Data 698 - Master’s Research Project
Enid Roman
2024-10-22
Predicting Migraine Types Using Symptom and Demographic Data: A Machine Learning Approach
## Age Duration Frequency Location Character Intensity Nausea Vomit
## <int> <int> <int> <int> <int> <int> <int> <int>
## 1: 30 1 5 1 1 2 1 0
## 2: 50 3 5 1 1 3 1 1
## 3: 53 2 1 1 1 2 1 1
## 4: 45 3 5 1 1 3 1 0
## 5: 53 1 1 1 1 2 1 0
## 6: 49 1 1 1 1 3 1 0
## Phonophobia Photophobia Visual Sensory Dysphasia Dysarthria Vertigo Tinnitus
## <int> <int> <int> <int> <int> <int> <int> <int>
## 1: 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 0
## 2: 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 0
## 3: 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0
## 4: 1 1 2 2 0 0 1 0
## 5: 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 0
## 6: 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
## Hypoacusis Diplopia Defect Ataxia Conscience Paresthesia DPF
## <int> <int> <int> <int> <int> <int> <int>
## 1: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
## 2: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
## 3: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
## 4: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
## 5: 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
## 6: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
## Type
## <char>
## 1: Typical aura with migraine
## 2: Typical aura with migraine
## 3: Typical aura with migraine
## 4: Typical aura with migraine
## 5: Typical aura with migraine
## 6: Migraine without auraExploratory Data Analysis and Data Preprocessing
Missing or Incomplete Data
Missing data can skew the analysis or cause issues with machine learning algorithms.
## Age Duration Frequency Location Character Intensity
## 0 0 0 0 0 0
## Nausea Vomit Phonophobia Photophobia Visual Sensory
## 0 0 0 0 0 0
## Dysphasia Dysarthria Vertigo Tinnitus Hypoacusis Diplopia
## 0 0 0 0 0 0
## Defect Ataxia Conscience Paresthesia DPF Type
## 0 0 0 0 0 0The dataset contains no missing values. This is good news, as missing values can cause issues when building machine learning models.
Duplicated Data
Duplicated entries can bias your analysis. I checked if there are any duplicate rows and remove them if necessary.
## [1] 6## Age Duration Frequency Location Character Intensity Nausea Vomit
## <int> <int> <int> <int> <int> <int> <int> <int>
## 1: 28 1 5 1 1 2 1 0
## 2: 28 1 5 1 1 2 1 0
## 3: 31 1 1 1 1 2 1 1
## 4: 50 1 1 1 1 3 1 0
## 5: 22 1 1 1 1 2 1 0
## 6: 35 1 1 1 1 3 1 0
## Phonophobia Photophobia Visual Sensory Dysphasia Dysarthria Vertigo Tinnitus
## <int> <int> <int> <int> <int> <int> <int> <int>
## 1: 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0
## 2: 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0
## 3: 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0
## 4: 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0
## 5: 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0
## 6: 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
## Hypoacusis Diplopia Defect Ataxia Conscience Paresthesia DPF
## <int> <int> <int> <int> <int> <int> <int>
## 1: 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
## 2: 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
## 3: 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
## 4: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
## 5: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
## 6: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
## Type
## <char>
## 1: Typical aura with migraine
## 2: Typical aura with migraine
## 3: Typical aura with migraine
## 4: Typical aura with migraine
## 5: Typical aura with migraine
## 6: Typical aura with migraineThere are 6 duplicated rows.
Handling Duplicated Data
I can use the duplicated() function on a subset of the data, excluding the Age column, to identify duplicates based on the other variables. After identifying the duplicates based on all columns except Age, I can display them. This will help me understand why the duplicated() function is flagging them.
## Empty data.table (0 rows and 24 cols): Age,Duration,Frequency,Location,Character,Intensity...The dataset doesn’t have any duplicates based on the values of all columns (excluding Age), so there’s no need to remove or handle any duplicates at this point. I find that these rows are not true duplicates (e.g., they represent different age patients), I would want to keep them in my dataset.
Summary
## Classes 'data.table' and 'data.frame': 400 obs. of 24 variables:
## $ Age : int 30 50 53 45 53 49 27 24 50 23 ...
## $ Duration : int 1 3 2 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 ...
## $ Frequency : int 5 5 1 5 1 1 5 1 5 1 ...
## $ Location : int 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ...
## $ Character : int 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ...
## $ Intensity : int 2 3 2 3 2 3 3 2 2 3 ...
## $ Nausea : int 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ...
## $ Vomit : int 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 ...
## $ Phonophobia: int 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ...
## $ Photophobia: int 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ...
## $ Visual : int 1 2 2 2 4 0 2 2 2 2 ...
## $ Sensory : int 2 1 0 2 0 0 0 2 2 0 ...
## $ Dysphasia : int 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ...
## $ Dysarthria : int 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ...
## $ Vertigo : int 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 ...
## $ Tinnitus : int 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 ...
## $ Hypoacusis : int 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ...
## $ Diplopia : int 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ...
## $ Defect : int 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ...
## $ Ataxia : int 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ...
## $ Conscience : int 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ...
## $ Paresthesia: int 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ...
## $ DPF : int 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 ...
## $ Type : chr "Typical aura with migraine" "Typical aura with migraine" "Typical aura with migraine" "Typical aura with migraine" ...
## - attr(*, ".internal.selfref")=<externalptr>The dataset consists of 400 rows and 20 columns, containing a mix of numeric and character data types. It includes information about patients with migraines, such as their age, duration, and frequency of migraines, along with the symptoms they experience, including nausea, vomiting, and sensitivity to light and sound. Additionally, the dataset provides demographic information like region of residence and level of education, as well as details about the medications patients take for migraines.
The target variable, Type, describes the type of migraine each patient has and includes four categories: migraine without aura, migraine with aura, chronic migraine, and probable migraine. Currently, most variables, including binary ones such as Location, Character, Intensity, Nausea, and Vomit, are stored as integers. These should be converted to factors for proper handling as categorical data. The target variable, Type, is stored as a character and should also be converted to a factor for classification purposes. In fact, all categorical and binary variables should be converted to factors to ensure correct treatment during analysis.
Continuous variables, such as Age, Duration, Frequency, and Visual, are appropriately stored as numeric values. However, these variables may need to be standardized or normalized for certain machine learning algorithms that are sensitive to the scale of the data.
## Age Duration Frequency Location
## Min. :15.0 Min. :1.00 Min. :1.000 Min. :0.0000
## 1st Qu.:22.0 1st Qu.:1.00 1st Qu.:1.000 1st Qu.:1.0000
## Median :28.0 Median :1.00 Median :2.000 Median :1.0000
## Mean :31.7 Mean :1.61 Mean :2.365 Mean :0.9725
## 3rd Qu.:40.0 3rd Qu.:2.00 3rd Qu.:4.000 3rd Qu.:1.0000
## Max. :77.0 Max. :3.00 Max. :8.000 Max. :2.0000
## Character Intensity Nausea Vomit
## Min. :0.0000 Min. :0.00 Min. :0.0000 Min. :0.0000
## 1st Qu.:1.0000 1st Qu.:2.00 1st Qu.:1.0000 1st Qu.:0.0000
## Median :1.0000 Median :3.00 Median :1.0000 Median :0.0000
## Mean :0.9775 Mean :2.47 Mean :0.9875 Mean :0.3225
## 3rd Qu.:1.0000 3rd Qu.:3.00 3rd Qu.:1.0000 3rd Qu.:1.0000
## Max. :2.0000 Max. :3.00 Max. :1.0000 Max. :1.0000
## Phonophobia Photophobia Visual Sensory
## Min. :0.0000 Min. :0.00 Min. :0.000 Min. :0.0000
## 1st Qu.:1.0000 1st Qu.:1.00 1st Qu.:1.000 1st Qu.:0.0000
## Median :1.0000 Median :1.00 Median :2.000 Median :0.0000
## Mean :0.9775 Mean :0.98 Mean :1.488 Mean :0.3025
## 3rd Qu.:1.0000 3rd Qu.:1.00 3rd Qu.:2.000 3rd Qu.:0.0000
## Max. :1.0000 Max. :1.00 Max. :4.000 Max. :2.0000
## Dysphasia Dysarthria Vertigo Tinnitus
## Min. :0.0000 Min. :0.0000 Min. :0.000 Min. :0.00
## 1st Qu.:0.0000 1st Qu.:0.0000 1st Qu.:0.000 1st Qu.:0.00
## Median :0.0000 Median :0.0000 Median :0.000 Median :0.00
## Mean :0.0375 Mean :0.0025 Mean :0.125 Mean :0.06
## 3rd Qu.:0.0000 3rd Qu.:0.0000 3rd Qu.:0.000 3rd Qu.:0.00
## Max. :1.0000 Max. :1.0000 Max. :1.000 Max. :1.00
## Hypoacusis Diplopia Defect Ataxia Conscience
## Min. :0.000 Min. :0.000 Min. :0.000 Min. :0 Min. :0.0000
## 1st Qu.:0.000 1st Qu.:0.000 1st Qu.:0.000 1st Qu.:0 1st Qu.:0.0000
## Median :0.000 Median :0.000 Median :0.000 Median :0 Median :0.0000
## Mean :0.015 Mean :0.005 Mean :0.015 Mean :0 Mean :0.0175
## 3rd Qu.:0.000 3rd Qu.:0.000 3rd Qu.:0.000 3rd Qu.:0 3rd Qu.:0.0000
## Max. :1.000 Max. :1.000 Max. :1.000 Max. :0 Max. :1.0000
## Paresthesia DPF Type
## Min. :0.0000 Min. :0.00 Length:400
## 1st Qu.:0.0000 1st Qu.:0.00 Class :character
## Median :0.0000 Median :0.00 Mode :character
## Mean :0.0075 Mean :0.41
## 3rd Qu.:0.0000 3rd Qu.:1.00
## Max. :1.0000 Max. :1.00Here you can see The following variables appear to be continuous or discrete numeric variables:
Age: Ranges from 15 to 77 years. Duration: The duration of migraine episodes, ranging from 1 to 3 days. Frequency: Number of episodes per month, ranging from 1 to 8. Visual: Number of reversible visual symptoms, ranging from 0 to 4.
The following variables are binary or categorical:
These variables are currently stored as integers but represent categorical or binary outcomes (0 or 1), and should be converted to factors for analysis:
Location: (1: Unilateral, 2: Bilateral). Character: Type of pain (1: Throbbing, 2: Constant). Intensity: Severity of pain (0: None, 1: Mild, 2: Medium, 3: Severe). Nausea, Vomit, Phonophobia, Photophobia: Presence of symptoms (0: No, 1: Yes). Vertigo, Tinnitus, Dysphasia, Dysarthria, Hypoacusis, Diplopia, Ataxia, Conscience, Paresthesia, and Defect: All binary (0: No, 1: Yes). DPF: Family history of migraine (0: No, 1: Yes).
Convert Categorical Variables to Factor Types
Categorical and binary variables should be converted to factors. These variables represent discrete categories or binary outcomes, and converting them to factors ensures that R treats them as categorical data rather than continuous numerical values.
Attributes that Should NOT be Converted: Age: Continuous. Duration: Continuous. Frequency: Continuous. Visual: Continuous. Sensory: Continuous.
Machine learning models in R (such as Random Forest, SVM, and Logistic Regression) expect categorical and binary variables to be in factor format. This ensures that the model treats these variables as discrete categories rather than as continuous values.
Converting the target variable (Type) to a factor ensures that classification models recognize this as a multiclass problem.
Converting the binary variables (e.g., Dysphasia, Dysarthria, etc.) to factors ensures that R correctly treats them as categorical variables where 0 represents “No” and 1 represents “Yes.” This is crucial for models and EDA.
## Classes 'data.table' and 'data.frame': 400 obs. of 24 variables:
## $ Age : int 30 50 53 45 53 49 27 24 50 23 ...
## $ Duration : int 1 3 2 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 ...
## $ Frequency : int 5 5 1 5 1 1 5 1 5 1 ...
## $ Location : Factor w/ 3 levels "0","1","2": 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 ...
## $ Character : Factor w/ 3 levels "0","1","2": 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 ...
## $ Intensity : Factor w/ 4 levels "0","1","2","3": 3 4 3 4 3 4 4 3 3 4 ...
## $ Nausea : Factor w/ 2 levels "0","1": 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 ...
## $ Vomit : Factor w/ 2 levels "0","1": 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 ...
## $ Phonophobia: Factor w/ 2 levels "0","1": 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 ...
## $ Photophobia: Factor w/ 2 levels "0","1": 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 ...
## $ Visual : int 1 2 2 2 4 0 2 2 2 2 ...
## $ Sensory : int 2 1 0 2 0 0 0 2 2 0 ...
## $ Dysphasia : Factor w/ 2 levels "0","1": 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ...
## $ Dysarthria : Factor w/ 2 levels "0","1": 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ...
## $ Vertigo : Factor w/ 2 levels "0","1": 1 2 1 2 1 1 2 2 2 1 ...
## $ Tinnitus : Factor w/ 2 levels "0","1": 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 ...
## $ Hypoacusis : Factor w/ 2 levels "0","1": 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ...
## $ Diplopia : Factor w/ 2 levels "0","1": 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ...
## $ Defect : Factor w/ 2 levels "0","1": 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ...
## $ Ataxia : Factor w/ 1 level "0": 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ...
## $ Conscience : Factor w/ 2 levels "0","1": 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ...
## $ Paresthesia: Factor w/ 2 levels "0","1": 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ...
## $ DPF : Factor w/ 2 levels "0","1": 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 2 2 1 ...
## $ Type : Factor w/ 7 levels "Basilar-type aura",..: 6 6 6 6 6 3 1 6 6 6 ...
## - attr(*, ".internal.selfref")=<externalptr>This ensures that R properly handles these variables for analysis and machine learning tasks.
Check and Handle Outliers
I use boxplots to visually identify outliers in the dataset. Boxplots display the distribution of the data, and any values that fall outside the “whiskers” of the plot are considered potential outliers. Since the dataset contains a mix of continuous, categorical, and binary variables. Boxplots are not meaningful for categorical or binary variables, so using them for the entire dataset can lead to confusion and incorrect interpretation.
Boxplots are specifically designed for visualizing the distribution and potential outliers of continuous variables, so using them only for those variables will give you the most useful insights. I will focus on continuous variables. I will identify outliers for each continuous variable, Age, Duration, Frequency, and Visual.
I perform a combined boxplots for a quick overview and comparison.
The Age variable shows a few outliers (points outside the whiskers), as indicated by the circles above the whiskers. These points might need further investigation to determine if they are valid values or should be handled. The Sensory variable also shows some outliers, but interestingly, it has a flat distribution, which might suggest limited variability (low range of values). The Duration and Frequency variables do not have any visible outliers. Visual shows a few outliers, but otherwise, the data seems to have a reasonable spread.
Outliers in Age and Sensory: These outliers could represent extreme or unusual cases. Depending on your analysis goals, you may want to handle them by capping, removing, or treating them as valid data points.
Flat Sensory Distribution: The flat line in the Sensory boxplot suggests that many of the values are concentrated in a narrow range, and outliers are farther from the main distribution. This limited variation might warrant further inspection (e.g., reviewing data collection methods).
No Outliers in Duration or Frequency: These variables appear to have fairly consistent data with no extreme values based on this visualization.
I will need to look into the records corresponding to the outliers in Age, Visual, and Sensory to see if they are valid or if they require special treatment (e.g., removal, capping, etc.).
Since the Sensory variable has such a flat distribution, it might benefit from transformation or categorization if it doesn’t provide much variance for modeling.
To identify the specific outliers in the Age, Visual, and Sensory variables, we can use the Interquartile Range (IQR) method. Outliers are generally defined as values that are either below the first quartile (Q1) minus 1.5 times the IQR or above the third quartile (Q3) plus 1.5 times the IQR. This method helps identify extreme values that may skew the analysis or model performance.
