housing_data, aes(x = price)) +
geom_histogram(binwidth = 1, fill = "green", color = "red") +
labs(title = "Distribution of Housing Prices", x = "Price (x $1,000)", y = "Frequency")
#Create Train and Test Sets
set.seed(123)
training_indices <- caret::createDataPartition(housing_data$price, p = 0.7, list = FALSE)
train_data <- housing_data[training_indices, ]
test_data <- housing_data[-training_indices, ]#Develop a BMA Model for Predicting Housing Prices
bma_model <- BMA::bicreg(train_data[, -c(1, 14)], train_data$price)
summary(bma_model)##
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## BMA::bicreg(x = train_data[, -c(1, 14)], y = train_data$price)
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## 16 models were selected
## Best 5 models (cumulative posterior probability = 0.7207 ):
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## p!=0 EV SD model 1 model 2 model 3
## Intercept 100.0 3.159e+01 6.212261 2.848e+01 3.360e+01 3.202e+01
## crime 9.6 2.450e-03 0.009037 . . .
## zone 10.7 -1.057e-02 0.038110 . . .
## riverYes 93.1 2.964e+00 1.268379 3.246e+00 3.012e+00 3.248e+00
## industry 100.0 -1.674e+01 4.154449 -1.634e+01 -1.695e+01 -1.948e+01
## nox 100.0 4.192e+00 0.460752 4.347e+00 4.088e+00 4.208e+00
## rooms 2.7 -5.212e-05 0.002616 . . .
## age 100.0 -1.022e+00 0.196238 -9.835e-01 -9.961e-01 -1.004e+00
## distance 51.4 1.031e-01 0.119085 . 2.338e-01 8.343e-02
## radial 41.3 -4.238e-03 0.005723 . -1.033e-02 .
## ptratio 100.0 -9.801e-01 0.146462 -9.445e-01 -1.020e+00 -1.052e+00
## b 88.3 8.042e-03 0.004085 8.393e-03 9.570e-03 9.881e-03
## lstat 100.0 -5.058e-01 0.057859 -4.959e-01 -5.049e-01 -5.108e-01
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## nVar 7 9 8
## r2 0.733 0.742 0.736
## BIC -4.290e+02 -4.289e+02 -4.269e+02
## post prob 0.256 0.242 0.090
## model 4 model 5
## Intercept 3.499e+01 3.310e+01
## crime . 2.761e-02
## zone . .
## riverYes 3.386e+00 2.974e+00
## industry -1.828e+01 -1.631e+01
## nox 4.157e+00 4.002e+00
## rooms . .
## age -1.013e+00 -1.199e+00
## distance . 2.396e-01
## radial . -1.165e-02
## ptratio -9.825e-01 -9.299e-01
## b . 9.570e-03
## lstat -5.328e-01 -5.076e-01
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## nVar 6 10
## r2 0.727 0.744
## BIC -4.265e+02 -4.261e+02
## post prob 0.074 0.058#Check the Model’s Assumptions
par(mfrow = c(2, 2))
plot(bma_model)
#Validate the Model’s Performance Internally #Conduct Cross-Validation
train_control <- caret::trainControl(method = "cv", number = 10)
lm_model <- caret::train(price ~ ., data = train_data, method = "lm", trControl = train_control)
cv_predictions <- predict(lm_model, newdata = test_data)
cv_results <- data.frame(Actual = test_data$price, Predicted = cv_predictions)
cv_mae <- caret::MAE(cv_results$Predicted, cv_results$Actual)
cv_mse <- caret::RMSE(cv_results$Predicted, cv_results$Actual)^2
cv_r_squared <- caret::R2(cv_results$Predicted, cv_results$Actual)
cat("Cross-validated MAE:", cv_mae, "\n")## Cross-validated MAE: 3.30977cat("Cross-validated MSE:", cv_mse, "\n")## Cross-validated MSE: 26.02804cat("Cross-validated R-squared:", cv_r_squared, "\n")## Cross-validated R-squared: 0.7207317#Summarize and Conclude the Findings
cat("The BMA model, validated using 10-fold cross-validation, provides a robust prediction of housing prices. The performance metrics indicate the model's accuracy and reliability. Overall, the model's internal validation confirms its suitability for predicting housing prices in the Boston area.")## The BMA model, validated using 10-fold cross-validation, provides a robust prediction of housing prices. The performance metrics indicate the model's accuracy and reliability. Overall, the model's internal validation confirms its suitability for predicting housing prices in the Boston area.