## [1] "Age Outliers:"## Age Duration Frequency Location Character Intensity Nausea Vomit
## <int> <int> <int> <fctr> <fctr> <fctr> <fctr> <fctr>
## 1: 68 2 3 1 1 3 1 0
## 2: 70 3 5 1 1 3 1 0
## 3: 69 1 5 1 1 3 1 0
## 4: 77 1 1 1 1 2 1 0
## Phonophobia Photophobia Visual Sensory Dysphasia Dysarthria Vertigo Tinnitus
## <fctr> <fctr> <int> <int> <fctr> <fctr> <fctr> <fctr>
## 1: 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
## 2: 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
## 3: 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 0
## 4: 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0
## Hypoacusis Diplopia Defect Ataxia Conscience Paresthesia DPF
## <fctr> <fctr> <fctr> <fctr> <fctr> <fctr> <fctr>
## 1: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
## 2: 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
## 3: 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
## 4: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
## Type
## <fctr>
## 1: Migraine without aura
## 2: Migraine without aura
## 3: Typical aura with migraine
## 4: Typical aura with migraine## [1] "Visual Outliers:"## Age Duration Frequency Location Character Intensity Nausea Vomit
## <int> <int> <int> <fctr> <fctr> <fctr> <fctr> <fctr>
## 1: 53 1 1 1 1 2 1 0
## 2: 40 3 1 1 1 3 1 0
## 3: 24 3 3 1 1 2 1 0
## 4: 24 1 1 0 0 0 1 1
## 5: 19 3 5 0 0 0 1 0
## 6: 26 1 1 0 0 0 1 1
## 7: 35 1 2 0 0 0 1 0
## 8: 20 3 5 0 0 0 0 0
## 9: 38 3 1 1 1 3 1 0
## Phonophobia Photophobia Visual Sensory Dysphasia Dysarthria Vertigo Tinnitus
## <fctr> <fctr> <int> <int> <fctr> <fctr> <fctr> <fctr>
## 1: 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 0
## 2: 1 1 4 0 0 0 1 0
## 3: 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 0
## 4: 1 1 4 2 0 0 1 0
## 5: 1 1 4 0 0 0 1 1
## 6: 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 0
## 7: 1 1 4 2 0 0 0 1
## 8: 1 1 4 1 0 0 0 0
## 9: 1 1 4 0 0 0 1 0
## Hypoacusis Diplopia Defect Ataxia Conscience Paresthesia DPF
## <fctr> <fctr> <fctr> <fctr> <fctr> <fctr> <fctr>
## 1: 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
## 2: 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
## 3: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
## 4: 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
## 5: 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
## 6: 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
## 7: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
## 8: 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
## 9: 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
## Type
## <fctr>
## 1: Typical aura with migraine
## 2: Typical aura with migraine
## 3: Typical aura with migraine
## 4: Typical aura without migraine
## 5: Typical aura without migraine
## 6: Typical aura without migraine
## 7: Typical aura without migraine
## 8: Typical aura without migraine
## 9: Basilar-type aura## [1] "Sensory Outliers:"## Age Duration Frequency Location Character Intensity Nausea Vomit
## <int> <int> <int> <fctr> <fctr> <fctr> <fctr> <fctr>
## 1: 30 1 5 1 1 2 1 0
## 2: 50 3 5 1 1 3 1 1
## 3: 45 3 5 1 1 3 1 0
## 4: 24 1 1 1 1 2 1 0
## 5: 50 1 5 1 1 2 1 1
## 6: 48 1 2 1 1 3 1 1
## 7: 51 3 1 1 1 3 1 0
## 8: 54 1 1 1 1 3 1 0
## 9: 69 1 5 1 1 3 1 0
## 10: 50 3 1 1 1 2 1 0
## 11: 30 1 3 1 1 3 1 1
## 12: 16 2 4 1 1 2 1 0
## 13: 49 1 4 1 1 2 1 0
## 14: 30 1 1 1 1 2 1 1
## 15: 50 1 5 1 1 2 1 0
## 16: 52 1 2 1 1 2 1 0
## 17: 35 1 5 1 1 3 1 0
## 18: 22 3 1 1 1 2 1 1
## 19: 44 1 2 1 1 2 1 0
## 20: 43 1 4 1 1 2 1 0
## 21: 21 1 1 1 1 2 1 1
## 22: 35 1 1 1 1 2 1 1
## 23: 39 2 1 1 1 2 1 1
## 24: 38 1 4 1 1 2 1 1
## 25: 27 1 5 1 1 2 1 0
## 26: 23 1 1 1 1 2 1 0
## 27: 29 2 1 1 1 2 1 0
## 28: 28 2 1 1 1 2 1 0
## 29: 30 1 5 1 1 3 1 0
## 30: 50 1 1 1 1 3 1 0
## 31: 57 1 1 1 1 3 1 0
## 32: 16 1 4 1 1 3 1 0
## 33: 38 1 5 1 1 3 1 0
## 34: 26 1 2 1 1 3 1 0
## 35: 25 2 2 1 1 3 1 1
## 36: 16 2 2 1 1 3 1 1
## 37: 17 2 2 1 1 3 1 1
## 38: 27 2 3 1 1 3 1 0
## 39: 31 1 1 1 1 2 1 0
## 40: 25 2 2 1 1 2 1 1
## 41: 28 2 2 1 1 3 1 0
## 42: 20 2 4 1 1 2 1 0
## 43: 15 2 2 1 1 2 1 0
## 44: 27 1 3 1 1 3 1 1
## 45: 28 1 1 2 2 3 1 1
## 46: 20 2 1 1 1 2 1 1
## 47: 43 3 1 1 1 2 1 0
## 48: 20 2 1 1 1 2 1 0
## 49: 37 2 1 1 1 2 1 0
## 50: 16 1 2 1 1 2 1 0
## 51: 33 1 2 1 1 3 1 0
## 52: 40 2 1 1 1 2 1 0
## 53: 17 2 2 1 1 3 1 0
## 54: 31 2 2 1 1 3 1 0
## 55: 27 1 1 1 1 3 1 0
## 56: 40 1 1 1 1 3 1 0
## 57: 27 2 1 1 1 3 1 0
## 58: 24 1 1 1 1 3 1 0
## 59: 35 2 1 1 1 2 1 0
## 60: 28 2 2 1 1 3 1 0
## 61: 20 2 2 1 1 3 1 0
## 62: 35 2 2 1 1 3 1 0
## 63: 25 3 1 1 1 2 1 1
## 64: 21 2 1 1 1 2 1 0
## 65: 24 1 1 1 1 2 1 0
## 66: 21 1 2 1 1 2 1 0
## 67: 17 3 1 1 1 2 1 0
## 68: 24 1 1 1 1 2 1 0
## 69: 19 1 2 1 1 2 1 1
## 70: 19 1 2 1 1 1 1 1
## 71: 20 2 1 1 1 1 1 0
## 72: 24 1 1 0 0 0 1 1
## 73: 21 1 5 0 0 0 1 0
## 74: 30 1 2 0 0 0 1 0
## 75: 27 3 1 0 0 0 1 1
## 76: 24 1 1 0 0 0 1 0
## 77: 50 1 5 0 0 0 1 1
## 78: 35 1 2 0 0 0 1 0
## 79: 24 3 1 0 0 0 1 0
## 80: 20 3 5 0 0 0 0 0
## 81: 24 1 1 1 1 3 0 0
## 82: 20 1 4 2 2 3 1 1
## 83: 48 1 2 2 1 3 1 1
## 84: 51 3 1 1 1 3 0 0
## 85: 24 1 1 1 1 2 1 0
## 86: 38 1 2 1 1 2 1 1
## 87: 48 1 2 1 1 3 1 1
## 88: 39 1 1 1 1 3 1 1
## 89: 20 3 1 1 1 3 1 0
## Age Duration Frequency Location Character Intensity Nausea Vomit
## Phonophobia Photophobia Visual Sensory Dysphasia Dysarthria Vertigo
## <fctr> <fctr> <int> <int> <fctr> <fctr> <fctr>
## 1: 1 1 1 2 0 0 0
## 2: 1 1 2 1 0 0 1
## 3: 1 1 2 2 0 0 1
## 4: 1 1 2 2 0 0 1
## 5: 1 1 2 2 0 0 1
## 6: 1 1 3 2 0 0 0
## 7: 1 1 2 1 0 0 0
## 8: 1 1 2 1 0 0 0
## 9: 1 1 1 2 0 0 0
## 10: 1 1 2 1 0 0 0
## 11: 1 1 1 1 0 0 0
## 12: 1 1 2 1 0 0 0
## 13: 1 1 2 1 0 0 0
## 14: 1 1 0 2 0 0 0
## 15: 1 1 1 1 0 0 0
## 16: 1 1 3 2 0 0 0
## 17: 1 1 2 1 0 0 0
## 18: 1 1 1 1 0 0 0
## 19: 1 1 2 1 0 0 0
## 20: 1 1 1 1 0 0 0
## 21: 1 1 2 2 0 0 0
## 22: 1 1 2 1 0 0 0
## 23: 1 1 2 2 0 0 0
## 24: 1 1 2 1 0 0 0
## 25: 1 1 2 1 0 0 0
## 26: 1 1 2 1 0 0 0
## 27: 1 1 1 1 0 0 0
## 28: 1 1 1 1 0 0 0
## 29: 1 1 2 1 0 0 0
## 30: 1 1 1 1 0 0 0
## 31: 1 1 1 1 0 0 0
## 32: 1 1 2 1 0 0 0
## 33: 1 1 1 1 0 0 0
## 34: 1 1 2 1 0 0 0
## 35: 1 1 2 1 0 0 0
## 36: 1 1 2 1 0 0 0
## 37: 1 1 0 1 0 0 0
## 38: 1 1 1 1 0 0 0
## 39: 1 1 1 1 0 0 0
## 40: 1 1 0 2 0 0 0
## 41: 1 1 0 1 1 0 0
## 42: 1 1 1 2 0 0 0
## 43: 1 1 1 1 0 0 0
## 44: 1 1 0 1 0 0 0
## 45: 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
## 46: 1 1 0 1 0 0 0
## 47: 1 1 2 1 0 0 0
## 48: 1 1 2 2 1 0 0
## 49: 1 1 2 1 0 0 0
## 50: 1 1 2 1 0 0 0
## 51: 1 1 0 2 0 0 0
## 52: 1 1 2 1 0 0 0
## 53: 1 1 1 2 0 0 0
## 54: 1 1 0 1 0 0 1
## 55: 1 1 1 1 0 0 0
## 56: 1 1 1 2 0 0 0
## 57: 1 1 2 2 0 0 0
## 58: 1 1 1 2 0 0 0
## 59: 1 1 0 1 0 0 0
## 60: 1 1 0 2 0 0 0
## 61: 1 1 0 1 0 0 0
## 62: 1 1 1 1 0 0 0
## 63: 1 1 2 1 0 0 0
## 64: 1 1 2 1 0 0 0
## 65: 1 1 0 1 1 0 1
## 66: 1 1 1 2 0 0 1
## 67: 1 1 2 1 1 0 0
## 68: 1 1 2 2 1 0 1
## 69: 1 1 2 2 0 0 1
## 70: 1 1 3 2 0 0 0
## 71: 1 1 2 1 0 0 0
## 72: 1 1 4 2 0 0 1
## 73: 1 1 3 2 0 0 1
## 74: 1 1 3 2 0 0 0
## 75: 1 1 3 1 0 0 0
## 76: 1 1 3 2 0 0 1
## 77: 1 1 3 2 0 0 1
## 78: 1 1 4 2 0 0 0
## 79: 1 1 3 1 0 0 0
## 80: 1 1 4 1 0 0 0
## 81: 0 0 1 2 0 0 1
## 82: 1 1 1 2 0 0 1
## 83: 1 1 3 2 0 0 0
## 84: 1 1 0 1 0 0 1
## 85: 1 1 2 1 0 0 1
## 86: 1 1 2 1 0 0 1
## 87: 1 1 3 1 0 0 1
## 88: 1 1 1 1 0 0 1
## 89: 1 1 3 1 0 0 1
## Phonophobia Photophobia Visual Sensory Dysphasia Dysarthria Vertigo
## Tinnitus Hypoacusis Diplopia Defect Ataxia Conscience Paresthesia DPF
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## Tinnitus Hypoacusis Diplopia Defect Ataxia Conscience Paresthesia DPF
## Type
## <fctr>
## 1: Typical aura with migraine
## 2: Typical aura with migraine
## 3: Typical aura with migraine
## 4: Typical aura with migraine
## 5: Typical aura with migraine
## 6: Typical aura with migraine
## 7: Typical aura with migraine
## 8: Typical aura with migraine
## 9: Typical aura with migraine
## 10: Typical aura with migraine
## 11: Typical aura with migraine
## 12: Typical aura with migraine
## 13: Typical aura with migraine
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## 16: Typical aura with migraine
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## 18: Typical aura with migraine
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## 22: Typical aura with migraine
## 23: Typical aura with migraine
## 24: Typical aura with migraine
## 25: Typical aura with migraine
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## 27: Typical aura with migraine
## 28: Typical aura with migraine
## 29: Typical aura with migraine
## 30: Typical aura with migraine
## 31: Typical aura with migraine
## 32: Typical aura with migraine
## 33: Typical aura with migraine
## 34: Typical aura with migraine
## 35: Sporadic hemiplegic migraine
## 36: Typical aura with migraine
## 37: Typical aura with migraine
## 38: Typical aura with migraine
## 39: Typical aura with migraine
## 40: Typical aura with migraine
## 41: Typical aura with migraine
## 42: Typical aura with migraine
## 43: Typical aura with migraine
## 44: Typical aura with migraine
## 45: Other
## 46: Typical aura with migraine
## 47: Typical aura with migraine
## 48: Typical aura with migraine
## 49: Typical aura with migraine
## 50: Typical aura with migraine
## 51: Typical aura with migraine
## 52: Typical aura with migraine
## 53: Typical aura with migraine
## 54: Basilar-type aura
## 55: Typical aura with migraine
## 56: Typical aura with migraine
## 57: Typical aura with migraine
## 58: Typical aura with migraine
## 59: Typical aura with migraine
## 60: Typical aura with migraine
## 61: Typical aura with migraine
## 62: Typical aura with migraine
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## 67: Familial hemiplegic migraine
## 68: Sporadic hemiplegic migraine
## 69: Sporadic hemiplegic migraine
## 70: Sporadic hemiplegic migraine
## 71: Sporadic hemiplegic migraine
## 72: Typical aura without migraine
## 73: Typical aura without migraine
## 74: Typical aura without migraine
## 75: Typical aura without migraine
## 76: Typical aura without migraine
## 77: Typical aura without migraine
## 78: Typical aura without migraine
## 79: Typical aura without migraine
## 80: Typical aura without migraine
## 81: Other
## 82: Other
## 83: Other
## 84: Other
## 85: Basilar-type aura
## 86: Basilar-type aura
## 87: Basilar-type aura
## 88: Basilar-type aura
## 89: Basilar-type aura
## TypeThe outliers in the Age variable are valid data points, representing extreme ages. These outliers are not errors but rather extreme cases that should be kept in the dataset for analysis. The outliers in the Visual variable are also valid data points, representing extreme values of reversible visual symptoms. The Sensory variable has a flat distribution with no outliers, suggesting limited variability in the data.
Check for Single-Level Factors
Single-level factors are variables with only one unique value, which can cause issues in modeling and analysis. I will identify and remove these single-level factors from the dataset to ensure that the remaining variables provide meaningful variability for analysis and modeling.
## [1] "Ataxia"There is one single-level factor in the dataset: “Ataxia”. This variable has only one unique value, which means it does not provide any variability in the data. I will remove this variable from the dataset to ensure that the remaining variables have meaningful information for analysis and modeling.
Remove Single-Level Factor
## [1] "Age" "Duration" "Frequency" "Location" "Character"
## [6] "Intensity" "Nausea" "Vomit" "Phonophobia" "Photophobia"
## [11] "Visual" "Sensory" "Dysphasia" "Dysarthria" "Vertigo"
## [16] "Tinnitus" "Hypoacusis" "Diplopia" "Defect" "Conscience"
## [21] "Paresthesia" "DPF" "Type"The single-level factor “Ataxia” has been successfully removed from the dataset. This ensures that the remaining variables provide meaningful variability for analysis and modeling.
CHI-SQUARE AND ANOVA Test for CATEGORIAL VARIABLES
The Chi-Square test is a statistical test used to determine whether there is a significant association between two categorical variables. In the context of feature selection, the Chi-Square test can help identify the most relevant features for predicting the target variable. This test assesses whether the distribution of migraine types is dependent on each categorical feature.
Chi-square Table: This table includes the Chi-squared statistic, degrees of freedom, and p-value for each categorical feature.
ANOVA Table: This table includes the F-value, sum of squares, mean square, and p-value for each continuous feature.
| Feature | Chi_Squared | Degrees_of_Freedom | P_Value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Location.X-squared | Location | 607.19835 | 12 | 0.0000000 |
| Character.X-squared | Character | 654.61502 | 12 | 0.0000000 |
| Intensity.X-squared | Intensity | 532.00603 | 18 | 0.0000000 |
| Nausea.X-squared | Nausea | 75.23455 | 6 | 0.0000000 |
| Vomit.X-squared | Vomit | 32.17011 | 6 | 0.0000151 |
| Phonophobia.X-squared | Phonophobia | 207.43192 | 6 | 0.0000000 |
| Photophobia.X-squared | Photophobia | 183.91357 | 6 | 0.0000000 |
| Dysphasia.X-squared | Dysphasia | 112.67296 | 6 | 0.0000000 |
| Dysarthria.X-squared | Dysarthria | 27.64053 | 6 | 0.0001098 |
| Vertigo.X-squared | Vertigo | 163.77450 | 6 | 0.0000000 |
| Tinnitus.X-squared | Tinnitus | 96.56308 | 6 | 0.0000000 |
| Hypoacusis.X-squared | Hypoacusis | 129.27242 | 6 | 0.0000000 |
| Diplopia.X-squared | Diplopia | 42.65773 | 6 | 0.0000001 |
| Defect.X-squared | Defect | 129.27242 | 6 | 0.0000000 |
| Conscience.X-squared | Conscience | 54.50260 | 6 | 0.0000000 |
| Paresthesia.X-squared | Paresthesia | 64.14777 | 6 | 0.0000000 |
| Feature | F_Value | Sum_Squares | Mean_Square | P_Value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Age | 6.950091 | 5640.18483 | 940.030805 | 0.0000005 |
| Duration | Duration | 3.808677 | 13.03251 | 2.172085 | 0.0010573 |
| Frequency | Frequency | 19.136974 | 253.39987 | 42.233311 | 0.0000000 |
The analysis results for both the Chi-square tests and ANOVA indicate strong relationships and significant differences among the features in the migraine dataset:
Chi-square Tests (Categorical Features):
Most categorical features, including Location, Character, Intensity, Nausea, and others, have significant relationships with migraine types (all with p-values < 0.05, many even < 2.2e-16). Features like Phonophobia, Photophobia, Dysphasia, and Hypoacusis show especially strong associations with migraine types, indicating that the prevalence of these symptoms varies notably between migraine categories. ANOVA Results (Continuous Features):
Age: The ANOVA result indicates significant variation across migraine types (p-value = 4.91e-07), suggesting that age might differ among different migraine categories.
Duration: Duration also shows a significant difference (p-value = 0.00106) across migraine types, indicating that the duration of symptoms may vary depending on the type of migraine.
Frequency: This variable has the strongest significance (p-value < 2e-16), showing substantial differences in symptom frequency across migraine types.
These findings provide valuable insights for further classification and modeling, confirming that both categorical and continuous features play significant roles in differentiating migraine types. If I want to incorporate these insights into a predictive model, I may consider using these features with techniques that leverage both categorical and continuous data effectively, like Random Forest or Naive Bayes.
Visualize Categorical Variables
Here we see the distribution of each categorical variable in the dataset. These plots provide a visual representation of the frequency of each category within the variables. For example, the “Location” variable shows that “Unilateral” is more common than “Bilateral,” while the “Character” variable indicates that “Throbbing” is the dominant type of pain. These insights can help identify patterns and relationships between the variables and the target variable (Type).
Check for Class Imbalance
Class imbalance occurs when the distribution of classes in the target variable is skewed, with one class significantly outnumbering the others. This can lead to biased models that perform poorly on underrepresented classes. I will check for class imbalance in the target variable, Type, to ensure that the classes are relatively balanced.
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## Basilar-type aura Familial hemiplegic migraine
## 18 24
## Migraine without aura Other
## 60 17
## Sporadic hemiplegic migraine Typical aura with migraine
## 14 247
## Typical aura without migraine
## 20There is a class imbalance in the target variable, Type. The “Typical aura with migraine” class is the most frequent, while “Familial hemiplegic migraine” and “Other” are underrepresented. This imbalance can affect the model’s performance, especially for minority classes. I will address this issue by using class weights during model training to give more importance to the underrepresented classes.
Addressing Class Imbalance
Class imbalance can lead to biased models that perform poorly on underrepresented classes. There are several strategies to address class imbalance, including:
Collecting more data: Increasing the number of samples for underrepresented classes can help balance the dataset.
Resampling techniques: Techniques like oversampling (duplicating samples from minority classes) and undersampling (removing samples from majority classes) can balance the dataset.
Using class weights: Assigning higher weights to underrepresented classes during model training can help balance the model’s performance.
In this case, I will use class weights to address the class imbalance in the dataset. Class weights give more importance to underrepresented classes during model training, helping to improve the model’s performance on these classes.
Handling Class Imbalance with Class Weights
Using class weights is another effective method to address class imbalance in machine learning models, especially when resampling techniques like SMOTE or under-/over-sampling are not desired. Many machine learning algorithms, such as Random Forests, Support Vector Machines, and Logistic Regression, allow you to assign weights to different classes. These weights give more importance to the minority classes during model training.
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## Basilar-type aura Familial hemiplegic migraine
## 3.1746032 2.3809524
## Migraine without aura Other
## 0.9523810 3.3613445
## Sporadic hemiplegic migraine Typical aura with migraine
## 4.0816327 0.2313476
## Typical aura without migraine
## 2.8571429Basilar-type aura (3.17): This class is underrepresented compared to the majority class, so it gets a higher weight. Familial hemiplegic migraine (2.38): Another underrepresented class, with a moderate weight. Migraine without aura (0.95): This class is relatively well-represented, so it receives a lower weight. Other (3.36) and Sporadic hemiplegic migraine (4.08): These classes are also underrepresented, leading to high weights. Typical aura with migraine (0.23): This is the dominant class, which is why it has the lowest weight (indicating it’s already well-represented in the data). Typical aura without migraine (2.85): Another underrepresented class.
The weights will help balance the model by making misclassifications in the minority classes (like “Basilar-type aura” and “Other”) more costly, which should lead to improved performance on these classes.
Statistical Analysis and Machine Learning Models
Random Forest
Random Forest can handle both numerical and categorical data, minimal preprocessing is required for this model. All categorical variables are correctly formatted as factors. The target variable (Type) is also a factor, representing the migraine types.
Divide the data into training and testing sets. This helps evaluate the model’s generalizability. I will use 80% of the data for training and 20% for testing. The random seed ensures reproducibility.
Split the Data
I will split the data into training and testing sets using the createDataPartition() function from the caret package. This function ensures that the classes are balanced in both the training and testing sets. I will use 80% of the data for training and 20% for testing.
Build the Random Forest Model
Train the Random Forest model using the training set with class weights.
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## Call:
## randomForest(formula = Type ~ ., data = trainData, ntree = 100, importance = TRUE, classwt = class_weights)
## Type of random forest: classification
## Number of trees: 100
## No. of variables tried at each split: 4
##
## OOB estimate of error rate: 18.27%
## Confusion matrix:
## Basilar-type aura Familial hemiplegic migraine
## Basilar-type aura 11 1
## Familial hemiplegic migraine 2 14
## Migraine without aura 0 0
## Other 0 0
## Sporadic hemiplegic migraine 1 0
## Typical aura with migraine 0 14
## Typical aura without migraine 0 0
## Migraine without aura Other
## Basilar-type aura 0 0
## Familial hemiplegic migraine 0 0
## Migraine without aura 46 1
## Other 1 11
## Sporadic hemiplegic migraine 0 0
## Typical aura with migraine 5 0
## Typical aura without migraine 0 0
## Sporadic hemiplegic migraine
## Basilar-type aura 1
## Familial hemiplegic migraine 0
## Migraine without aura 1
## Other 0
## Sporadic hemiplegic migraine 5
## Typical aura with migraine 18
## Typical aura without migraine 0
## Typical aura with migraine
## Basilar-type aura 2
## Familial hemiplegic migraine 4
## Migraine without aura 0
## Other 2
## Sporadic hemiplegic migraine 6
## Typical aura with migraine 161
## Typical aura without migraine 0
## Typical aura without migraine class.error
## Basilar-type aura 0 0.26666667
## Familial hemiplegic migraine 0 0.30000000
## Migraine without aura 0 0.04166667
## Other 0 0.21428571
## Sporadic hemiplegic migraine 0 0.58333333
## Typical aura with migraine 0 0.18686869
## Typical aura without migraine 16 0.00000000The Random Forest model has been trained on the training data, and the model summary provides information about the number of trees in the forest, the number of variables used at each split, and the out-of-bag (OOB) error rate. The OOB error rate is an estimate of the model’s performance on unseen data. A lower OOB error rate indicates better model performance. The model summary also shows the importance of each variable in predicting the target variable (Type). Variables with higher importance values are more influential in the model’s predictions. This information can help identify key features that contribute to the classification of migraine types.
Features (Columns):
Age, Duration, Frequency, Location, Character, Intensity, etc. The dataset has 24 columns and includes both numerical and categorical variables.
Target Variable:
The target variable is Type, which represents the type of migraine or related condition. It has 7 classes:
Basilar-type aura Familial hemiplegic migraine Migraine without aura Other Sporadic hemiplegic migraine Typical aura with migraine Typical aura without migraine
Class Counts:
For each class, the distribution:
Basilar-type aura : 18 Familial hemiplegic migraine : 24 Migraine without aura : 60 Other : 17 Sporadic hemiplegic migraine : 14 Typical aura with migraine : 247 Typical aura without migraine : 20
The distribution indicates class imbalance, with the majority of instances falling under Typical aura with migraine (247 samples) and very few in Basilar-type aura (18 samples). This imbalance can affect the model’s performance, especially for underrepresented classes. The class weights calculated earlier will help address this issue by giving more importance to the minority classes during model training. This should improve the model’s performance on underrepresented classes. The Random Forest model has been trained on the training data, and the model summary provides information about the number of trees in the forest, the number of variables used at each split, and the out-of-bag (OOB) error rate. The OOB error rate is an estimate of the model’s performance on unseen data. A lower OOB error rate indicates better model performance. The model summary also shows the importance of each variable in predicting the target variable (Type). Variables with higher importance values are more influential in the model’s predictions.
The features and their distributions:
Age: Ranges from 15 to 77 years (mean = ~31.7 years).
Duration, Frequency, Intensity: These are discrete features with values like 1, 2, or 3.
Binary Features: Features like Nausea, Vomit, Phonophobia, and Photophobia are binary (0 or 1).
Categorial Features: Features like Location, Character, and Intensity are categorical (factor data type).
Error Rates The per-class error rates:
Example: Basilar-type aura: 26.67% Familial hemiplegic migraine: 30.00% Typical aura with migraine: 18.69% OOB Error Rate
The overall Out-of-Bag (OOB) error rate for the Random Forest model was 18.27%, meaning the model misclassified ~18% of the samples during training.
Class Weight Adjustment I adjusted class weights in the Random Forest model to handle the class imbalance. This ensures that the majority class (Typical aura with migraine) does not dominate the model’s predictions.
The model seems to perform well for majority classes like Typical aura with migraine and Migraine without aura, as indicated by their low error rates.
It struggles with minority classes like Basilar-type aura and Sporadic hemiplegic migraine, which have higher error rates. This is expected due to the class imbalance. The class weights should help improve performance on these classes.
Evaluate the Model
I will use the predict() function to make predictions on the test set and then create a confusion matrix to evaluate the model’s accuracy. The confusion matrix shows the number of correct and incorrect predictions for each class (migraine type). This information helps assess the model’s performance and identify any misclassifications.
Convert confusion matrix table
## Confusion Matrix and Statistics
##
## Reference
## Prediction Basilar-type aura Familial hemiplegic migraine
## Basilar-type aura 3 0
## Familial hemiplegic migraine 0 3
## Migraine without aura 0 0
## Other 0 0
## Sporadic hemiplegic migraine 0 0
## Typical aura with migraine 0 1
## Typical aura without migraine 0 0
## Reference
## Prediction Migraine without aura Other
## Basilar-type aura 0 1
## Familial hemiplegic migraine 0 0
## Migraine without aura 12 0
## Other 0 2
## Sporadic hemiplegic migraine 0 0
## Typical aura with migraine 0 0
## Typical aura without migraine 0 0
## Reference
## Prediction Sporadic hemiplegic migraine
## Basilar-type aura 0
## Familial hemiplegic migraine 0
## Migraine without aura 0
## Other 0
## Sporadic hemiplegic migraine 2
## Typical aura with migraine 0
## Typical aura without migraine 0
## Reference
## Prediction Typical aura with migraine
## Basilar-type aura 1
## Familial hemiplegic migraine 4
## Migraine without aura 2
## Other 0
## Sporadic hemiplegic migraine 1
## Typical aura with migraine 41
## Typical aura without migraine 0
## Reference
## Prediction Typical aura without migraine
## Basilar-type aura 0
## Familial hemiplegic migraine 0
## Migraine without aura 0
## Other 0
## Sporadic hemiplegic migraine 0
## Typical aura with migraine 0
## Typical aura without migraine 4
##
## Overall Statistics
##
## Accuracy : 0.8701
## 95% CI : (0.7741, 0.9359)
## No Information Rate : 0.6364
## P-Value [Acc > NIR] : 4.16e-06
##
## Kappa : 0.788
##
## Mcnemar's Test P-Value : NA
##
## Statistics by Class:
##
## Class: Basilar-type aura
## Sensitivity 1.00000
## Specificity 0.97297
## Pos Pred Value 0.60000
## Neg Pred Value 1.00000
## Prevalence 0.03896
## Detection Rate 0.03896
## Detection Prevalence 0.06494
## Balanced Accuracy 0.98649
## Class: Familial hemiplegic migraine
## Sensitivity 0.75000
## Specificity 0.94521
## Pos Pred Value 0.42857
## Neg Pred Value 0.98571
## Prevalence 0.05195
## Detection Rate 0.03896
## Detection Prevalence 0.09091
## Balanced Accuracy 0.84760
## Class: Migraine without aura Class: Other
## Sensitivity 1.0000 0.66667
## Specificity 0.9692 1.00000
## Pos Pred Value 0.8571 1.00000
## Neg Pred Value 1.0000 0.98667
## Prevalence 0.1558 0.03896
## Detection Rate 0.1558 0.02597
## Detection Prevalence 0.1818 0.02597
## Balanced Accuracy 0.9846 0.83333
## Class: Sporadic hemiplegic migraine
## Sensitivity 1.00000
## Specificity 0.98667
## Pos Pred Value 0.66667
## Neg Pred Value 1.00000
## Prevalence 0.02597
## Detection Rate 0.02597
## Detection Prevalence 0.03896
## Balanced Accuracy 0.99333
## Class: Typical aura with migraine
## Sensitivity 0.8367
## Specificity 0.9643
## Pos Pred Value 0.9762
## Neg Pred Value 0.7714
## Prevalence 0.6364
## Detection Rate 0.5325
## Detection Prevalence 0.5455
## Balanced Accuracy 0.9005
## Class: Typical aura without migraine
## Sensitivity 1.00000
## Specificity 1.00000
## Pos Pred Value 1.00000
## Neg Pred Value 1.00000
## Prevalence 0.05195
## Detection Rate 0.05195
## Detection Prevalence 0.05195
## Balanced Accuracy 1.00000Overall Metrics:
Accuracy:
87.01%: The model correctly predicts ~87% of the samples. The 95% confidence interval for accuracy is (0.7741, 0.9359), indicating good performance. Kappa:
0.788: This shows good agreement between predicted and actual classes, accounting for chance.
Per Class Metrics:
Best-Performing Classes:
Typical aura without migraine achieves perfect scores for sensitivity, specificity, and balanced accuracy (1.000). Sporadic hemiplegic migraine also performs very well, with high sensitivity (1.000) and balanced accuracy (0.993). Underperforming Classes:
Familial hemiplegic migraine has lower precision (0.429) and balanced accuracy (0.848), indicating that the model struggles with this class. Basilar-type aura has moderate precision (0.600), likely due to the small sample size. Class Imbalance Impact:
Classes with fewer samples (Basilar-type aura, Sporadic hemiplegic migraine) have higher variability in performance due to limited training data. Majority class (Typical aura with migraine) has high sensitivity (0.837) but slightly lower specificity (0.964), indicating some misclassification.
Confusion Matrix Visualization
The confusion matrix provides information about the model’s performance on the test data. It shows the number of correct predictions (diagonal elements) and misclassifications (off-diagonal elements) for each class. The accuracy, sensitivity, and specificity of the model are also reported. A heatmap visualization of the confusion matrix can help identify patterns of correct and incorrect predictions across different classes. This visualization provides a clear overview of the model’s performance and can help identify areas for improvement.
High Counts for “Typical Aura with Migraine”:
The heatmap shows a high value (41) on the diagonal for “Typical aura with migraine,” indicating that this class is predicted correctly most of the time. This is likely the dominant class in the dataset. Smaller Misclassifications:
For example, one instance of “Familial hemiplegic migraine” is misclassified as “Typical aura with migraine.” Good Overall Accuracy:
The heatmap suggests that most predictions are concentrated on the diagonal, indicating good classification accuracy. Low Counts for Rare Classes:
Classes like “Sporadic hemiplegic migraine” and “Typical aura without migraine” appear to have lower support (fewer samples), with smaller cell values, which might make them harder to classify.
Feature Importance
The importance function gives you the “Mean Decrease Gini,” which is a measure of how important each feature is in reducing uncertainty (or “impurity”) in the model’s decisions. Features with higher importance values are more influential in the model’s predictions.
## Feature Importance
## Location Location 29.9775411
## Age Age 25.5476553
## Character Character 25.2625538
## DPF DPF 23.9233693
## Intensity Intensity 22.3854111
## Visual Visual 15.5120827
## Frequency Frequency 12.2716415
## Hypoacusis Hypoacusis 10.3115739
## Phonophobia Phonophobia 10.2205141
## Duration Duration 8.8222325
## Defect Defect 8.3118741
## Photophobia Photophobia 7.7512986
## Tinnitus Tinnitus 6.8877635
## Vertigo Vertigo 6.8730288
## Dysphasia Dysphasia 6.4724788
## Sensory Sensory 5.9345068
## Vomit Vomit 4.9222166
## Nausea Nausea 3.8570416
## Conscience Conscience 2.9798766
## Diplopia Diplopia 1.1918656
## Paresthesia Paresthesia 1.0953893
## Dysarthria Dysarthria 0.4391329Feature Importance Visualization
The feature importance plot shows the importance of each variable in predicting the target variable (Type). Variables with higher importance values are more influential in the model’s predictions. This information can help identify key features that contribute to the classification of migraine types.
Location has the highest importance, implying that the geographic or positional aspect (specific to your data) plays a major role in predicting the target variable (Type).
Age and Character are also key variables, suggesting that these demographic or categorical features significantly influence the predictions.
Lower-ranking features, such as Diplopia or Dysarthria, have much lower importance scores, indicating that they contribute less to the model’s decisions.
This analysis helps identify which features should be prioritized for further analysis or considered crucial in understanding the model’s decision-making process.
Test Accuaracy
Accuracy of the Random Forest model is an important step to evaluate its performance. You can calculate several performance metrics such as accuracy, precision, recall, and the F1 score.
## [1] "Random Forest Accuracy: 0.8701"## [1] "Random Forest Precision: 0"## [1] "Random Forest Recall: 0"## [1] "Random Forest F1 Score: 0"If precision, recall, and F1 scores are still showing as 0, it’s likely that some classes in your predictions are either completely unrepresented or significantly underrepresented, even after applying class weights. This can lead to undefined values for these metrics. You may need to address this issue by ensuring that all classes are represented in the predictions.
## rf_predictions
## Basilar-type aura Familial hemiplegic migraine
## 5 7
## Migraine without aura Other
## 14 2
## Sporadic hemiplegic migraine Typical aura with migraine
## 3 42
## Typical aura without migraine
## 4It appears that all classes have some representation in the rf_predictions, but the underrepresented classes (e.g., “Other” and “Sporadic hemiplegic migraine”) may still be causing issues with metric calculation due to the low count of predictions. I will address this by handling the NA values in the precision, recall, and F1 Score calculations.
## [1] "Random Forest Precision by class: 0.6"
## [2] "Random Forest Precision by class: 0.4286"
## [3] "Random Forest Precision by class: 0.8571"
## [4] "Random Forest Precision by class: 1"
## [5] "Random Forest Precision by class: 0.6667"
## [6] "Random Forest Precision by class: 0.9762"
## [7] "Random Forest Precision by class: 1"## [1] "Random Forest Recall by class: 1"
## [2] "Random Forest Recall by class: 0.75"
## [3] "Random Forest Recall by class: 1"
## [4] "Random Forest Recall by class: 0.6667"
## [5] "Random Forest Recall by class: 1"
## [6] "Random Forest Recall by class: 0.8367"
## [7] "Random Forest Recall by class: 1"## [1] "Random Forest F1 Score by class: 0.75"
## [2] "Random Forest F1 Score by class: 0.5455"
## [3] "Random Forest F1 Score by class: 0.9231"
## [4] "Random Forest F1 Score by class: 0.8"
## [5] "Random Forest F1 Score by class: 0.8"
## [6] "Random Forest F1 Score by class: 0.9011"
## [7] "Random Forest F1 Score by class: 1"High Variability in Performance Across Classes
Precision (e.g., 0.6, 0.4286, 0.8571, 1, etc.):
Precision indicates the proportion of predictions for a class that are actually correct. The variability in precision (e.g., low precision for Class 2: 0.4286 and high precision for Class 4: 1) suggests that:
The model is good at avoiding false positives for some classes (e.g., Class 4). However, for Class 2, a significant number of false positives are present, reducing precision.
This often occurs when the model struggles to distinguish one class from others with similar characteristics or when there’s a class imbalance (fewer samples for a class).
Recall (e.g., 1, 0.75, 1, 0.6667, etc.):
Recall indicates the proportion of actual positive instances that the model correctly identified.
Perfect recall (e.g., for Class 1, 3, 5, 7) means the model captured all actual instances of these classes.
Lower recall (e.g., Class 2: 0.75 and Class 4: 0.6667) implies that the model missed some actual instances for these classes, leading to false negatives.
F1 Score (e.g., 0.75, 0.5455, 0.9231, etc.):
F1 score is a balance of precision and recall.
Low F1 scores (e.g., Class 2: 0.5455) arise from both low precision and recall.
High F1 scores (e.g., Class 7: 1) indicate excellent balance between precision and recall for those classes.
Perfect Scores for Some Classes
Classes like Class 1, 3, 5, and 7 achieved perfect recall (1) and, in some cases, precision (1), resulting in an F1 score of 1.
This suggests:
These classes are easier to distinguish, likely due to distinct patterns in the input features that the model has learned.
The training dataset may have sufficient representation of these classes, reducing class imbalance.
Struggles with Specific Classes
Class 2 (Precision: 0.4286, Recall: 0.75, F1: 0.5455):
This class has both low precision and recall compared to other classes.
A precision of 0.4286 means less than half of the predictions for this class are correct, suggesting many false positives.
A recall of 0.75 indicates that 25% of the actual instances of this class were missed (false negatives).
Potential reasons:
Class Overlap: Features for this class may overlap significantly with features from other classes, making it harder for the model to distinguish.
Class Imbalance: This class may have fewer samples in the training dataset, limiting the model’s ability to learn patterns for this class.
Imbalanced Performance and F1 Scores
The F1 scores reflect the balance between precision and recall:
High F1 scores (e.g., Class 3: 0.9231, Class 7: 1) suggest a good balance of high precision and high recall.
Low F1 scores (e.g., Class 2: 0.5455) arise from an imbalance where either precision or recall (or both) are low.
Overall Model Behavior
The variability in precision, recall, and F1 scores across classes indicates that the model performs well for some classes but struggles for others.
This behavior is common in multi-class classification when:
Class Imbalance Exists: Classes with fewer instances tend to have poorer performance.
Feature Overlap: Some classes may share similar patterns in the data, leading to misclassification.
With these metrics, the Random Forest model seems effective overall, with strong performance in capturing true instances (recall) and making accurate predictions (precision) for most classes. The F1 scores provide a balanced view of the model’s performance across classes, highlighting areas where the model excels and where it may need improvement.
Metrics Summary
| Class | Precision | Recall | F1 Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class: Basilar-type aura | 1 | 0.6000 | 1.0000 | 0.7500 |
| Class: Familial hemiplegic migraine | 2 | 0.4286 | 0.7500 | 0.5455 |
| Class: Migraine without aura | 3 | 0.8571 | 1.0000 | 0.9231 |
| Class: Other | 4 | 1.0000 | 0.6667 | 0.8000 |
| Class: Sporadic hemiplegic migraine | 5 | 0.6667 | 1.0000 | 0.8000 |
| Class: Typical aura with migraine | 6 | 0.9762 | 0.8367 | 0.9011 |
| Class: Typical aura without migraine | 7 | 1.0000 | 1.0000 | 1.0000 |
## [1] "Macro Precision: 0.7898"## [1] "Macro Recall: 0.8933"## [1] "Macro F1 Score: 0.8171"Macro Precision = 0.7898:
On average, about 78.98% of the predictions made for each class were correct. This indicates that the model does reasonably well in avoiding false positives across classes, but there is room for improvement, especially for classes like Class 2 (which had low precision).
Macro Recall = 0.8933:
On average, the model successfully identified about 89.33% of actual instances for each class. High recall means the model is generally good at avoiding false negatives across classes.
Macro F1 Score = 0.8171:
The balance between precision and recall is quite strong, with an average F1 score of 81.71% across all classes.
This suggests the model has a solid overall performance, but improvements could focus on raising precision without sacrificing recall.
Logistic Regression
Logistic Regression serves as a good baseline model due to its simplicity and interpretability. It gain initial insights into model performance for multiclass classification. It observe feature coefficients, which can help confirm or further explore relationships found in the Random Forest’s feature importance.
Build the Logistic Regression Model
Train the Logistic Regression Model on the Cleaned Data
## # weights: 196 (162 variable)
## initial value 628.528978
## iter 10 value 218.904922
## iter 20 value 72.168446
## iter 30 value 29.105225
## iter 40 value 23.671331
## iter 50 value 23.112072
## iter 60 value 22.847686
## iter 70 value 22.686467
## iter 80 value 22.651707
## iter 90 value 22.640598
## iter 100 value 22.638074
## final value 22.638074
## stopped after 100 iterations## Call:
## multinom(formula = Type ~ ., data = trainData)
##
## Coefficients:
## (Intercept) Age Duration Frequency
## Familial hemiplegic migraine -28.10814 -0.8482556 -26.847514 2.1502423
## Migraine without aura 49.61030 -0.4642316 -14.117157 9.8334076
## Other 147.79823 -0.4854801 -41.843052 -0.8885231
## Sporadic hemiplegic migraine 12.55137 -1.0244187 -25.679436 0.9460638
## Typical aura with migraine -51.54923 -0.6826217 -27.403125 2.4243682
## Typical aura without migraine 47.84624 -0.8732816 -7.529298 5.1535758
## Location1 Location2 Character1 Character2
## Familial hemiplegic migraine 16.04950 14.857501 30.25976 0.6472479
## Migraine without aura -23.20695 7.437710 -16.17715 0.4079052
## Other 15.85456 104.394264 61.91020 58.3386170
## Sporadic hemiplegic migraine 32.46759 -1.506356 21.69746 9.2637691
## Typical aura with migraine 78.27527 -57.176566 23.92804 -2.8293289
## Typical aura without migraine -42.13250 -56.879584 -58.01928 -40.9928045
## Intensity1 Intensity2 Intensity3 Nausea1
## Familial hemiplegic migraine 44.653705 1.235858 -14.98256 12.91362
## Migraine without aura -11.974338 9.689427 -13.48433 37.59229
## Other 8.248552 56.722258 55.27801 -56.70541
## Sporadic hemiplegic migraine 38.843275 2.837158 -10.71920 14.99115
## Typical aura with migraine 28.623280 4.726996 -12.25157 45.86495
## Typical aura without migraine -34.814585 -18.789872 -45.40763 33.55493
## Vomit1 Phonophobia1 Photophobia1 Visual
## Familial hemiplegic migraine -10.119782 -15.55204 15.50728 4.723096
## Migraine without aura -16.740589 38.25652 47.57823 -67.857945
## Other 16.466142 -35.09234 -64.08023 -21.908456
## Sporadic hemiplegic migraine -5.323158 42.95711 12.74508 5.676275
## Typical aura with migraine -10.909037 16.29351 26.78284 5.219137
## Typical aura without migraine -10.007865 40.13308 39.01284 8.719483
## Sensory Dysphasia1 Dysarthria1 Vertigo1
## Familial hemiplegic migraine -6.911213 66.912693 -11.366356 -5.157550
## Migraine without aura -62.268664 -42.097490 -10.394554 -58.876241
## Other -25.718081 2.750741 1.354822 2.573454
## Sporadic hemiplegic migraine -7.219431 42.163237 33.144101 2.606773
## Typical aura with migraine -5.515600 32.269295 -14.631541 -10.362759
## Typical aura without migraine -12.820456 2.309877 1.716907 -40.882746
## Tinnitus1 Hypoacusis1 Diplopia1 Defect1
## Familial hemiplegic migraine -67.78087 -101.50222 -83.390767 -105.02522
## Migraine without aura -58.98786 -111.75626 -5.104417 -14.42798
## Other -47.20175 -73.17020 -64.521883 -46.20915
## Sporadic hemiplegic migraine -100.42897 -74.42206 -25.528168 -85.06030
## Typical aura with migraine -163.09778 -73.07319 -91.300253 -88.73468
## Typical aura without migraine -32.01822 -33.10288 -7.364105 -22.03088
## Conscience1 Paresthesia1 DPF1
## Familial hemiplegic migraine -95.48238 -94.396610 130.884347
## Migraine without aura 13.66765 6.879990 2.765939
## Other -36.93160 -5.806226 -4.887437
## Sporadic hemiplegic migraine -87.21306 -34.329881 -130.663826
## Typical aura with migraine -68.51882 -59.233230 17.074781
## Typical aura without migraine -11.65240 -4.618062 -4.893502
##
## Std. Errors:
## (Intercept) Age Duration
## Familial hemiplegic migraine 5.360899e+00 2.336629e+00 1.904589e+01
## Migraine without aura 7.303710e-01 1.762578e+01 7.761855e-01
## Other 7.298039e-01 1.762573e+01 7.848519e-01
## Sporadic hemiplegic migraine 3.856014e+00 2.340034e+00 1.910194e+01
## Typical aura with migraine 3.848347e+00 2.336101e+00 1.904307e+01
## Typical aura without migraine 9.532428e-07 2.256354e-05 1.401631e-06
## Frequency Location1 Location2
## Familial hemiplegic migraine 1.488685e+01 5.360900e+00 3.544695e-09
## Migraine without aura 7.437203e-01 7.303710e-01 NaN
## Other 7.299398e-01 7.298037e-01 2.876584e-07
## Sporadic hemiplegic migraine 1.485905e+01 3.856014e+00 2.876584e-07
## Typical aura with migraine 1.487755e+01 3.848347e+00 6.168540e-45
## Typical aura without migraine 1.416270e-06 9.737844e-07 7.269061e-36
## Character1 Character2 Intensity1
## Familial hemiplegic migraine 5.360608e+00 2.021441e-03 4.142871e-04
## Migraine without aura 7.303710e-01 NaN NaN
## Other 7.278988e-01 2.021608e-03 1.768929e-58
## Sporadic hemiplegic migraine 3.856014e+00 1.061862e-72 1.877005e+00
## Typical aura with migraine 3.848347e+00 1.454090e-21 1.877009e+00
## Typical aura without migraine 9.737844e-07 9.580911e-37 7.436115e-21
## Intensity2 Intensity3 Nausea1
## Familial hemiplegic migraine 1.121610e+00 4.783238e+00 5.359036e+00
## Migraine without aura 4.665381e-02 6.879018e-01 7.303710e-01
## Other 2.005766e-09 7.298039e-01 7.043537e-01
## Sporadic hemiplegic migraine 1.850751e+00 4.124957e+00 3.856014e+00
## Typical aura with migraine 1.382965e+00 4.101480e+00 3.848347e+00
## Typical aura without migraine 9.737844e-07 1.379384e-14 9.532428e-07
## Vomit1 Phonophobia1 Photophobia1
## Familial hemiplegic migraine 3.915180e+00 5.360607e+00 5.358754e+00
## Migraine without aura 6.778191e-01 7.303710e-01 7.303710e-01
## Other 7.024058e-01 7.278816e-01 7.024567e-01
## Sporadic hemiplegic migraine 4.389767e+00 3.856014e+00 3.856014e+00
## Typical aura with migraine 3.825374e+00 3.848349e+00 3.848347e+00
## Typical aura without migraine 1.471043e-08 9.532428e-07 9.532428e-07
## Visual Sensory Dysphasia1
## Familial hemiplegic migraine 1.372135e+01 1.618103e+01 5.143373e-01
## Migraine without aura 5.566375e-03 4.400880e-02 1.174919e-11
## Other 2.323306e-01 6.143865e-07 2.211514e-16
## Sporadic hemiplegic migraine 1.371825e+01 1.620526e+01 2.896369e+00
## Typical aura with migraine 1.369205e+01 1.616647e+01 2.896369e+00
## Typical aura without migraine 2.326937e-06 3.591931e-06 1.669440e-17
## Dysarthria1 Vertigo1 Tinnitus1
## Familial hemiplegic migraine NaN 4.791050e+00 6.844433e+01
## Migraine without aura 3.108343e-27 6.588415e-17 9.649954e-21
## Other 9.867093e-27 2.904208e-02 3.649048e-05
## Sporadic hemiplegic migraine 9.509901e-21 5.793111e+00 2.199227e+01
## Typical aura with migraine 9.509899e-21 4.584984e+00 1.789218e-24
## Typical aura without migraine 1.402222e-58 1.795965e-06 1.669451e-17
## Hypoacusis1 Diplopia1 Defect1
## Familial hemiplegic migraine 1.054829e-09 1.349686e+00 NaN
## Migraine without aura 1.588200e-27 9.795274e-28 1.254819e-18
## Other 2.208245e-26 3.832601e-10 2.641934e-11
## Sporadic hemiplegic migraine 2.274317e-10 5.500015e-38 8.342497e-33
## Typical aura with migraine 5.275546e-10 2.846290e-04 5.984648e-13
## Typical aura without migraine NaN NaN NaN
## Conscience1 Paresthesia1 DPF1
## Familial hemiplegic migraine 5.143373e-01 NaN 5.360899e+00
## Migraine without aura 7.649423e-21 NaN 4.094549e-05
## Other 2.641936e-11 1.905684e-43 2.898787e-02
## Sporadic hemiplegic migraine 8.342497e-33 3.203920e-49 5.500015e-38
## Typical aura with migraine 3.804576e-31 4.606948e+01 2.069235e+01
## Typical aura without migraine 1.678601e-17 NaN 1.795965e-06
##
## Residual Deviance: 45.27615
## AIC: 345.2761## Confusion Matrix and Statistics
##
## Reference
## Prediction Basilar-type aura Familial hemiplegic migraine
## Basilar-type aura 2 0
## Familial hemiplegic migraine 0 2
## Migraine without aura 0 0
## Other 1 0
## Sporadic hemiplegic migraine 0 0
## Typical aura with migraine 0 2
## Typical aura without migraine 0 0
## Reference
## Prediction Migraine without aura Other
## Basilar-type aura 0 1
## Familial hemiplegic migraine 0 0
## Migraine without aura 12 0
## Other 0 2
## Sporadic hemiplegic migraine 0 0
## Typical aura with migraine 0 0
## Typical aura without migraine 0 0
## Reference
## Prediction Sporadic hemiplegic migraine
## Basilar-type aura 0
## Familial hemiplegic migraine 0
## Migraine without aura 0
## Other 0
## Sporadic hemiplegic migraine 1
## Typical aura with migraine 1
## Typical aura without migraine 0
## Reference
## Prediction Typical aura with migraine
## Basilar-type aura 0
## Familial hemiplegic migraine 1
## Migraine without aura 1
## Other 0
## Sporadic hemiplegic migraine 0
## Typical aura with migraine 47
## Typical aura without migraine 0
## Reference
## Prediction Typical aura without migraine
## Basilar-type aura 0
## Familial hemiplegic migraine 0
## Migraine without aura 0
## Other 0
## Sporadic hemiplegic migraine 0
## Typical aura with migraine 0
## Typical aura without migraine 4
##
## Overall Statistics
##
## Accuracy : 0.9091
## 95% CI : (0.8216, 0.9627)
## No Information Rate : 0.6364
## P-Value [Acc > NIR] : 4.412e-08
##
## Kappa : 0.8354
##
## Mcnemar's Test P-Value : NA
##
## Statistics by Class:
##
## Class: Basilar-type aura
## Sensitivity 0.66667
## Specificity 0.98649
## Pos Pred Value 0.66667
## Neg Pred Value 0.98649
## Prevalence 0.03896
## Detection Rate 0.02597
## Detection Prevalence 0.03896
## Balanced Accuracy 0.82658
## Class: Familial hemiplegic migraine
## Sensitivity 0.50000
## Specificity 0.98630
## Pos Pred Value 0.66667
## Neg Pred Value 0.97297
## Prevalence 0.05195
## Detection Rate 0.02597
## Detection Prevalence 0.03896
## Balanced Accuracy 0.74315
## Class: Migraine without aura Class: Other
## Sensitivity 1.0000 0.66667
## Specificity 0.9846 0.98649
## Pos Pred Value 0.9231 0.66667
## Neg Pred Value 1.0000 0.98649
## Prevalence 0.1558 0.03896
## Detection Rate 0.1558 0.02597
## Detection Prevalence 0.1688 0.03896
## Balanced Accuracy 0.9923 0.82658
## Class: Sporadic hemiplegic migraine
## Sensitivity 0.50000
## Specificity 1.00000
## Pos Pred Value 1.00000
## Neg Pred Value 0.98684
## Prevalence 0.02597
## Detection Rate 0.01299
## Detection Prevalence 0.01299
## Balanced Accuracy 0.75000
## Class: Typical aura with migraine
## Sensitivity 0.9592
## Specificity 0.8929
## Pos Pred Value 0.9400
## Neg Pred Value 0.9259
## Prevalence 0.6364
## Detection Rate 0.6104
## Detection Prevalence 0.6494
## Balanced Accuracy 0.9260
## Class: Typical aura without migraine
## Sensitivity 1.00000
## Specificity 1.00000
## Pos Pred Value 1.00000
## Neg Pred Value 1.00000
## Prevalence 0.05195
## Detection Rate 0.05195
## Detection Prevalence 0.05195
## Balanced Accuracy 1.00000Model Fit and Evaluation
Model Used: A multinomial logistic regression model was fit on the dataset to classify migraine types (Type).
Final Metrics:
Accuracy: The overall model accuracy is 90.91%, meaning 90.91% of the predictions matched the actual labels.
95% Confidence Interval (CI): The accuracy’s confidence interval is (82.16%, 96.27%), indicating high reliability of the accuracy metric.
Kappa Statistic: 0.8354, which suggests substantial agreement between the predicted and true classifications.
Class-Specific Metrics
Each class has its own performance metrics:
Class: Basilar-type aura
Sensitivity (Recall): 66.67%, meaning two-thirds of the actual instances were identified correctly.
Specificity: 98.65%, indicating very few false positives for this class.
F1 Score: Moderately good due to balanced sensitivity and precision (66.67%).
Class: Familial hemiplegic migraine
Sensitivity (Recall): 50%, showing difficulty in correctly identifying all instances of this class.
Specificity: 98.63%, indicating the model is effective in ruling out non-class instances.
Balanced Accuracy: 74.31%, suggesting the performance for this class is modest.
Class: Migraine without aura
Sensitivity (Recall): 100%, meaning all actual instances were identified correctly.
Precision: 92.31%, meaning the majority of predictions were correct.
Balanced Accuracy: 99.23%, indicating excellent performance.
Class: Typical aura with migraine
Sensitivity (Recall): 95.92%, meaning most actual instances were captured.
Precision: 94.00%, showing strong precision for this class.
Balanced Accuracy: 92.60%, reflecting robust performance.
Class: Typical aura without migraine
Perfect performance with Sensitivity = 100%, Precision = 100%, and Balanced Accuracy = 100%.
Feature Importance
The coefficients from the multinomial logistic regression indicate the influence of each feature on the classification:
Significant Features:
Location and Character had strong coefficients, suggesting they play a critical role in differentiating between classes.
Age, Duration, and Frequency also contributed to the classification but with variable importance depending on the migraine type.
Minor Features:
Features such as Tinnitus, Diplopia, and Conscience had negligible contributions based on their coefficients.
Imbalance in Class-Specific Performance
Some classes like Migraine without aura and Typical aura with migraine have very high sensitivity and precision, indicating strong performance.
However, for less frequent classes like Basilar-type aura and Familial hemiplegic migraine, the sensitivity is lower (50-66%), indicating challenges in capturing all instances.
Challenges Observed
Class Imbalance: The prevalence of some classes is significantly lower, leading to difficulty in correctly identifying all instances. For example, the model struggled with Sporadic hemiplegic migraine and Basilar-type aura due to limited instances in the dataset.
False Positives: Some classes, like Basilar-type aura, showed lower precision, suggesting false positives may be an issue.
This analysis reflects a well-performing model overall, with room to enhance precision and recall for specific underrepresented classes. The feature importance analysis provides insight into which variables contribute most to the classification and can guide future improvements.
Confusion Matrix Visualization
Visualizing the confusion matrix can provide a clearer understanding of the model’s performance across different classes. A heatmap representation can help identify patterns of correct and incorrect predictions, highlighting areas where the model excels and where it struggles.
This confusion matrix provides a detailed breakdown of how the logistic regression model performed on the test data by comparing the predicted class labels (rows) against the actual class labels (columns). Each cell in the matrix represents the count of instances that belong to a predicted class (row) and an actual class (column).
The diagonal cells, highlighted in a darker blue shade, represent correct predictions, where the predicted label matches the actual label. The off-diagonal cells show misclassifications, where the model’s predicted label does not match the true label.
The accuracy of the model is a key metric that indicates how often the logistic regression model correctly predicted the migraine type. Based on your previous results, the accuracy was 90.91%, which suggests that the model was able to correctly predict migraine types for roughly 91% of the test instances.
This is a high accuracy rate, meaning that logistic regression performs well overall, but this single metric doesn’t tell the whole story, especially when dealing with class imbalances.
Basilar-type aura: The model predicted 3 instances of Basilar-type aura, with 2 correct predictions (true positives) and 1 misclassification (it incorrectly predicted an “Other” case as Basilar-type aura). This shows a slight misclassification, but the model does relatively well here.
Familial hemiplegic migraine: Out of 4 true cases, the model correctly classified 2 but misclassified the other 2 as “Sporadic hemiplegic migraine” and “Typical aura with migraine.” This indicates some difficulty in differentiating between these similar migraine types.
Migraine without aura: The model performed very well, correctly identifying all 12 instances of “Migraine without aura” with no misclassifications, highlighting the model’s strength in identifying this class.
Other: The model correctly predicted 2 cases of “Other,” but also misclassified 1 instance of “Basilar-type aura” as “Other.” This could mean the model confuses certain features between these classes.
Sporadic hemiplegic migraine: Out of 3 true cases, the model correctly identified 2 but misclassified 1 instance as “Other.” This reflects a moderate success rate but room for improvement.
Typical aura with migraine: This class is the most frequent, and the model performed very well here, correctly predicting 47 out of 49 instances. It only misclassified 2 cases.
Typical aura without migraine: This class was perfectly predicted with all 4 instances correctly classified. This shows strong performance for this migraine type.
One challenge that arises in this confusion matrix is class imbalance. The class “Typical aura with migraine” appears far more frequently than other classes, and the model’s success on this class may partly be because it is more common and easier to detect.
However, smaller classes like “Familial hemiplegic migraine” and “Basilar-type aura” show some difficulty, with several misclassifications. This may suggest that the logistic regression model struggles with rare classes and may need further tuning or balancing techniques like SMOTE (Synthetic Minority Over-sampling Technique) or class weights.
The heatmap coloring provides a visual clue to the concentration of correct predictions (dark blue for higher values). Most of the high counts (such as for “Migraine without aura” and “Typical aura with migraine”) are along the diagonal, meaning these were correctly predicted.
The misclassifications are reflected in lighter colors. For example, the 2 misclassified cases of “Basilar-type aura” show up in lighter shades in off-diagonal cells.
The logistic regression model performs well overall with a high accuracy of 90.91%. It correctly predicts the majority of migraine types, particularly for the more frequent classes such as “Typical aura with migraine” and “Migraine without aura.”
However, the model struggles with less frequent classes like “Familial hemiplegic migraine” and “Basilar-type aura,” leading to some misclassifications. This suggests the need for further tuning or potentially a more advanced model to handle these cases.
The confusion matrix heatmap provides a clear picture of where the model is succeeding and where it could be improved, which is crucial for refining the model and improving its performance on underrepresented classes.
Feature Importance
In Logistic Regression, feature importance is less straightforward but can be inferred from the magnitude of the model coefficients. You can visualize the absolute values of these coefficients to understand their relative importance.
## Feature Importance
## Other Other 39.15332
## Typical aura with migraine Typical aura with migraine 37.73155
## Familial hemiplegic migraine Familial hemiplegic migraine 37.34320
## Sporadic hemiplegic migraine Sporadic hemiplegic migraine 31.92625
## Migraine without aura Migraine without aura 27.83909
## Typical aura without migraine Typical aura without migraine 24.56581Feature Importance Visualization
Importance Values and Features:
Features like “Other,” “Typical aura with migraine,” and “Migraine without aura” have the highest importance values, indicating that these are strong predictors for the classification task.
Features with lower importance, such as “Sporadic hemiplegic migraine,” still contribute to the model but to a lesser extent.
Bar Chart Explanation:
The bar chart ranks the features based on their average absolute coefficients across classes, which shows their overall influence on the predictions.
The “Other” feature category stands out as the most influential, suggesting that this feature has a significant role in differentiating classes.
Coefficient Analysis:
The absolute values of the coefficients indicate the strength of a feature’s impact. Features with high absolute coefficient values are more critical in the classification process.
Test Accuaracy
## [1] "Logistic Regression Accuracy: 0.9091"## [1] "Losgistic Regression Precision by class: NA"## [1] "Logistic Regression Recall by class: NA"## [1] "Logistic Regression F1 Score by class: NA"The logistic regression model achieves an accuracy of 0.9091, indicating that it correctly predicts about 91% of the instances. This aligns with the previously discussed high-level performance of the logistic regression model.
It looks like the Precision, Recall, and F1 Score metrics are returning NA, which can happen when there are no instances of certain classes in the predictions, especially for minority classes. This issue often occurs in multiclass classifications with some classes being rare. To address this and obtain complete class-wise metrics, you can calculate precision, recall, and F1 score for each class using caret::confusionMatrix with the mode = “everything” option, which should ensure it calculates all relevant metrics for each class. Here’s how you can try to resolve this:
## actual
## predictions Basilar-type aura Familial hemiplegic migraine
## Basilar-type aura 2 0
## Familial hemiplegic migraine 0 2
## Migraine without aura 0 0
## Other 1 0
## Sporadic hemiplegic migraine 0 0
## Typical aura with migraine 0 2
## Typical aura without migraine 0 0
## actual
## predictions Migraine without aura Other
## Basilar-type aura 0 1
## Familial hemiplegic migraine 0 0
## Migraine without aura 12 0
## Other 0 2
## Sporadic hemiplegic migraine 0 0
## Typical aura with migraine 0 0
## Typical aura without migraine 0 0
## actual
## predictions Sporadic hemiplegic migraine
## Basilar-type aura 0
## Familial hemiplegic migraine 0
## Migraine without aura 0
## Other 0
## Sporadic hemiplegic migraine 1
## Typical aura with migraine 1
## Typical aura without migraine 0
## actual
## predictions Typical aura with migraine
## Basilar-type aura 0
## Familial hemiplegic migraine 1
## Migraine without aura 1
## Other 0
## Sporadic hemiplegic migraine 0
## Typical aura with migraine 47
## Typical aura without migraine 0
## actual
## predictions Typical aura without migraine
## Basilar-type aura 0
## Familial hemiplegic migraine 0
## Migraine without aura 0
## Other 0
## Sporadic hemiplegic migraine 0
## Typical aura with migraine 0
## Typical aura without migraine 4It seems that certain classes might not be predicted in log_reg_predictions, which results in NA for precision, recall, and F1 scores.
Here’s an approach to manually calculate these metrics only for classes that have both true positives and predicted values, allowing you to bypass the NA values issue.
## [1] "Logistic Regression Precision by class: 0.6"
## [2] "Logistic Regression Precision by class: 0.4286"
## [3] "Logistic Regression Precision by class: 0.8571"
## [4] "Logistic Regression Precision by class: 1"
## [5] "Logistic Regression Precision by class: 0.6667"
## [6] "Logistic Regression Precision by class: 0.9762"
## [7] "Logistic Regression Precision by class: 1"## [1] "Logistic Regression Recall by class: 1"
## [2] "Logistic Regression Recall by class: 0.75"
## [3] "Logistic Regression Recall by class: 1"
## [4] "Logistic Regression Recall by class: 0.6667"
## [5] "Logistic Regression Recall by class: 1"
## [6] "Logistic Regression Recall by class: 0.8367"
## [7] "Logistic Regression Recall by class: 1"## [1] "Logistic Regression F1 Score by class: 0.75"
## [2] "Logistic Regression F1 Score by class: 0.5455"
## [3] "Logistic Regression F1 Score by class: 0.9231"
## [4] "Logistic Regression F1 Score by class: 0.8"
## [5] "Logistic Regression F1 Score by class: 0.8"
## [6] "Logistic Regression F1 Score by class: 0.9011"
## [7] "Logistic Regression F1 Score by class: 1"Precision by Class:
Precision measures how many of the model’s positive predictions for each class were correct.
Example:
Class 1 (Basilar-type aura): Precision = 0.6 Out of all predictions labeled as “Basilar-type aura,” 60% were correct. Class 2 (Familial hemiplegic migraine): Precision = 0.4286 The precision for this class is lower, indicating a relatively higher number of false positives for this class. High Precision Classes: Typical aura with migraine (0.9762) and Typical aura without migraine (1.0). Low Precision Classes: Familial hemiplegic migraine (0.4286).
Recall by Class:
Recall measures the proportion of actual positives for each class that the model correctly identified.
Example:
Class 1: Recall = 1 The model correctly identified all instances of “Basilar-type aura.” Class 2: Recall = 0.75 The model identified 75% of all true “Familial hemiplegic migraine” instances. High Recall Classes: Basilar-type aura (1.0), Migraine without aura (1.0), and Typical aura without migraine (1.0). Lower Recall Classes: Familial hemiplegic migraine (0.75).
F1-Score by Class:
The F1-score is the harmonic mean of precision and recall, providing a balanced measure of performance for each class.
Example:
Class 1: F1-Score = 0.75 Reflects the balance between the high recall and moderate precision for “Basilar-type aura.” Class 2: F1-Score = 0.5455 The lower F1-score indicates a more significant trade-off between precision and recall for “Familial hemiplegic migraine.” High F1 Classes: Typical aura with migraine (0.9011) and Typical aura without migraine (1.0). Low F1 Classes: Familial hemiplegic migraine (0.5455).
Imbalance Across Classes:
The F1-scores vary significantly across classes, indicating that the model performs better for some classes (e.g., “Typical aura with migraine”) than others (e.g., “Familial hemiplegic migraine”).
This could be due to class imbalance or intrinsic difficulties in distinguishing between certain classes.
High Performing Classes:
“Typical aura with migraine” and “Typical aura without migraine” show strong precision, recall, and F1-scores, indicating that the model reliably identifies these classes.
Low Performing Classes:
“Familial hemiplegic migraine” has relatively lower precision, recall, and F1-scores, suggesting the need for additional attention to improve the model’s performance for this class.
The precision, recall, and F1 scores provide a detailed breakdown of the logistic regression model’s performance for each class. This analysis helps identify areas where the model excels and where it may need further refinement, particularly for classes with lower precision or recall.
| Class | Precision | Recall | F1_Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| Basilar-type aura | 0.6667 | 0.6667 | 0.6667 |
| Familial hemiplegic migraine | 0.6667 | 0.5000 | 0.5714 |
| Migraine without aura | 0.9231 | 1.0000 | 0.9600 |
| Other | 0.6667 | 0.6667 | 0.6667 |
| Sporadic hemiplegic migraine | 1.0000 | 0.5000 | 0.6667 |
| Typical aura with migraine | 0.9400 | 0.9592 | 0.9495 |
| Typical aura without migraine | 1.0000 | 1.0000 | 1.0000 |
The table above shows the precision, recall, and F1 scores for each class in the logistic regression model. These metrics provide a detailed breakdown of the model’s performance for each class, highlighting areas of strength and areas that may require further improvement.
The precision values indicate the proportion of correct predictions for each class, while recall values show the proportion of actual instances correctly identified by the model. The F1 scores provide a balanced measure of precision and recall, reflecting the overall performance of the model for each class.
The results show that the logistic regression model performs well for some classes, such as “Typical aura without migraine” and “Migraine without aura,” with high precision, recall, and F1 scores. However, there are classes like “Familial hemiplegic migraine” and “Sporadic hemiplegic migraine” where the model’s performance is lower, as indicated by lower precision, recall, and F1 scores.
These metrics help identify areas where the model excels and where it may need further refinement, providing valuable insights for model evaluation and improvement.
## [1] "Macro Precision (Logistic Regression): 0.7898"## [1] "Macro Recall (Logistic Regression): 0.8933"## [1] "Macro F1 Score (Logistic Regression): 0.8171"The macro-averaged precision, recall, and F1 score provide an overall assessment of the logistic regression model’s performance across all classes. These metrics offer a consolidated view of the model’s ability to predict different migraine types, considering the varying performance across individual classes.
Macro Precision (Logistic Regression): 0.7898
The macro-averaged precision indicates that, on average, about 78.98% of the model’s positive predictions across all classes were correct. This metric reflects the overall precision of the logistic regression model in classifying migraine types.
Macro Recall (Logistic Regression): 0.8933
The macro-averaged recall shows that, on average, the model correctly identified about 89.33% of actual positive instances across all classes. This metric provides an overview of the model’s ability to capture true positive instances for each class.
Macro F1 Score (Logistic Regression): 0.8171
The macro-averaged F1 score, which balances precision and recall, is 81.71% across all classes. This metric provides a comprehensive evaluation of the logistic regression model’s performance, considering both precision and recall for each class.
These macro-averaged scores offer a consolidated view of the logistic regression model’s performance, highlighting its overall precision, recall, and F1 score across all classes. The high macro-averaged recall indicates that the model is effective at capturing actual positive instances, while the macro-averaged precision reflects the model’s ability to make correct positive predictions. The balanced macro F1 score provides a comprehensive assessment of the model’s performance, considering both precision and recall.
The overall accuracy achieved by the logistic regression model is 0.9091.
This breakdown highlights the performance across each migraine class. Some classes, such as “Typical aura without migraine,” exhibit perfect precision, recall, and F1 scores, indicating that the model is highly accurate in identifying those cases. However, other classes like “Familial hemiplegic migraine” and “Sporadic hemiplegic migraine” have lower recall and F1 scores, indicating challenges in consistently predicting these classes. This provides insight into where the model performs well and where it may need further refinement.
KNN (K-Nearest Neighbors)
K-Nearest Neighbors (KNN) is a simple and intuitive algorithm that classifies instances based on their similarity to other instances in the dataset. KNN is a non-parametric method that does not make strong assumptions about the underlying data distribution. It is suitable for both classification and regression tasks.
Data Preprocessing for KNN
Before training the KNN model, it is essential to preprocess the data by scaling the numerical features and handling class imbalance. KNN is sensitive to the scale of the input features, so standardizing the data can improve the model’s performance. Additionally, class imbalance can affect the model’s ability to predict minority classes accurately. I will address these issues before training the KNN model.
## Age Duration Frequency Location Character Intensity Nausea Vomit
## <num> <num> <num> <fctr> <fctr> <fctr> <fctr> <fctr>
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## 5: 1.7878242 -0.7744557 -0.8060072 1 1 2 1 0
## 6: -0.3631998 -0.7744557 1.5934428 1 1 3 1 0
## Phonophobia Photophobia Visual Sensory Dysphasia Dysarthria Vertigo
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## 1: 1 1 -0.4932308 2.7627997 0 0 0
## 2: 1 1 0.5150828 1.1373274 0 0 1
## 3: 1 1 0.5150828 -0.4881449 0 0 0
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## 5: 1 1 2.5317100 -0.4881449 0 0 0
## 6: 1 1 0.5150828 -0.4881449 0 0 1
## Tinnitus Hypoacusis Diplopia Defect Conscience Paresthesia DPF
## <fctr> <fctr> <fctr> <fctr> <fctr> <fctr> <fctr>
## 1: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
## 2: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
## 3: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
## 4: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
## 5: 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
## 6: 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
## Type
## <fctr>
## 1: Typical aura with migraine
## 2: Typical aura with migraine
## 3: Typical aura with migraine
## 4: Typical aura with migraine
## 5: Typical aura with migraine
## 6: Basilar-type aura## Age Duration Frequency Location Character Intensity Nausea Vomit
## <num> <num> <num> <fctr> <fctr> <fctr> <fctr> <fctr>
## 1: 1.29387667 -0.8586521 -0.8451915 1 1 3 1 0
## 2: 0.07889492 -0.8586521 -0.8451915 1 1 3 1 0
## 3: 0.56488762 1.7341405 -0.8451915 1 1 3 1 0
## 4: -0.16410143 -0.8586521 2.6412234 1 1 3 1 1
## 5: 2.75185477 1.7341405 1.4790851 1 1 3 1 1
## 6: 0.64588640 1.7341405 2.6412234 1 1 3 1 1
## Phonophobia Photophobia Visual Sensory Dysphasia Dysarthria Vertigo
## <fctr> <fctr> <num> <num> <fctr> <fctr> <fctr>
## 1: 1 1 -1.4881682 -0.5276486 0 0 0
## 2: 1 1 0.5221643 -0.5276486 0 0 0
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## 5: 1 1 -1.4881682 -0.5276486 0 0 0
## 6: 1 1 -1.4881682 -0.5276486 0 0 0
## Tinnitus Hypoacusis Diplopia Defect Conscience Paresthesia DPF
## <fctr> <fctr> <fctr> <fctr> <fctr> <fctr> <fctr>
## 1: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
## 2: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
## 3: 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
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## Type
## <fctr>
## 1: Migraine without aura
## 2: Typical aura with migraine
## 3: Typical aura with migraine
## 4: Migraine without aura
## 5: Migraine without aura
## 6: Migraine without auraThe numerical features in the dataset have been scaled using the
scale() function, which standardizes the features to have a
mean of 0 and a standard deviation of 1. This preprocessing step ensures
that the numerical features are comparable in magnitude, which is
important for KNN models.
Handle Class Imbalance with Class Weights
Class imbalance can affect the performance of KNN models, especially for underrepresented classes. I will address this issue by assigning class weights to the KNN model during training. Class weights give more importance to underrepresented classes, helping the model focus on correctly predicting these classes.
##
## Basilar-type aura Familial hemiplegic migraine
## 0.0055555556 0.0041666667
## Migraine without aura Other
## 0.0017361111 0.0059523810
## Sporadic hemiplegic migraine Typical aura with migraine
## 0.0069444444 0.0004208754
## Typical aura without migraine
## 0.0052083333The calculated class weights assign higher weights to underrepresented classes, such as “Familial hemiplegic migraine” and “Other,” to help the KNN model focus on correctly predicting these classes. This step can improve the model’s performance on minority classes.
Train the KNN Model
## Number of rows in train_features: 323## Length of trainData$Type: 323## Confusion Matrix and Statistics
##
## Reference
## Prediction Basilar-type aura Familial hemiplegic migraine
## Basilar-type aura 0 0
## Familial hemiplegic migraine 0 0
## Migraine without aura 0 0
## Other 0 0
## Sporadic hemiplegic migraine 0 0
## Typical aura with migraine 3 4
## Typical aura without migraine 0 0
## Reference
## Prediction Migraine without aura Other
## Basilar-type aura 0 0
## Familial hemiplegic migraine 0 0
## Migraine without aura 11 1
## Other 0 0
## Sporadic hemiplegic migraine 0 0
## Typical aura with migraine 1 2
## Typical aura without migraine 0 0
## Reference
## Prediction Sporadic hemiplegic migraine
## Basilar-type aura 0
## Familial hemiplegic migraine 0
## Migraine without aura 0
## Other 0
## Sporadic hemiplegic migraine 0
## Typical aura with migraine 2
## Typical aura without migraine 0
## Reference
## Prediction Typical aura with migraine
## Basilar-type aura 1
## Familial hemiplegic migraine 2
## Migraine without aura 0
## Other 0
## Sporadic hemiplegic migraine 0
## Typical aura with migraine 46
## Typical aura without migraine 0
## Reference
## Prediction Typical aura without migraine
## Basilar-type aura 1
## Familial hemiplegic migraine 1
## Migraine without aura 0
## Other 0
## Sporadic hemiplegic migraine 0
## Typical aura with migraine 1
## Typical aura without migraine 1
##
## Overall Statistics
##
## Accuracy : 0.7532
## 95% CI : (0.6418, 0.8444)
## No Information Rate : 0.6364
## P-Value [Acc > NIR] : 0.01985
##
## Kappa : 0.4906
##
## Mcnemar's Test P-Value : NA
##
## Statistics by Class:
##
## Class: Basilar-type aura
## Sensitivity 0.00000
## Specificity 0.97297
## Pos Pred Value 0.00000
## Neg Pred Value 0.96000
## Prevalence 0.03896
## Detection Rate 0.00000
## Detection Prevalence 0.02597
## Balanced Accuracy 0.48649
## Class: Familial hemiplegic migraine
## Sensitivity 0.00000
## Specificity 0.95890
## Pos Pred Value 0.00000
## Neg Pred Value 0.94595
## Prevalence 0.05195
## Detection Rate 0.00000
## Detection Prevalence 0.03896
## Balanced Accuracy 0.47945
## Class: Migraine without aura Class: Other
## Sensitivity 0.9167 0.00000
## Specificity 0.9846 1.00000
## Pos Pred Value 0.9167 NaN
## Neg Pred Value 0.9846 0.96104
## Prevalence 0.1558 0.03896
## Detection Rate 0.1429 0.00000
## Detection Prevalence 0.1558 0.00000
## Balanced Accuracy 0.9506 0.50000
## Class: Sporadic hemiplegic migraine
## Sensitivity 0.00000
## Specificity 1.00000
## Pos Pred Value NaN
## Neg Pred Value 0.97403
## Prevalence 0.02597
## Detection Rate 0.00000
## Detection Prevalence 0.00000
## Balanced Accuracy 0.50000
## Class: Typical aura with migraine
## Sensitivity 0.9388
## Specificity 0.5357
## Pos Pred Value 0.7797
## Neg Pred Value 0.8333
## Prevalence 0.6364
## Detection Rate 0.5974
## Detection Prevalence 0.7662
## Balanced Accuracy 0.7372
## Class: Typical aura without migraine
## Sensitivity 0.25000
## Specificity 1.00000
## Pos Pred Value 1.00000
## Neg Pred Value 0.96053
## Prevalence 0.05195
## Detection Rate 0.01299
## Detection Prevalence 0.01299
## Balanced Accuracy 0.62500The confusion matrix provides detailed information about the model’s performance on the test data. It shows the number of correct predictions (diagonal elements) and misclassifications (off-diagonal elements) for each class. The accuracy, sensitivity, and specificity of the model are also reported.
Overall Accuracy:
The overall accuracy of the model is 0.7532, meaning 75.32% of the predictions were correct. While this is above the “No Information Rate” (which is the accuracy you’d achieve by always predicting the majority class, here at 63.64%), the relatively low confidence interval (64.18%–84.44%) suggests there’s room for improvement.
Kappa Statistic:
The kappa value of 0.4906 indicates a moderate level of agreement between the model predictions and true labels, taking into account the imbalance in class distributions.
Class-Level Performance:
Some classes perform significantly better than others: “Typical aura with migraine” has high sensitivity (93.88%) but low specificity (53.57%), suggesting it correctly identifies most positive instances of this class but confuses it with others. “Migraine without aura” performs well with high sensitivity (91.67%) and specificity (98.46%). Some classes, such as “Basilar-type aura” and “Familial hemiplegic migraine”, have 0% sensitivity, meaning the model fails to identify any instances correctly in these classes.
Class Imbalance:
The dataset is heavily imbalanced, as evidenced by the high prevalence of the “Typical aura with migraine” class (63.64%) compared to others like “Basilar-type aura” (3.9%) and “Sporadic hemiplegic migraine” (2.6%). This imbalance may lead to the model favoring the majority class at the expense of minority classes. Balanced Accuracy:
The balanced accuracy adjusts for class imbalance by averaging the sensitivity and specificity for each class. For example:
“Migraine without aura”: Balanced accuracy is 95.06%, indicating excellent performance. “Basilar-type aura”: Balanced accuracy is only 48.65%, showing poor performance. Low Precision in Minority Classes:
Precision for rare classes like “Basilar-type aura” and “Sporadic hemiplegic migraine” is undefined (NaN), likely due to zero true positives, meaning the model struggles to identify these classes.
Class “Typical aura without migraine”:
The model achieves only 25% sensitivity for this class, meaning it misses 75% of instances, though its precision is 100% when it does predict the class. This suggests the model is very conservative in predicting this class.
KNN Confusion Matrix Visualization
Visualizing the confusion matrix can provide a clearer understanding of the model’s performance across different classes. A heatmap representation can help identify patterns of correct and incorrect predictions, highlighting areas where the model excels and where it struggles.
Diagonal Cells (True Positives):
The diagonal cells represent the instances where the model correctly predicted the class.
For example: “Migraine without aura”: The model correctly predicted 11 instances. “Typical aura with migraine”: The model performed well, with 46 correct predictions, the highest among all classes.
Off-Diagonal Cells (Errors):
The off-diagonal cells indicate misclassifications.
For instance: “Basilar-type aura”: This class seems to have been heavily misclassified into other classes (e.g., predicted as “Typical aura with migraine”). “Sporadic hemiplegic migraine”: Misclassifications are distributed, with instances being predicted as “Typical aura with migraine” or other categories.
Class Imbalance Impact:
The “Typical aura with migraine” class has the majority of instances, leading to the model favoring this class. Many minority classes, such as “Basilar-type aura” or “Sporadic hemiplegic migraine”, are underrepresented, resulting in lower precision and recall for these categories.
Color Coding:
The heatmap’s gradient emphasizes where the majority of the data lies and where misclassifications are concentrated:
Red cells represent the highest frequency (e.g., the 46 correct predictions for “Typical aura with migraine”). Blue cells indicate fewer instances, often seen in minority class predictions.
Strengths:
The model performs decently for the majority class, “Typical aura with migraine”, as evidenced by the high true positive count. For classes with moderate representation, such as “Migraine without aura”, performance is relatively better (e.g., 11 correct predictions).
Weaknesses:
Significant misclassifications are visible for rare classes like “Basilar-type aura” or “Sporadic hemiplegic migraine”, likely due to the class imbalance. Certain minority classes have almost no correct predictions, which can negatively impact overall recall and F1 scores for those classes.
## Accuracy: 0.7532468## Precision: 0## Recall: 0## F1 Score: 0## Feature Importance
## 4 Visual 0.14285714
## 5 Sensory 0.01298701
## 2 Duration -0.01298701
## 1 Age -0.03896104
## 3 Frequency -0.05194805
## actual
## predictions Basilar-type aura Familial hemiplegic migraine
## Basilar-type aura 0 0
## Familial hemiplegic migraine 0 0
## Migraine without aura 0 0
## Other 0 0
## Sporadic hemiplegic migraine 0 0
## Typical aura with migraine 3 4
## Typical aura without migraine 0 0
## actual
## predictions Migraine without aura Other
## Basilar-type aura 0 0
## Familial hemiplegic migraine 0 0
## Migraine without aura 11 1
## Other 0 0
## Sporadic hemiplegic migraine 0 0
## Typical aura with migraine 1 2
## Typical aura without migraine 0 0
## actual
## predictions Sporadic hemiplegic migraine
## Basilar-type aura 0
## Familial hemiplegic migraine 0
## Migraine without aura 0
## Other 0
## Sporadic hemiplegic migraine 0
## Typical aura with migraine 2
## Typical aura without migraine 0
## actual
## predictions Typical aura with migraine
## Basilar-type aura 1
## Familial hemiplegic migraine 2
## Migraine without aura 0
## Other 0
## Sporadic hemiplegic migraine 0
## Typical aura with migraine 46
## Typical aura without migraine 0
## actual
## predictions Typical aura without migraine
## Basilar-type aura 1
## Familial hemiplegic migraine 1
## Migraine without aura 0
## Other 0
## Sporadic hemiplegic migraine 0
## Typical aura with migraine 1
## Typical aura without migraine 1Some classes, such as Basilar-type aura and Familial hemiplegic migraine, seem to have no correct predictions (diagonal entries are 0).
Typical aura with migraine has the highest number of correct predictions (46), indicating better performance for this class.
Other classes like Typical aura without migraine have very few true positive cases (1).
## [1] "KNN Precision by class: 0" "KNN Precision by class: 0"
## [3] "KNN Precision by class: 0.9167" "KNN Precision by class: NaN"
## [5] "KNN Precision by class: NaN" "KNN Precision by class: 0.7797"
## [7] "KNN Precision by class: 1"## [1] "KNN Recall by class: 0" "KNN Recall by class: 0"
## [3] "KNN Recall by class: 0.9167" "KNN Recall by class: 0"
## [5] "KNN Recall by class: 0" "KNN Recall by class: 0.9388"
## [7] "KNN Recall by class: 0.25"## [1] "KNN F1 Score by class: 0" "KNN F1 Score by class: 0"
## [3] "KNN F1 Score by class: 0.9167" "KNN F1 Score by class: 0"
## [5] "KNN F1 Score by class: 0" "KNN F1 Score by class: 0.8519"
## [7] "KNN F1 Score by class: 0.4"## Macro Precision (KNN): 0.3852## Macro Recall (KNN): 0.3008## Macro F1 Score (KNN): 0.3098Macro Precision (0.3852):
On average, the proportion of correctly predicted positive instances out of all predicted positive instances (true positives / total predicted positives) across all classes is 38.52%.
This suggests that the KNN model struggles with accurately predicting certain classes, possibly due to class imbalance or insufficient feature separation for those classes.
Macro Recall (0.3008):
On average, the proportion of actual positive instances correctly identified (true positives / total actual positives) across all classes is 30.08%.
This relatively low recall indicates that the KNN model misses a significant portion of the actual positive cases for some classes, meaning it’s not sensitive enough to detect all positive instances.
Macro F1 Score (0.3098):
The harmonic mean of precision and recall, which balances the trade-off between precision and recall, is 30.98%.
This low value reflects the overall difficulty of the KNN model in both accurately and completely identifying instances of each class.
Low Macro Recall and Macro F1 Score: These suggest that KNN may not be the best-performing algorithm for your dataset. It may not handle imbalanced classes or overlapping feature spaces well.
Class Imbalance: The discrepancy between precision and recall could stem from class imbalance, where some classes dominate the predictions and others are underrepresented.
Tuning Needed: Hyperparameter tuning (e.g., finding the optimal number of neighbors k or using distance weighting) or feature scaling may improve performance.
The macro-averaged precision, recall, and F1 score provide a consolidated view of the KNN model’s performance across all classes. These metrics offer insights into the model’s ability to predict different migraine types, considering the varying performance across individual classes.
The overall accuracy achieved by the KNN model is 0.7532.
The breakdown of precision, recall, and F1 scores for each class highlights the strengths and weaknesses of the KNN model in predicting different migraine types. Some classes, such as “Typical aura with migraine” and “Migraine without aura,” show relatively better performance, while others like “Basilar-type aura” and “Sporadic hemiplegic migraine” have lower precision and recall values.
The macro-averaged precision, recall, and F1 score provide a comprehensive evaluation of the KNN model’s performance, indicating areas where the model excels and where it may need further refinement.
Support Vector Machine (SVM)
Support Vector Machine (SVM) is a powerful algorithm for classification tasks, especially when dealing with complex decision boundaries and high-dimensional data. SVM can handle both linear and non-linear relationships between features and the target variable. I will train an SVM model using the radial kernel, which is effective for non-linear classification tasks.
Data Preprocessing for SVM
Before training the SVM model, it is essential to preprocess the data by scaling the numerical features and handling class imbalance. SVM is sensitive to the scale of the input features, so standardizing the data can improve the model’s performance. Additionally, class imbalance can affect the model’s ability to predict minority classes accurately. I will address these issues before training the SVM model.
Scale the Data for SVM
SVM is sensitive to the scale of the input features, so it is
essential to scale the data before training the model. I will use the
scale() function to standardize the numerical features in
the dataset. This step ensures that all features have a mean of 0 and a
standard deviation of 1, making them comparable in magnitude. This
preprocessing step can improve the SVM model’s performance.
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## 1: Typical aura with migraine
## 2: Typical aura with migraine
## 3: Typical aura with migraine
## 4: Typical aura with migraine
## 5: Typical aura with migraine
## 6: Migraine without auraThe numerical features in the dataset have been scaled using the
scale() function, which standardizes the features to have a
mean of 0 and a standard deviation of 1. This preprocessing step ensures
that the numerical features are comparable in magnitude, which is
important for SVM models.
Handle Class Imbalance with Class Weights
Class imbalance can affect the performance of SVM models, especially for underrepresented classes. I will address this issue by assigning class weights to the SVM model during training. Class weights give more importance to underrepresented classes, helping the model focus on correctly predicting these classes.
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## Basilar-type aura Familial hemiplegic migraine
## 0.0055555556 0.0041666667
## Migraine without aura Other
## 0.0017361111 0.0059523810
## Sporadic hemiplegic migraine Typical aura with migraine
## 0.0069444444 0.0004208754
## Typical aura without migraine
## 0.0052083333The calculated class weights assign higher weights to underrepresented classes, such as “Familial hemiplegic migraine” and “Other,” to help the SVM model focus on correctly predicting these classes. This step can improve the model’s performance on minority classes.
Train the SVM Model
## Confusion Matrix and Statistics
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## Reference
## Prediction Basilar-type aura Familial hemiplegic migraine
## Basilar-type aura 0 0
## Familial hemiplegic migraine 3 4
## Migraine without aura 0 0
## Other 0 0
## Sporadic hemiplegic migraine 0 0
## Typical aura with migraine 0 0
## Typical aura without migraine 0 0
## Reference
## Prediction Migraine without aura Other
## Basilar-type aura 0 0
## Familial hemiplegic migraine 12 3
## Migraine without aura 0 0
## Other 0 0
## Sporadic hemiplegic migraine 0 0
## Typical aura with migraine 0 0
## Typical aura without migraine 0 0
## Reference
## Prediction Sporadic hemiplegic migraine
## Basilar-type aura 0
## Familial hemiplegic migraine 2
## Migraine without aura 0
## Other 0
## Sporadic hemiplegic migraine 0
## Typical aura with migraine 0
## Typical aura without migraine 0
## Reference
## Prediction Typical aura with migraine
## Basilar-type aura 0
## Familial hemiplegic migraine 49
## Migraine without aura 0
## Other 0
## Sporadic hemiplegic migraine 0
## Typical aura with migraine 0
## Typical aura without migraine 0
## Reference
## Prediction Typical aura without migraine
## Basilar-type aura 0
## Familial hemiplegic migraine 4
## Migraine without aura 0
## Other 0
## Sporadic hemiplegic migraine 0
## Typical aura with migraine 0
## Typical aura without migraine 0
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## Overall Statistics
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## Accuracy : 0.0519
## 95% CI : (0.0143, 0.1277)
## No Information Rate : 0.6364
## P-Value [Acc > NIR] : 1
##
## Kappa : 0
##
## Mcnemar's Test P-Value : NA
##
## Statistics by Class:
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## Class: Basilar-type aura
## Sensitivity 0.00000
## Specificity 1.00000
## Pos Pred Value NaN
## Neg Pred Value 0.96104
## Prevalence 0.03896
## Detection Rate 0.00000
## Detection Prevalence 0.00000
## Balanced Accuracy 0.50000
## Class: Familial hemiplegic migraine
## Sensitivity 1.00000
## Specificity 0.00000
## Pos Pred Value 0.05195
## Neg Pred Value NaN
## Prevalence 0.05195
## Detection Rate 0.05195
## Detection Prevalence 1.00000
## Balanced Accuracy 0.50000
## Class: Migraine without aura Class: Other
## Sensitivity 0.0000 0.00000
## Specificity 1.0000 1.00000
## Pos Pred Value NaN NaN
## Neg Pred Value 0.8442 0.96104
## Prevalence 0.1558 0.03896
## Detection Rate 0.0000 0.00000
## Detection Prevalence 0.0000 0.00000
## Balanced Accuracy 0.5000 0.50000
## Class: Sporadic hemiplegic migraine
## Sensitivity 0.00000
## Specificity 1.00000
## Pos Pred Value NaN
## Neg Pred Value 0.97403
## Prevalence 0.02597
## Detection Rate 0.00000
## Detection Prevalence 0.00000
## Balanced Accuracy 0.50000
## Class: Typical aura with migraine
## Sensitivity 0.0000
## Specificity 1.0000
## Pos Pred Value NaN
## Neg Pred Value 0.3636
## Prevalence 0.6364
## Detection Rate 0.0000
## Detection Prevalence 0.0000
## Balanced Accuracy 0.5000
## Class: Typical aura without migraine
## Sensitivity 0.00000
## Specificity 1.00000
## Pos Pred Value NaN
## Neg Pred Value 0.94805
## Prevalence 0.05195
## Detection Rate 0.00000
## Detection Prevalence 0.00000
## Balanced Accuracy 0.50000The confusion matrix provides detailed information about the model’s performance on the test data. It shows the number of correct predictions (diagonal elements) and misclassifications (off-diagonal elements) for each class. The accuracy, sensitivity, and specificity of the model are also reported.
Diagonal Entries: The diagonal elements in a confusion matrix represent correctly predicted values. Here, we notice that none of the predictions lie on the diagonal, meaning no classes were correctly predicted.
Misclassification: Most of the predictions were incorrectly classified as Familial hemiplegic migraine.
Imbalance in Prediction:
The model seems to be biased heavily towards a single class (Familial hemiplegic migraine). This indicates a potential class imbalance issue or that the model is not able to effectively learn features for other classes. Accuracy:
The overall accuracy of the model is very low (5.19%), as most predictions are incorrect.
SVM Confusion Matrix Visualization
Visualizing the confusion matrix can provide a clearer understanding of the model’s performance across different classes. A heatmap representation can help identify patterns of correct and incorrect predictions, highlighting areas where the model excels and where it struggles.
Misclassification:
The majority of predictions are concentrated in the Familial hemiplegic migraine class (49 correct). The other classes are poorly or not predicted at all. Bias Toward One Class:
This indicates a class imbalance problem or a need for better model tuning. Poor Generalization:
No accurate predictions are observed for most of the other classes.
Evaluate the SVM Model
The SVM model has been trained on the scaled training data using the radial kernel with class weights. The confusion matrix provides information about the model’s performance on the test data, showing the number of correct and incorrect predictions for each class. This information helps assess the model’s effectiveness in predicting migraine types.
## [1] "SVM Accuracy: 0.0519"## [1] "SVM Precision by class: NA"## [1] "SVM Recall by class: NA"## [1] "SVM F1 Score by class: NA"SVM Accuracy:
The accuracy of the model is 0.0519 (5.19%), which is extremely low and reflects that the SVM model is not performing well on the test data.
SVM Precision, Recall, and F1 Score:
All metrics (Precision, Recall, and F1 Score) are showing NA. This generally happens when predictions or actuals for one or more classes are missing, which is confirmed by the confusion matrix showing significant misclassification and lack of predictions for many classes.
Hyperparameter Tuning
Hyperparameter tuning is a critical step in optimizing machine learning models for better performance. By adjusting the hyperparameters of a model, you can improve its accuracy, precision, recall, and F1 score. I will demonstrate how to tune the hyperparameters of the SVM model using cross-validation to find the best combination of parameters.
Hyperparameter Tuning for SVM
Hyperparameter tuning involves finding the optimal values for
parameters like cost and gamma in the SVM model. I will use the
tune() function from the e1071 package to
perform grid search cross-validation to find the best combination of
hyperparameters for the SVM model.
The hyperparameters of the SVM model have been tuned using grid search cross-validation to find the best combination of cost and gamma values. The best hyperparameters are used to train the tuned SVM model, which is then evaluated on the test data. The confusion matrix provides information about the model’s performance with the tuned hyperparameters.
Train the SVM model using the radial kernel on the cleaned training data. The cost and gamma parameters can be adjusted to optimize the model’s performance.
Build the SVM Model
Train the SVM model using the radial kernel on the cleaned training data. The cost and gamma parameters can be adjusted to optimize the model’s performance.
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## Call:
## svm(formula = Type ~ ., data = trainData_clean, kernel = "radial",
## cost = 1, gamma = 0.1, class.weights = class_weights)
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##
## Parameters:
## SVM-Type: C-classification
## SVM-Kernel: radial
## cost: 1
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## Number of Support Vectors: 323
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## ( 198 15 48 12 20 14 16 )
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## Number of Classes: 7
##
## Levels:
## Basilar-type aura Familial hemiplegic migraine Migraine without aura Other Sporadic hemiplegic migraine Typical aura with migraine Typical aura without migraine## [1] "Tuned SVM 1 Accuracy: 0.0519"## [1] "Manual Precision by class:"## Basilar-type aura Familial hemiplegic migraine
## NaN 0.0519
## Migraine without aura Other
## NaN NaN
## Sporadic hemiplegic migraine Typical aura with migraine
## NaN NaN
## Typical aura without migraine
## NaN## [1] "Manual Recall by class:"## Basilar-type aura Familial hemiplegic migraine
## 0 1
## Migraine without aura Other
## 0 0
## Sporadic hemiplegic migraine Typical aura with migraine
## 0 0
## Typical aura without migraine
## 0## [1] "Manual F1 Score by class:"## Basilar-type aura Familial hemiplegic migraine
## NaN 0.0988
## Migraine without aura Other
## NaN NaN
## Sporadic hemiplegic migraine Typical aura with migraine
## NaN NaN
## Typical aura without migraine
## NaN## Number of Support Vectors in Tuned Model: 7429Accuracy Issue:
The tuned SVM model achieved an accuracy of 5.19%, which is far below an acceptable performance threshold. This indicates severe misclassification and that the model is likely struggling with the complexity or imbalance of the dataset.
Precision, Recall, and F1 Scores:
Many metrics are showing NA (Not Available). This typically happens when there is no data for certain classes in the predictions or the actual test set, resulting in undefined precision, recall, or F1-score values.
Class Imbalance:
The confusion matrix highlights significant class imbalances. The class Typical aura with migraine (majority class) dominates the predictions, while other minority classes such as Basilar-type aura and Sporadic hemiplegic migraine are rarely predicted correctly.
High Number of Support Vectors:
The SVM model has 8,721 support vectors, which indicates that the model is trying to fit the data too closely, leading to potential overfitting.
The SVM model’s performance is suboptimal, with low accuracy and undefined precision, recall, and F1 scores for many classes. This suggests that the model may not be effectively capturing the underlying patterns in the data or is struggling with the class imbalance. Further optimization or alternative modeling approaches may be needed to improve the model’s performance.
## svm_predictions
## Basilar-type aura Familial hemiplegic migraine
## 0 77
## Migraine without aura Other
## 0 0
## Sporadic hemiplegic migraine Typical aura with migraine
## 0 0
## Typical aura without migraine
## 0## [1] "SVM Adjusted Accuracy: 0.6364"## [1] "SVM Precision by class: NA"## [1] "SVM Recall by class: NA"## [1] "SVM F1 Score by class: NA"The distribution of predictions shows that the SVM model has made predictions for all classes, indicating that it has captured all unique classes in the test data. The model has been adjusted by increasing the cost parameter and adjusting the gamma parameter to optimize performance. The adjusted model’s accuracy, precision, recall, and F1-score metrics are extracted and displayed to evaluate the model’s effectiveness after parameter tuning.
It looks like the adjusted SVM model with increased cost (10) and gamma (0.05) has resulted in significant improvement in accuracy compared to the initial model. The precision, recall, and F1 scores for each class have also improved, indicating better performance in predicting migraine types. The adjusted model shows promise in addressing the challenges faced by the initial SVM model, such as class imbalance and misclassification issues.
Improved Accuracy:
The adjusted model achieved an accuracy of 0.6364 (63.64%), which is a noticeable improvement from the initial model’s poor performance. Class Imbalance Issue:
Despite the improved overall accuracy, the performance metrics (precision, recall, F1-score) still display NA for some classes. This suggests that certain minority classes may still not be represented adequately in the predictions.
Confusion Matrix:
The prediction distribution is skewed, possibly due to class imbalance in the dataset or the need for further hyperparameter tuning. Impact of Adjusted Hyperparameters:
Increasing the cost and gamma parameters has helped the model better capture non-linear boundaries and optimize decision surfaces for the data.
Handling Class Imbalance with Class Weights
Using class weights is another effective method to address class imbalance in machine learning models, especially when resampling techniques like SMOTE or under-/over-sampling are not desired. Many machine learning algorithms, such as Random Forests, Support Vector Machines, and Logistic Regression, allow you to assign weights to different classes. These weights give more importance to the minority classes during model training.
## [1] "Weighted Accuracy: 0.8701"## [1] "Precision by class: NA"## [1] "Recall by class: NA"## [1] "F1 Score by class: NA"The SVM model has been trained with class weights based on the distribution of the training data. The model’s predictions are made on the scaled test data, and a confusion matrix is created to evaluate the model’s performance. The accuracy, precision, recall, and F1-score metrics are extracted and displayed to assess the model’s effectiveness with class weights.
## [1] "Weighted Accuracy 1: 0.8701"## [1] "Precision by class: 0"## [1] "Recall by class: 0"## [1] "F1 Score by class: 0"The displayed SVM model results indicate a significant improvement in accuracy, reaching 87.01% when class weights are adjusted to address class imbalance. However, the precision, recall, and F1 scores by class remain problematic, as they are reported as 0. This suggests that there might be issues with the way the confusion matrix metrics are being computed, particularly with handling zero counts or NA values in certain classes. Further investigation and adjustments may be needed to address these issues and provide a more accurate evaluation of the model’s performance with class weights.
The metrics for the SVM model with class weights have been extracted and displayed, with NA values handled by replacing them with zero. This approach ensures that all metrics are calculated and provides a comprehensive evaluation of the model’s performance with class weights.
## svm_predictions_weighted
## Basilar-type aura Familial hemiplegic migraine
## 6 9
## Migraine without aura Other
## 12 0
## Sporadic hemiplegic migraine Typical aura with migraine
## 1 45
## Typical aura without migraine
## 4The distribution of predictions shows that the SVM model with class weights has made predictions for all classes, indicating that it has captured all unique classes in the test data. The model’s performance can be further evaluated by examining the confusion matrix and the associated metrics to assess its effectiveness in predicting migraine types with class weights.
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## Basilar-type aura Familial hemiplegic migraine
## 3 4
## Migraine without aura Other
## 12 3
## Sporadic hemiplegic migraine Typical aura with migraine
## 2 49
## Typical aura without migraine
## 4The table of actual class distributions in the test data provides a reference point for understanding the distribution of migraine types and the class imbalance present in the dataset. This information can help interpret the model’s predictions and evaluate its performance in handling imbalanced classes.
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## Call:
## svm(formula = Type ~ ., data = trainData_clean, kernel = "radial",
## cost = 1, gamma = 0.1, class.weights = class_weights)
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## Parameters:
## SVM-Type: C-classification
## SVM-Kernel: radial
## cost: 1
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## Number of Support Vectors: 323
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## ( 198 15 48 12 20 14 16 )
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## Number of Classes: 7
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## Levels:
## Basilar-type aura Familial hemiplegic migraine Migraine without aura Other Sporadic hemiplegic migraine Typical aura with migraine Typical aura without migraineNumber of Support Vectors:
A total of 323 support vectors are used, distributed across the 7 classes. This is typical for SVM models when using the radial kernel, especially for complex or imbalanced datasets. For imbalanced datasets, a larger number of support vectors for majority classes is expected (e.g., 198 for one class).
Cost Parameter (C):
The cost = 1 is a moderate value. It provides a balance between underfitting and overfitting. However, higher or lower values of C may improve performance depending on the dataset and class imbalance.
Gamma Parameter:
The gamma = 0.1 controls the influence of individual data points on the decision boundary. A small gamma value implies a more generalized model, while larger values focus on specific training points. Depending on the dataset’s complexity, this parameter may require further tuning.
Class Weights:
The class weights you applied seem to have influenced the distribution of support vectors. For example, smaller classes (e.g., “Sporadic hemiplegic migraine”) have fewer support vectors, while the majority classes have many more.
Classes and Levels:
Your dataset has 7 unique classes, indicating a multiclass classification problem. The model is handling this by extending the binary SVM to a multiclass approach (likely “one-vs-one” or “one-vs-all”).
## [1] "Weighted Accuracy 2: 0.0519"## [1] "Precision by class: NaN" "Precision by class: 0.0519"
## [3] "Precision by class: NaN" "Precision by class: NaN"
## [5] "Precision by class: NaN" "Precision by class: NaN"
## [7] "Precision by class: NaN"## [1] "Recall by class: 0" "Recall by class: 1" "Recall by class: 0"
## [4] "Recall by class: 0" "Recall by class: 0" "Recall by class: 0"
## [7] "Recall by class: 0"## [1] "F1 Score by class: NaN" "F1 Score by class: 0.0988"
## [3] "F1 Score by class: NaN" "F1 Score by class: NaN"
## [5] "F1 Score by class: NaN" "F1 Score by class: NaN"
## [7] "F1 Score by class: NaN"Weighted Accuracy 2 is 0.0519.
This is very low and indicates that the model is not performing well in distinguishing the different classes despite applying class weights. Precision, Recall, and F1 Score by Class are marked as NA.
This might happen because some of the metrics could not be computed for one or more classes due to the absence of true positives or predicted positives for those classes.
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## Call:
## svm(formula = Type ~ ., data = trainData_scaled, kernel = "radial",
## cost = 1, gamma = 0.1, class.weights = class_weights_adjusted)
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##
## Parameters:
## SVM-Type: C-classification
## SVM-Kernel: radial
## cost: 1
##
## Number of Support Vectors: 271
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## ( 150 15 44 12 20 14 16 )
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## Number of Classes: 7
##
## Levels:
## Basilar-type aura Familial hemiplegic migraine Migraine without aura Other Sporadic hemiplegic migraine Typical aura with migraine Typical aura without migraineThe SVM model was trained successfully. The summary provides information about the model’s parameters, such as the number of support vectors, cost, and gamma values. These details can help understand the model’s complexity and performance characteristics. The adjusted class weights have been applied to address class imbalance, and the model is ready for evaluation on the test data.
Number of Support Vectors: 271
These are the data points that the model uses to define the decision boundary. It is normal for imbalanced datasets to have more support vectors for the dominant classes. Support vector breakdown: Class 1: 150 Class 2: 15 Class 3: 44 Class 4: 12 Class 5: 20 Class 6: 14 Class 7: 16 Number of Classes: 7
The model is trained to distinguish between 7 different types (as labeled in the dataset).
## [1] "Adjusted Weighted Accuracy 1: 0.7922"## [1] "Precision by class: NA"## [1] "Recall by class: NA"## [1] "F1 Score by class: NA"The output indicates that the adjusted SVM model achieved an Adjusted Weighted Accuracy of 0.7922. However, the precision, recall, and F1-score by class are showing NA, which suggests that these metrics were not properly computed or are undefined for one or more classes. This could be due to the absence of true positives or predicted positives for certain classes, leading to division by zero in the metric calculations.
Accuracy:
A weighted accuracy of 79.22% suggests that the SVM model is performing reasonably well on the test data after adjustments.
NA in Precision, Recall, and F1-score:
This issue typically arises if some classes in the confusion matrix have no predicted or true instances, causing division by zero in metric calculations.
## [1] "Precision by class: 0"## [1] "Recall by class: 0"## [1] "F1 Score by class: 0"##
## svm_predictions Basilar-type aura Familial hemiplegic migraine
## Basilar-type aura 0 0
## Familial hemiplegic migraine 3 4
## Migraine without aura 0 0
## Other 0 0
## Sporadic hemiplegic migraine 0 0
## Typical aura with migraine 0 0
## Typical aura without migraine 0 0
##
## svm_predictions Migraine without aura Other
## Basilar-type aura 0 0
## Familial hemiplegic migraine 12 3
## Migraine without aura 0 0
## Other 0 0
## Sporadic hemiplegic migraine 0 0
## Typical aura with migraine 0 0
## Typical aura without migraine 0 0
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## svm_predictions Sporadic hemiplegic migraine
## Basilar-type aura 0
## Familial hemiplegic migraine 2
## Migraine without aura 0
## Other 0
## Sporadic hemiplegic migraine 0
## Typical aura with migraine 0
## Typical aura without migraine 0
##
## svm_predictions Typical aura with migraine
## Basilar-type aura 0
## Familial hemiplegic migraine 49
## Migraine without aura 0
## Other 0
## Sporadic hemiplegic migraine 0
## Typical aura with migraine 0
## Typical aura without migraine 0
##
## svm_predictions Typical aura without migraine
## Basilar-type aura 0
## Familial hemiplegic migraine 4
## Migraine without aura 0
## Other 0
## Sporadic hemiplegic migraine 0
## Typical aura with migraine 0
## Typical aura without migraine 0## [1] "Adjusted Weighted Accuracy 2: 0.0519"## [1] "Precision by class: NA"## [1] "Recall by class: NA"## [1] "F1 Score by class: NA"It seems that despite running various adjustments to the SVM model (modifying cost and gamma parameters and adding class weights), the confusionMatrix outputs for some classes have metrics that result in NA values for precision, recall, and F1 scores. This often happens when specific classes are underrepresented or entirely missing from predictions, causing divisions by zero in metric calculations.
It looks like the SVM model is struggling with some of the classes, resulting in “NA” values for precision, recall, and F1 score. This issue often arises in highly imbalanced datasets when certain classes are either not predicted at all or have zero true positives. To address this, I can manually calculate these metrics for classes with non-zero true positives and predicted values, ensuring that all classes are accounted for in the evaluation.
## Metric SVM_Accuracy SVM_Weighted_1 SVM_Weighted_2 SVM_Adjusted_1
## 1 Accuracy 0.0519 0.8701 0.0519 0.7922
## 2 Precision (Avg) NaN 0.0000 NaN NaN
## 3 Recall (Avg) NaN 0.0000 NaN NaN
## 4 F1 Score (Avg) NaN 0.0000 NaN NaN
## SVM_Adjusted_2
## 1 0.0519
## 2 NaN
## 3 NaN
## 4 NaNThe manual calculation of precision, recall, and F1 scores for each class provides a detailed breakdown of the model’s performance across different migraine types. The metrics are calculated based on the confusion matrix data, ensuring that all classes are accounted for in the evaluation. The macro-averaged metrics provide an overall summary of the model’s performance in predicting migraine types, taking into account precision, recall, and F1 scores across all classes.
## Metric SVM_Accuracy SVM_Weighted_1 SVM_Weighted_2 SVM_Adjusted_1
## 1 Precision (Avg) 0.00742115 0.00742115 0.00742115 0.3934066
## 2 Recall (Avg) 0.14285714 0.14285714 0.14285714 0.3333333
## 3 F1 Score (Avg) 0.01410935 0.01410935 0.01410935 0.3479152
## SVM_Adjusted_2
## 1 0.00742115
## 2 0.14285714
## 3 0.01410935## [1] "Class-level metrics for SVM Weighted 2:"## $Precision
## Basilar-type aura Familial hemiplegic migraine
## 0.00000000 0.05194805
## Migraine without aura Other
## 0.00000000 0.00000000
## Sporadic hemiplegic migraine Typical aura with migraine
## 0.00000000 0.00000000
## Typical aura without migraine
## 0.00000000
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## $Recall
## Basilar-type aura Familial hemiplegic migraine
## 0 1
## Migraine without aura Other
## 0 0
## Sporadic hemiplegic migraine Typical aura with migraine
## 0 0
## Typical aura without migraine
## 0
##
## $F1
## Basilar-type aura Familial hemiplegic migraine
## 0.00000000 0.09876543
## Migraine without aura Other
## 0.00000000 0.00000000
## Sporadic hemiplegic migraine Typical aura with migraine
## 0.00000000 0.00000000
## Typical aura without migraine
## 0.00000000
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## $Precision_Avg
## [1] 0.00742115
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## $Recall_Avg
## [1] 0.1428571
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## $F1_Avg
## [1] 0.01410935The comparison table displays the average precision, recall, and F1 scores for each model, allowing for a direct comparison of their performance in predicting migraine types. The manual calculation of these metrics ensures that all classes are considered in the evaluation, providing a comprehensive assessment of the models’ effectiveness. The class-level metrics for the SVM Weighted 2 model offer detailed insights into the precision, recall, and F1 scores for each class, highlighting the model’s performance across different migraine types.
NAIVE BAYES CLASSIFIER
A simpler model, Naive Bayes can perform surprisingly well, especially on text or categorical data. If you have a significant amount of categorical features, Naive Bayes could be a useful benchmark.
## Classes 'data.table' and 'data.frame': 323 obs. of 23 variables:
## $ Age : num -0.115 1.54 1.788 1.126 1.788 ...
## $ Duration : num -0.774 1.818 0.522 1.818 -0.774 ...
## $ Frequency : num 1.593 1.593 -0.806 1.593 -0.806 ...
## $ Location : Factor w/ 3 levels "0","1","2": 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 ...
## $ Character : Factor w/ 3 levels "0","1","2": 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 ...
## $ Intensity : Factor w/ 4 levels "0","1","2","3": 3 4 3 4 3 4 3 3 4 4 ...
## $ Nausea : Factor w/ 2 levels "0","1": 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 ...
## $ Vomit : Factor w/ 2 levels "0","1": 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 ...
## $ Phonophobia: Factor w/ 2 levels "0","1": 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 ...
## $ Photophobia: Factor w/ 2 levels "0","1": 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 ...
## $ Visual : num -0.493 0.515 0.515 0.515 2.532 ...
## $ Sensory : num 2.763 1.137 -0.488 2.763 -0.488 ...
## $ Dysphasia : Factor w/ 2 levels "0","1": 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ...
## $ Dysarthria : Factor w/ 2 levels "0","1": 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ...
## $ Vertigo : Factor w/ 2 levels "0","1": 1 2 1 2 1 2 2 2 1 1 ...
## $ Tinnitus : Factor w/ 2 levels "0","1": 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 ...
## $ Hypoacusis : Factor w/ 2 levels "0","1": 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ...
## $ Diplopia : Factor w/ 2 levels "0","1": 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ...
## $ Defect : Factor w/ 2 levels "0","1": 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ...
## $ Conscience : Factor w/ 2 levels "0","1": 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ...
## $ Paresthesia: Factor w/ 2 levels "0","1": 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ...
## $ DPF : Factor w/ 2 levels "0","1": 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 2 1 1 ...
## $ Type : Factor w/ 7 levels "Basilar-type aura",..: 6 6 6 6 6 1 6 6 6 6 ...
## - attr(*, ".internal.selfref")=<externalptr>## Classes 'data.table' and 'data.frame': 77 obs. of 23 variables:
## $ Age : num 1.2939 0.0789 0.5649 -0.1641 2.7519 ...
## $ Duration : num -0.859 -0.859 1.734 -0.859 1.734 ...
## $ Frequency : num -0.845 -0.845 -0.845 2.641 1.479 ...
## $ Location : Factor w/ 3 levels "0","1","2": 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 ...
## $ Character : Factor w/ 3 levels "0","1","2": 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 ...
## $ Intensity : Factor w/ 4 levels "0","1","2","3": 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 ...
## $ Nausea : Factor w/ 2 levels "0","1": 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 ...
## $ Vomit : Factor w/ 2 levels "0","1": 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 ...
## $ Phonophobia: Factor w/ 2 levels "0","1": 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 ...
## $ Photophobia: Factor w/ 2 levels "0","1": 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 ...
## $ Visual : num -1.488 0.522 2.532 -1.488 -1.488 ...
## $ Sensory : num -0.528 -0.528 -0.528 -0.528 -0.528 ...
## $ Dysphasia : Factor w/ 2 levels "0","1": 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ...
## $ Dysarthria : Factor w/ 2 levels "0","1": 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ...
## $ Vertigo : Factor w/ 2 levels "0","1": 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ...
## $ Tinnitus : Factor w/ 2 levels "0","1": 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ...
## $ Hypoacusis : Factor w/ 2 levels "0","1": 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ...
## $ Diplopia : Factor w/ 2 levels "0","1": 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ...
## $ Defect : Factor w/ 2 levels "0","1": 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ...
## $ Conscience : Factor w/ 2 levels "0","1": 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ...
## $ Paresthesia: Factor w/ 2 levels "0","1": 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ...
## $ DPF : Factor w/ 2 levels "0","1": 1 1 2 1 2 2 1 2 1 1 ...
## $ Type : Factor w/ 7 levels "Basilar-type aura",..: 3 6 6 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 ...
## - attr(*, ".internal.selfref")=<externalptr>The data frames trainData_clean and testData_clean have been confirmed to contain the ‘Type’ column as a factor, ensuring compatibility with the Naive Bayes model. The structure of the data frames has been displayed to verify the presence of the ‘Type’ column and the data frame format. This step ensures that the data is correctly prepared for training the Naive Bayes classifier. The ‘Type’ column is essential for the model to learn and predict the migraine types accurately. The data frames are now ready for model training and evaluation.
## [1] "Naive Bayes Accuracy: 0.7792"The Naive Bayes model has been trained on the cleaned training data and used to make predictions on the test data. The accuracy of the Naive Bayes model is calculated and displayed, providing an initial assessment of the model’s performance in predicting migraine types. The accuracy metric indicates the proportion of correct predictions made by the model on the test data. This value serves as a baseline measure of the model’s effectiveness and can be further evaluated using additional metrics and visualizations.
## Confusion Matrix and Statistics
##
## Reference
## Prediction Basilar-type aura Familial hemiplegic migraine
## Basilar-type aura 3 0
## Familial hemiplegic migraine 0 2
## Migraine without aura 0 0
## Other 0 0
## Sporadic hemiplegic migraine 0 0
## Typical aura with migraine 0 2
## Typical aura without migraine 0 0
## Reference
## Prediction Migraine without aura Other
## Basilar-type aura 0 0
## Familial hemiplegic migraine 0 0
## Migraine without aura 0 0
## Other 0 3
## Sporadic hemiplegic migraine 0 0
## Typical aura with migraine 12 0
## Typical aura without migraine 0 0
## Reference
## Prediction Sporadic hemiplegic migraine
## Basilar-type aura 0
## Familial hemiplegic migraine 0
## Migraine without aura 0
## Other 0
## Sporadic hemiplegic migraine 1
## Typical aura with migraine 1
## Typical aura without migraine 0
## Reference
## Prediction Typical aura with migraine
## Basilar-type aura 1
## Familial hemiplegic migraine 0
## Migraine without aura 0
## Other 0
## Sporadic hemiplegic migraine 1
## Typical aura with migraine 47
## Typical aura without migraine 0
## Reference
## Prediction Typical aura without migraine
## Basilar-type aura 0
## Familial hemiplegic migraine 0
## Migraine without aura 0
## Other 0
## Sporadic hemiplegic migraine 0
## Typical aura with migraine 0
## Typical aura without migraine 4
##
## Overall Statistics
##
## Accuracy : 0.7792
## 95% CI : (0.6702, 0.8658)
## No Information Rate : 0.6364
## P-Value [Acc > NIR] : 0.005154
##
## Kappa : 0.5394
##
## Mcnemar's Test P-Value : NA
##
## Statistics by Class:
##
## Class: Basilar-type aura
## Sensitivity 1.00000
## Specificity 0.98649
## Pos Pred Value 0.75000
## Neg Pred Value 1.00000
## Prevalence 0.03896
## Detection Rate 0.03896
## Detection Prevalence 0.05195
## Balanced Accuracy 0.99324
## Class: Familial hemiplegic migraine
## Sensitivity 0.50000
## Specificity 1.00000
## Pos Pred Value 1.00000
## Neg Pred Value 0.97333
## Prevalence 0.05195
## Detection Rate 0.02597
## Detection Prevalence 0.02597
## Balanced Accuracy 0.75000
## Class: Migraine without aura Class: Other
## Sensitivity 0.0000 1.00000
## Specificity 1.0000 1.00000
## Pos Pred Value NaN 1.00000
## Neg Pred Value 0.8442 1.00000
## Prevalence 0.1558 0.03896
## Detection Rate 0.0000 0.03896
## Detection Prevalence 0.0000 0.03896
## Balanced Accuracy 0.5000 1.00000
## Class: Sporadic hemiplegic migraine
## Sensitivity 0.50000
## Specificity 0.98667
## Pos Pred Value 0.50000
## Neg Pred Value 0.98667
## Prevalence 0.02597
## Detection Rate 0.01299
## Detection Prevalence 0.02597
## Balanced Accuracy 0.74333
## Class: Typical aura with migraine
## Sensitivity 0.9592
## Specificity 0.4643
## Pos Pred Value 0.7581
## Neg Pred Value 0.8667
## Prevalence 0.6364
## Detection Rate 0.6104
## Detection Prevalence 0.8052
## Balanced Accuracy 0.7117
## Class: Typical aura without migraine
## Sensitivity 1.00000
## Specificity 1.00000
## Pos Pred Value 1.00000
## Neg Pred Value 1.00000
## Prevalence 0.05195
## Detection Rate 0.05195
## Detection Prevalence 0.05195
## Balanced Accuracy 1.00000Accuracy: 77.92% 95% CI: (0.6702, 0.8658) Kappa Statistic: 0.5394
Class-Level Metrics
Basilar-type Aura:
Sensitivity: 1.000 Specificity: 0.98649 Positive Predictive Value (PPV, Precision): 0.750 Negative Predictive Value (NPV): 1.000 Balanced Accuracy: 0.99324
Familial Hemiplegic Migraine: Sensitivity: 0.500 Specificity: 1.000 PPV: 1.000 NPV: 0.97333 Balanced Accuracy: 0.750
Migraine Without Aura: Sensitivity: 0.000 Specificity: 1.000 PPV: NaN (no positive predictions) NPV: 0.8442 Balanced Accuracy: 0.500
Other: Sensitivity: 1.000 Specificity: 1.000 PPV: 1.000 NPV: 1.000 Balanced Accuracy: 1.000
Sporadic Hemiplegic Migraine: Sensitivity: 0.500 Specificity: 0.98667 PPV: 0.500 NPV: 0.98667 Balanced Accuracy: 0.74333
Typical Aura with Migraine: Sensitivity: 0.9592 Specificity: 0.4643 PPV: 0.7581 NPV: 0.8667 Balanced Accuracy: 0.7117
Typical Aura without Migraine: Sensitivity: 1.000 Specificity: 1.000 PPV: 1.000 NPV: 1.000 Balanced Accuracy: 1.000
Strengths:
High accuracy (77.92%): Well above the baseline (63.64% No Information Rate). Excellent specificity across most classes, indicating low false positive rates. Perfect classification for Other and Typical Aura Without Migraine classes. Weaknesses:
Migraine Without Aura has no sensitivity (failing to identify any true positives). Lower sensitivity for Familial Hemiplegic Migraine (50%). Imbalanced class prediction: Model performs well on dominant classes but struggles on rare categories.
The confusion matrix provides a detailed breakdown of the model’s predictions, showing the number of correct and incorrect classifications for each migraine type. The class-level metrics offer insights into the model’s performance for individual classes, highlighting areas of strength and weakness. The Naive Bayes model demonstrates promising accuracy, but further analysis is needed to address issues such as imbalanced class prediction and low sensitivity for certain classes.
The confusion matrix heatmap provides a visual representation of the model’s performance, showing correct predictions (dark blue) and misclassifications (lighter shades). This visualization can help identify patterns in the model’s predictions and areas for improvement. The heatmap allows for a quick assessment of the model’s performance across different classes, highlighting any misclassifications or confusion between similar migraine types. The Naive Bayes model’s predictions can be further analyzed and refined based on the insights gained from the confusion matrix heatmap.
Dominant Correct Classification:
Most samples of Typical Aura with Migraine (47) are correctly classified.
Typical Aura without Migraine (4) is entirely accurate, showing no misclassifications. Misclassifications:
Basilar-type Aura: Some overlap with Sporadic Hemiplegic Migraine and other classes, indicating challenges in distinguishing.
Familial Hemiplegic Migraine: Has some confusion with Typical Aura with Migraine (2 misclassified).
Sporadic Hemiplegic Migraine is often misclassified as other classes. No Detection:
Migraine Without Aura is not detected correctly at all, indicating the model struggles with this class.
Heatmap Intensity:
The red intensity for Typical Aura with Migraine (47) stands out, showcasing a strong classification performance for this dominant class.
Cooler colors (blues) represent minimal detections or misclassifications.
## $Age
## Age
## Y [,1] [,2]
## Basilar-type aura -0.08191206 0.6337794
## Familial hemiplegic migraine -0.84304361 0.3125647
## Migraine without aura 0.04356434 0.9914347
## Other 0.52321117 1.0238121
## Sporadic hemiplegic migraine -0.79754118 0.2316622
## Typical aura with migraine 0.12274442 1.0479727
## Typical aura without migraine -0.37871200 0.6633814
##
## $Duration
## Duration
## Y [,1] [,2]
## Basilar-type aura 0.521654082 1.1999645
## Familial hemiplegic migraine 0.003210179 0.9771851
## Migraine without aura 0.440647222 1.0494369
## Other 0.243916277 1.2636568
## Sporadic hemiplegic migraine -0.234409943 0.6674040
## Typical aura with migraine -0.152584832 0.9207544
## Typical aura without migraine 0.035612923 1.1471365
##
## $Frequency
## Frequency
## Y [,1] [,2]
## Basilar-type aura -0.4060989 0.6277779
## Familial hemiplegic migraine -0.3561103 0.7506170
## Migraine without aura 1.0435689 1.1662879
## Other -0.5489233 0.6534960
## Sporadic hemiplegic migraine -0.4560874 0.4010428
## Typical aura with migraine -0.1425229 0.8534564
## Typical aura without migraine 0.2812436 1.2040911
##
## $Location
## Location
## Y 0 1 2
## Basilar-type aura 0.0000000 1.0000000 0.0000000
## Familial hemiplegic migraine 0.0000000 1.0000000 0.0000000
## Migraine without aura 0.0000000 1.0000000 0.0000000
## Other 0.0000000 0.4285714 0.5714286
## Sporadic hemiplegic migraine 0.0000000 1.0000000 0.0000000
## Typical aura with migraine 0.0000000 1.0000000 0.0000000
## Typical aura without migraine 1.0000000 0.0000000 0.0000000
##
## $Character
## Character
## Y 0 1 2
## Basilar-type aura 0.0000000 1.0000000 0.0000000
## Familial hemiplegic migraine 0.0000000 1.0000000 0.0000000
## Migraine without aura 0.0000000 1.0000000 0.0000000
## Other 0.0000000 0.3571429 0.6428571
## Sporadic hemiplegic migraine 0.0000000 1.0000000 0.0000000
## Typical aura with migraine 0.0000000 1.0000000 0.0000000
## Typical aura without migraine 1.0000000 0.0000000 0.0000000
##
## $Intensity
## Intensity
## Y 0 1 2 3
## Basilar-type aura 0.00000000 0.00000000 0.13333333 0.86666667
## Familial hemiplegic migraine 0.00000000 0.10000000 0.30000000 0.60000000
## Migraine without aura 0.00000000 0.00000000 0.00000000 1.00000000
## Other 0.00000000 0.00000000 0.00000000 1.00000000
## Sporadic hemiplegic migraine 0.00000000 0.25000000 0.33333333 0.41666667
## Typical aura with migraine 0.00000000 0.01010101 0.49494949 0.49494949
## Typical aura without migraine 1.00000000 0.00000000 0.00000000 0.00000000
##
## $Nausea
## Nausea
## Y 0 1
## Basilar-type aura 0.0000000 1.0000000
## Familial hemiplegic migraine 0.0000000 1.0000000
## Migraine without aura 0.0000000 1.0000000
## Other 0.2142857 0.7857143
## Sporadic hemiplegic migraine 0.0000000 1.0000000
## Typical aura with migraine 0.0000000 1.0000000
## Typical aura without migraine 0.0625000 0.9375000
##
## $Vomit
## Vomit
## Y 0 1
## Basilar-type aura 0.8000000 0.2000000
## Familial hemiplegic migraine 0.8000000 0.2000000
## Migraine without aura 0.3750000 0.6250000
## Other 0.5000000 0.5000000
## Sporadic hemiplegic migraine 0.5000000 0.5000000
## Typical aura with migraine 0.7575758 0.2424242
## Typical aura without migraine 0.5625000 0.4375000
##
## $Phonophobia
## Phonophobia
## Y 0 1
## Basilar-type aura 0.0000000 1.0000000
## Familial hemiplegic migraine 0.0000000 1.0000000
## Migraine without aura 0.0000000 1.0000000
## Other 0.5714286 0.4285714
## Sporadic hemiplegic migraine 0.0000000 1.0000000
## Typical aura with migraine 0.0000000 1.0000000
## Typical aura without migraine 0.0000000 1.0000000
##
## $Photophobia
## Photophobia
## Y 0 1
## Basilar-type aura 0.0 1.0
## Familial hemiplegic migraine 0.0 1.0
## Migraine without aura 0.0 1.0
## Other 0.5 0.5
## Sporadic hemiplegic migraine 0.0 1.0
## Typical aura with migraine 0.0 1.0
## Typical aura without migraine 0.0 1.0
##
## $Visual
## Visual
## Y [,1] [,2]
## Basilar-type aura 0.3134201 1.0913236
## Familial hemiplegic migraine -0.1403210 0.7513548
## Migraine without aura -1.5015444 0.0000000
## Other -0.2771636 1.0596391
## Sporadic hemiplegic migraine 0.2630044 0.9733325
## Typical aura with migraine 0.2299032 0.7044714
## Typical aura without migraine 1.5864160 0.7783197
##
## $Sensory
## Sensory
## Y [,1] [,2]
## Basilar-type aura 0.05367917 0.7931493
## Familial hemiplegic migraine -0.24432409 0.7954419
## Migraine without aura -0.48814495 0.0000000
## Other 0.09238089 1.2108897
## Sporadic hemiplegic migraine 0.59550328 1.4428105
## Typical aura with migraine 0.04546971 1.0073590
## Typical aura without migraine 0.62936729 1.5384847
##
## $Dysphasia
## Dysphasia
## Y 0 1
## Basilar-type aura 1.00000000 0.00000000
## Familial hemiplegic migraine 0.70000000 0.30000000
## Migraine without aura 1.00000000 0.00000000
## Other 1.00000000 0.00000000
## Sporadic hemiplegic migraine 0.58333333 0.41666667
## Typical aura with migraine 0.98989899 0.01010101
## Typical aura without migraine 1.00000000 0.00000000
##
## $Dysarthria
## Dysarthria
## Y 0 1
## Basilar-type aura 1.00000000 0.00000000
## Familial hemiplegic migraine 1.00000000 0.00000000
## Migraine without aura 1.00000000 0.00000000
## Other 1.00000000 0.00000000
## Sporadic hemiplegic migraine 0.91666667 0.08333333
## Typical aura with migraine 1.00000000 0.00000000
## Typical aura without migraine 1.00000000 0.00000000
##
## $Vertigo
## Vertigo
## Y 0 1
## Basilar-type aura 0.20000000 0.80000000
## Familial hemiplegic migraine 0.60000000 0.40000000
## Migraine without aura 1.00000000 0.00000000
## Other 0.57142857 0.42857143
## Sporadic hemiplegic migraine 0.58333333 0.41666667
## Typical aura with migraine 0.97474747 0.02525253
## Typical aura without migraine 0.62500000 0.37500000
##
## $Tinnitus
## Tinnitus
## Y 0 1
## Basilar-type aura 0.53333333 0.46666667
## Familial hemiplegic migraine 0.75000000 0.25000000
## Migraine without aura 1.00000000 0.00000000
## Other 0.92857143 0.07142857
## Sporadic hemiplegic migraine 0.75000000 0.25000000
## Typical aura with migraine 1.00000000 0.00000000
## Typical aura without migraine 0.87500000 0.12500000
##
## $Hypoacusis
## Hypoacusis
## Y 0 1
## Basilar-type aura 0.6 0.4
## Familial hemiplegic migraine 1.0 0.0
## Migraine without aura 1.0 0.0
## Other 1.0 0.0
## Sporadic hemiplegic migraine 1.0 0.0
## Typical aura with migraine 1.0 0.0
## Typical aura without migraine 1.0 0.0
##
## $Diplopia
## Diplopia
## Y 0 1
## Basilar-type aura 0.8666667 0.1333333
## Familial hemiplegic migraine 1.0000000 0.0000000
## Migraine without aura 1.0000000 0.0000000
## Other 1.0000000 0.0000000
## Sporadic hemiplegic migraine 1.0000000 0.0000000
## Typical aura with migraine 1.0000000 0.0000000
## Typical aura without migraine 1.0000000 0.0000000
##
## $Defect
## Defect
## Y 0 1
## Basilar-type aura 0.6666667 0.3333333
## Familial hemiplegic migraine 1.0000000 0.0000000
## Migraine without aura 1.0000000 0.0000000
## Other 1.0000000 0.0000000
## Sporadic hemiplegic migraine 1.0000000 0.0000000
## Typical aura with migraine 1.0000000 0.0000000
## Typical aura without migraine 1.0000000 0.0000000
##
## $Conscience
## Conscience
## Y 0 1
## Basilar-type aura 0.8 0.2
## Familial hemiplegic migraine 0.9 0.1
## Migraine without aura 1.0 0.0
## Other 1.0 0.0
## Sporadic hemiplegic migraine 1.0 0.0
## Typical aura with migraine 1.0 0.0
## Typical aura without migraine 1.0 0.0
##
## $Paresthesia
## Paresthesia
## Y 0 1
## Basilar-type aura 0.93333333 0.06666667
## Familial hemiplegic migraine 1.00000000 0.00000000
## Migraine without aura 1.00000000 0.00000000
## Other 1.00000000 0.00000000
## Sporadic hemiplegic migraine 1.00000000 0.00000000
## Typical aura with migraine 1.00000000 0.00000000
## Typical aura without migraine 1.00000000 0.00000000
##
## $DPF
## DPF
## Y 0 1
## Basilar-type aura 0.3333333 0.6666667
## Familial hemiplegic migraine 0.0000000 1.0000000
## Migraine without aura 0.7083333 0.2916667
## Other 0.3571429 0.6428571
## Sporadic hemiplegic migraine 1.0000000 0.0000000
## Typical aura with migraine 0.6717172 0.3282828
## Typical aura without migraine 0.3125000 0.6875000The conditional probabilities for each feature in the Naive Bayes model provide insights into how the model calculates the likelihood of each feature given the class. These probabilities are essential for making predictions and determining the most likely class for a given set of features. By examining the conditional probabilities, you can gain a better understanding of how the model distinguishes between different migraine types based on the input features. The conditional probabilities help identify the key features that contribute to the model’s predictions and provide valuable insights into the model’s decision-making process.
Continuous Features (Gaussian Distribution):
For features like Age, Duration, and Frequency, each class is modeled using a Gaussian distribution with a specified mean and variance. For example:
Age:
Basilar-type aura has a mean of -0.0819 and a variance of 0.6338. Typical aura with migraine has a mean of 0.1227 and a variance of 1.0480. These parameters are used in the Gaussian probability density function (PDF) to compute the likelihood of a given feature value under each class.
Categorical Features (Conditional Probabilities):
For categorical features like Location, Character, and Intensity, the conditional probabilities are directly given.
Example for Location:
Basilar-type aura: Always Location = 1. Other: Location = 1 (42.86%), Location = 2 (57.14%). These probabilities are used to calculate the likelihood
Feature Importance (Example Insights):
Location and Character:
Both show strong class distinctions, with certain classes having deterministic probabilities for specific values.
Intensity: Migraine without aura has a fixed Intensity = 3. Basilar-type aura has a higher likelihood of Intensity = 3.
Class-Specific Patterns:
Typical aura with migraine:
It has the largest dataset representation and shows balanced probabilities across multiple features.
Rare Features:
Features like Diplopia, Defect, and Conscience are rare across most classes, but they significantly impact the classification of Basilar-type aura.
Overall Accuracy:
Accuracy: 77.92%, with a 95% confidence interval of 67.02%–86.58%. Per-Class Performance:
Balanced Accuracy:
Ranges from 50% (e.g., Migraine without aura) to 100% (e.g., Typical aura without migraine).
Precision and Recall:
High precision and recall for major classes like Typical aura with migraine and Typical aura without migraine.
Lower precision for smaller, less-represented classes.
Confusion Matrix:
The classifier performs well on the most frequent class (Typical aura with migraine) with high sensitivity (95.92%).
It struggles with rare classes like Migraine without aura and Sporadic hemiplegic migraine.
Feature Importance Analysis
The feature importance analysis for the Naive Bayes model calculates the log-likelihood ratio with Laplace smoothing for each feature. This analysis helps identify the features that contribute most to the model’s predictive power and distinguish between different migraine types. By examining the importance values for each feature, you can gain insights into which features are most relevant for predicting migraine types and understand the model’s decision-making process.
## Feature Importance
## Frequency Frequency 1.6428678
## Sensory Sensory 1.3504797
## Age Age 1.1153437
## Paresthesia Paresthesia 1.0742372
## Dysarthria Dysarthria 1.0684253
## Diplopia Diplopia 1.0515438
## Nausea Nausea 1.0027311
## Duration Duration 0.9943933
## Conscience Conscience 0.9941998
## Defect Defect 0.9897351
## Hypoacusis Hypoacusis 0.9703349
## Phonophobia Phonophobia 0.9621107
## Photophobia Photophobia 0.9416677
## Visual Visual 0.9187366
## Dysphasia Dysphasia 0.8626890
## Tinnitus Tinnitus 0.7129022
## DPF DPF 0.5672280
## Vertigo Vertigo 0.5017364
## Vomit Vomit 0.3059395
## Location Location NA
## Character Character NA
## Intensity Intensity NAThe smoothing approach successfully produced meaningful values for most features, avoiding Inf and NaN values. However, some features still have NA values, which typically indicates that those features didn’t have the required data structure (i.e., they didn’t have two classes in the probability table). This often happens with features that may not differentiate well between classes or lack variability across classes.
| Feature | Importance | |
|---|---|---|
| Frequency | Frequency | 1.6428678 |
| Sensory | Sensory | 1.3504797 |
| Age | Age | 1.1153437 |
| Paresthesia | Paresthesia | 1.0742372 |
| Dysarthria | Dysarthria | 1.0684253 |
| Diplopia | Diplopia | 1.0515438 |
| Nausea | Nausea | 1.0027311 |
| Duration | Duration | 0.9943933 |
| Conscience | Conscience | 0.9941998 |
| Defect | Defect | 0.9897351 |
| Hypoacusis | Hypoacusis | 0.9703349 |
| Phonophobia | Phonophobia | 0.9621107 |
| Photophobia | Photophobia | 0.9416677 |
| Visual | Visual | 0.9187366 |
| Dysphasia | Dysphasia | 0.8626890 |
| Tinnitus | Tinnitus | 0.7129022 |
| DPF | DPF | 0.5672280 |
| Vertigo | Vertigo | 0.5017364 |
| Vomit | Vomit | 0.3059395 |
Frequency is a critical feature for this dataset because it provides strong evidence for distinguishing the classes. This could be due to unique patterns in how frequently certain symptoms or events occur across the classes. The importance score reflects its central role in the Naive Bayes classification model.
Duration and Age also show significant importance, indicating that these features contribute substantially to the model’s predictive power. The log-likelihood ratio with Laplace smoothing helps identify features that are most relevant for distinguishing between different migraine types, providing valuable insights into the model’s decision-making process.
The feature importance analysis reveals the relative importance of different features in predicting migraine types. By calculating the log-likelihood ratio with Laplace smoothing, you can identify features that contribute most to the model’s predictive power. This information can help you understand which features are most relevant for distinguishing between different migraine types.
The Frequency feature is the most significant contributor to distinguishing between classes in the Naive Bayes model.
This indicates that how often certain characteristics (or symptoms/events) occur has a substantial impact on predicting the target variable (likely a classification of types of migraines, as inferred from the earlier data).
Class Differentiation:
Features with higher importance scores show a strong ability to distinguish between the different classes.
In the case of Frequency, the distribution of its values likely varies significantly across the classes, making it highly effective for classification.
For example, some migraine types might occur with high frequency, while others might not, making Frequency a strong predictor.
Log-Likelihood Ratio:
The importance score for Frequency is derived using the log-likelihood ratio. This calculation measures how much more likely certain values of Frequency are for one class compared to another.
The high average log-likelihood ratio for Frequency means there are pronounced differences between classes based on this feature.
Practical Relevance:
If this data pertains to migraines or similar conditions, Frequency might represent how often patients experience certain symptoms.
For medical classification, understanding how often specific symptoms occur can be a critical indicator of the underlying condition or migraine type.
## [1] "Naive Bayes Accuracy: 0.7792"## [1] "Precision by class: NA"## [1] "Recall by class: NA"## [1] "F1 Score by class: NA"The Naive Bayes model achieved an accuracy of 77.92%, indicating that it correctly predicted the migraine types for a significant portion of the test data. The precision, recall, and F1 scores provide additional insights into the model’s performance for each class. These metrics help evaluate the model’s ability to make accurate positive predictions (precision), identify true positives (recall), and balance precision and recall (F1 score) across different migraine types. The Naive Bayes model’s performance can be further analyzed and compared to other models to determine the most effective approach for predicting migraine types.
Accuracy:
Value: 0.7792 (approximately 77.92%)
Meaning: The model correctly classified approximately 78% of the instances in the dataset. Significance: This indicates reasonable performance, though further analysis may be needed to understand class-level performance or to compare it with other models.
Precision, Recall, and F1 Score:
Precision by class: NA Recall by class: NA F1 Score by class: NA
Issue: These metrics are missing (possibly due to a misconfiguration or data formatting issue in calculating per-class metrics).
These values are critical to understanding performance for each class, especially in cases of imbalanced datasets. Debugging this issue would involve ensuring the confusion matrix and related class-level metrics are correctly calculated.
Despite the missing precision, recall, and F1 score values, the accuracy provides a general sense of how well the model is performing.
However, accuracy alone may not fully reflect the model’s effectiveness, particularly if there are imbalances among the classes.
The Naive Bayes model achieved a respectable accuracy of 77.92%. However, missing class-level metrics (precision, recall, and F1 score) limit a complete assessment of its performance. Resolving these issues will provide deeper insights into the model’s strengths and weaknesses across different classes.
## [1] "Naive Bayes Accuracy: 0.7792"## Reference
## Prediction Basilar-type aura Familial hemiplegic migraine
## Basilar-type aura 3 0
## Familial hemiplegic migraine 0 2
## Migraine without aura 0 0
## Other 0 0
## Sporadic hemiplegic migraine 0 0
## Typical aura with migraine 0 2
## Typical aura without migraine 0 0
## Reference
## Prediction Migraine without aura Other
## Basilar-type aura 0 0
## Familial hemiplegic migraine 0 0
## Migraine without aura 0 0
## Other 0 3
## Sporadic hemiplegic migraine 0 0
## Typical aura with migraine 12 0
## Typical aura without migraine 0 0
## Reference
## Prediction Sporadic hemiplegic migraine
## Basilar-type aura 0
## Familial hemiplegic migraine 0
## Migraine without aura 0
## Other 0
## Sporadic hemiplegic migraine 1
## Typical aura with migraine 1
## Typical aura without migraine 0
## Reference
## Prediction Typical aura with migraine
## Basilar-type aura 1
## Familial hemiplegic migraine 0
## Migraine without aura 0
## Other 0
## Sporadic hemiplegic migraine 1
## Typical aura with migraine 47
## Typical aura without migraine 0
## Reference
## Prediction Typical aura without migraine
## Basilar-type aura 0
## Familial hemiplegic migraine 0
## Migraine without aura 0
## Other 0
## Sporadic hemiplegic migraine 0
## Typical aura with migraine 0
## Typical aura without migraine 4## Class Precision Recall F1_Score
## 1 Basilar-type aura 1.0000 0.7500 0.8571
## 2 Familial hemiplegic migraine 0.5000 1.0000 0.6667
## 3 Migraine without aura 0.0000 NA NA
## 4 Other 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000
## 5 Sporadic hemiplegic migraine 0.5000 0.5000 0.5000
## 6 Typical aura with migraine 0.9592 0.7581 0.8468
## 7 Typical aura without migraine 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000##
## Macro-Averaged Metrics:## Macro Precision: 0.7085## Macro Recall: 0.8347## Macro F1 Score: 0.8118| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| Macro Precision | 0.7084548 |
| Macro Recall | 0.8346774 |
| Macro F1 Score | 0.8117761 |
The macro-averaged metrics provide an overall summary of the Naive Bayes model’s performance in predicting migraine types. By calculating the average precision, recall, and F1 score across all classes, you can assess the model’s effectiveness in making accurate predictions. The macro-averaged metrics offer a comprehensive evaluation of the model’s performance, taking into account precision, recall, and F1 score across different migraine types. These metrics provide valuable insights into the model’s overall predictive power and can help guide further analysis and model selection.
Macro Averaging:
These metrics are computed macro-averaged, which means that metrics are first calculated for each class individually and then averaged equally across all classes.
This approach ensures that smaller classes are not overshadowed by larger classes, making it a good choice when the dataset is imbalanced.
Naive Bayes Performance:
Precision (0.7085) indicates that while the model performs reasonably well, it may occasionally misclassify instances as positive when they are not (false positives).
Recall (0.8347) suggests the model captures most of the actual positive cases, showing it is sensitive to identifying true positives.
F1 Score (0.8118) demonstrates a good overall balance between precision and recall, reflecting a strong but not perfect performance.
Values close to 1 (like the Recall of 0.8347) indicate strong performance.
The slightly lower precision (0.7085) suggests the model might make more false positive predictions for certain classes.
The F1 Score (0.8118) shows the model’s overall reliability, balancing its ability to identify true positives and avoid false positives.
The Naive Bayes classifier demonstrates solid performance in this context, as indicated by the high recall and balanced F1 score. While it shows some room for improvement in terms of precision, it is generally effective in identifying and classifying instances correctly across multiple classes. These metrics are crucial for understanding the classifier’s strengths and potential areas for optimization, particularly in datasets with class imbalances.
Model Comparison
After evaluating the performance of each model, it is essential to compare their results to determine which model performs best for predicting migraine types. By comparing metrics like accuracy, precision, recall, and F1 score across different models, you can identify the most effective model for your dataset.
## [1] "Model Comparison Table:"## Model Accuracy Precision Recall F1_Score
## 1 Random Forest 0.8701299 0.78979592 0.8933431 0.81709005
## 2 Logistic Regression 0.9090909 0.78979592 0.8933431 0.81709005
## 3 KNN 0.7532468 0.38518967 0.3007775 0.30978836
## 4 SVM Weighted 1 0.8701299 0.00742115 0.1428571 0.01410935
## 5 Naive Bayes 0.7792208 0.71543779 0.7084548 0.69580805| Model | Accuracy | Precision | Recall | F1_Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Random Forest | 0.8701299 | 0.7897959 | 0.8933431 | 0.8170901 |
| Logistic Regression | 0.9090909 | 0.7897959 | 0.8933431 | 0.8170901 |
| KNN | 0.7532468 | 0.3851897 | 0.3007775 | 0.3097884 |
| SVM Weighted 1 | 0.8701299 | 0.0074212 | 0.1428571 | 0.0141093 |
| Naive Bayes | 0.7792208 | 0.7154378 | 0.7084548 | 0.6958081 |
| Model | Accuracy | Precision | Recall | F1_Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Random Forest | 0.8701 | 0.7898 | 0.8933 | 0.8171 |
| Logistic Regression | 0.9091 | 0.7898 | 0.8933 | 0.8171 |
| KNN | 0.7532 | 0.3852 | 0.3008 | 0.3098 |
| SVM Weighted 1 | 0.8701 | 0.0074 | 0.1429 | 0.0141 |
| Naive Bayes | 0.7792 | 0.7154 | 0.7085 | 0.6958 |
Visualization of Model Comparison
Comparative Analysis of Machine Learning Models for Classification Accuracy, Precision, Recall, and F1 Score
The objective of this analysis is to evaluate and compare the performance of five machine learning models—Random Forest, Logistic Regression, K-Nearest Neighbors (KNN), Support Vector Machines (SVM), and Naive Bayes—on the classification task of predicting migraine types. Performance metrics, including Accuracy, Precision, Recall, and F1 Score, were used to provide a comprehensive assessment of each model’s strengths and limitations.
Random Forest Random Forest achieved high accuracy (87.01%), with strong precision (0.7898), recall (0.8933), and F1 score (0.8171). The model benefited from its ensemble nature, combining predictions from multiple decision trees to reduce variance and improve generalizability. The inclusion of class weights during training further enhanced its ability to classify underrepresented classes effectively. Feature importance based on the Mean Decrease in Gini metric highlighted this model’s interpretability and its capacity to identify key predictors of migraine types.
Logistic Regression Logistic Regression outperformed other models in terms of accuracy (90.91%). This linear model provided interpretable insights into the relationships between features and migraine types, showcasing robust precision (0.7898), recall (0.8933), and F1 score (0.8171). Despite its simplicity and lower computational cost, Logistic Regression demonstrated that linear relationships among features were sufficient to predict migraine classes effectively in this dataset.
K-Nearest Neighbors (KNN) The KNN model had the lowest performance among the models, with an accuracy of 75.32% and significantly lower precision (0.3852), recall (0.3008), and F1 score (0.3098). The k-value was optimized to balance computational efficiency and classification accuracy, yet KNN struggled with imbalanced data and was heavily influenced by noisy and overlapping class boundaries. This limitation highlights its sensitivity to class distributions and the curse of dimensionality in high-dimensional feature spaces.
Support Vector Machines (SVM) SVM exhibited a competitive accuracy of 87.01% but underperformed in precision (0.0074), recall (0.1429), and F1 score (0.0141). The model utilized a radial kernel to handle non-linear boundaries, with hyperparameters like cost and gamma optimized to balance bias and variance. While accuracy remained comparable to Random Forest, SVM’s inability to handle imbalanced classes effectively resulted in weaker performance metrics for individual migraine types.
Naive Bayes Naive Bayes, a probabilistic classifier, achieved moderate accuracy (77.92%) and produced balanced macro-averaged precision (0.7154), recall (0.7085), and F1 score (0.6959). The model leveraged conditional independence assumptions to compute probabilities, making it computationally efficient. However, its simplicity limited its ability to capture complex dependencies between features, resulting in reduced accuracy and F1 score compared to ensemble models like Random Forest.
Overall, Random Forest emerged as the most balanced model, excelling in both predictive performance and interpretability.
Logistic Regression demonstrated the highest accuracy, indicating the strength of linear models for this dataset.
KNN and SVM revealed limitations in handling class imbalances, with SVM particularly struggling to generalize effectively across all migraine classes.
Naive Bayes served as a computationally efficient baseline, offering satisfactory performance but falling short of the ensemble models.
This comparative analysis highlights the trade-offs between complexity, accuracy, and interpretability for each machine learning model, emphasizing the importance of hyperparameter tuning and class weight adjustments in achieving optimal performance.
Conclusion and Recommendations
This study applied and evaluated five machine learning models—Random Forest, Logistic Regression, K-Nearest Neighbors (KNN), Support Vector Machines (SVM), and Naive Bayes—to predict migraine types based on clinical and demographic features. Each model demonstrated unique strengths and limitations, as reflected by their respective performance metrics: accuracy, precision, recall, and F1 score.
Random Forest emerged as the most balanced model, offering strong predictive performance and feature interpretability. Its ability to handle class imbalances and identify key predictors makes it a reliable choice for multiclass classification tasks like migraine type prediction.
Logistic Regression provided the highest accuracy, proving its effectiveness in datasets with linear relationships. Its simplicity and interpretability make it suitable for understanding the contribution of each feature.
KNN, while straightforward and easy to implement, struggled with imbalanced data and overlapping feature spaces, limiting its practical applicability for this problem.
SVM showed competitive accuracy but failed to generalize effectively across classes due to challenges in handling imbalances, even after class weight adjustments.
Naive Bayes performed adequately, leveraging its probabilistic approach for computational efficiency, but was constrained by its simplifying assumptions about feature independence.
The comparative analysis demonstrated that no single model excels universally. The choice of the optimal model depends on the specific needs of the problem, such as the importance of interpretability, handling of imbalanced data, or computational constraints.
Recommendations Adopt Random Forest for Deployment: Based on its strong performance and interpretability, Random Forest is recommended as the primary model for predicting migraine types. Its feature importance scores can also guide clinicians in understanding which symptoms are most indicative of each migraine type.
Consider Logistic Regression for Simplicity: If interpretability and computational efficiency are prioritized, Logistic Regression is an excellent alternative. It provides clear relationships between features and migraine types, aiding in clinical decision-making.
Address Class Imbalances: Future models can benefit from advanced resampling techniques, such as SMOTE (Synthetic Minority Oversampling Technique) or ADASYN (Adaptive Synthetic Sampling), to improve the performance of models like KNN and SVM on underrepresented classes.
Hyperparameter Optimization: Continue leveraging grid search or Bayesian optimization for fine-tuning hyperparameters, particularly for models like Random Forest and SVM, which are sensitive to parameter selection.
Feature Engineering: Explore additional feature engineering techniques to capture complex interactions between symptoms, potentially improving the performance of models like Naive Bayes.
Real-World Testing: Validate the chosen model(s) on real-world clinical datasets to ensure their robustness and generalizability beyond the study dataset.
Implement Ensemble Methods: Consider combining the strengths of multiple models (e.g., Random Forest and Logistic Regression) in an ensemble framework to further enhance classification performance.
Future Research Directions:
Incorporate additional clinical features, such as genetic markers or imaging data, to improve predictive accuracy.
Explore deep learning models for automated feature extraction and representation learning in larger datasets.
Investigate longitudinal migraine data to predict migraine types over time, incorporating temporal trends.
By implementing these recommendations, the predictive accuracy, interpretability, and clinical utility of the models can be significantly enhanced, leading to better decision-making in migraine diagnosis and management.