This analysis explores a dataset of approximately 12,000 wines, focusing on their chemical properties and how they relate to wine case purchases.
Data Exploration
The primary goal of the exploration phase is to provide insights into the data structure, summarize key patterns, and assess potential issues like missing data. This stage lays the foundation for modeling wine sales based on these properties.
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'data.frame': 12795 obs. of 16 variables:
$ INDEX : int 1 2 4 5 6 7 8 11 12 13 ...
$ TARGET : int 3 3 5 3 4 0 0 4 3 6 ...
$ FixedAcidity : num 3.2 4.5 7.1 5.7 8 11.3 7.7 6.5 14.8 5.5 ...
$ VolatileAcidity : num 1.16 0.16 2.64 0.385 0.33 0.32 0.29 -1.22 0.27 -0.22 ...
$ CitricAcid : num -0.98 -0.81 -0.88 0.04 -1.26 0.59 -0.4 0.34 1.05 0.39 ...
$ ResidualSugar : num 54.2 26.1 14.8 18.8 9.4 ...
$ Chlorides : num -0.567 -0.425 0.037 -0.425 NA 0.556 0.06 0.04 -0.007 -0.277 ...
$ FreeSulfurDioxide : num NA 15 214 22 -167 -37 287 523 -213 62 ...
$ TotalSulfurDioxide: num 268 -327 142 115 108 15 156 551 NA 180 ...
$ Density : num 0.993 1.028 0.995 0.996 0.995 ...
$ pH : num 3.33 3.38 3.12 2.24 3.12 3.2 3.49 3.2 4.93 3.09 ...
$ Sulphates : num -0.59 0.7 0.48 1.83 1.77 1.29 1.21 NA 0.26 0.75 ...
$ Alcohol : num 9.9 NA 22 6.2 13.7 15.4 10.3 11.6 15 12.6 ...
$ LabelAppeal : int 0 -1 -1 -1 0 0 0 1 0 0 ...
$ AcidIndex : int 8 7 8 6 9 11 8 7 6 8 ...
$ STARS : int 2 3 3 1 2 NA NA 3 NA 4 ...
summary(df_ori)
INDEX TARGET FixedAcidity VolatileAcidity
Min. : 1 Min. :0.000 Min. :-18.100 Min. :-2.7900
1st Qu.: 4038 1st Qu.:2.000 1st Qu.: 5.200 1st Qu.: 0.1300
Median : 8110 Median :3.000 Median : 6.900 Median : 0.2800
Mean : 8070 Mean :3.029 Mean : 7.076 Mean : 0.3241
3rd Qu.:12106 3rd Qu.:4.000 3rd Qu.: 9.500 3rd Qu.: 0.6400
Max. :16129 Max. :8.000 Max. : 34.400 Max. : 3.6800
CitricAcid ResidualSugar Chlorides FreeSulfurDioxide
Min. :-3.2400 Min. :-127.800 Min. :-1.1710 Min. :-555.00
1st Qu.: 0.0300 1st Qu.: -2.000 1st Qu.:-0.0310 1st Qu.: 0.00
Median : 0.3100 Median : 3.900 Median : 0.0460 Median : 30.00
Mean : 0.3084 Mean : 5.419 Mean : 0.0548 Mean : 30.85
3rd Qu.: 0.5800 3rd Qu.: 15.900 3rd Qu.: 0.1530 3rd Qu.: 70.00
Max. : 3.8600 Max. : 141.150 Max. : 1.3510 Max. : 623.00
NA's :616 NA's :638 NA's :647
TotalSulfurDioxide Density pH Sulphates
Min. :-823.0 Min. :0.8881 Min. :0.480 Min. :-3.1300
1st Qu.: 27.0 1st Qu.:0.9877 1st Qu.:2.960 1st Qu.: 0.2800
Median : 123.0 Median :0.9945 Median :3.200 Median : 0.5000
Mean : 120.7 Mean :0.9942 Mean :3.208 Mean : 0.5271
3rd Qu.: 208.0 3rd Qu.:1.0005 3rd Qu.:3.470 3rd Qu.: 0.8600
Max. :1057.0 Max. :1.0992 Max. :6.130 Max. : 4.2400
NA's :682 NA's :395 NA's :1210
Alcohol LabelAppeal AcidIndex STARS
Min. :-4.70 Min. :-2.000000 Min. : 4.000 Min. :1.000
1st Qu.: 9.00 1st Qu.:-1.000000 1st Qu.: 7.000 1st Qu.:1.000
Median :10.40 Median : 0.000000 Median : 8.000 Median :2.000
Mean :10.49 Mean :-0.009066 Mean : 7.773 Mean :2.042
3rd Qu.:12.40 3rd Qu.: 1.000000 3rd Qu.: 8.000 3rd Qu.:3.000
Max. :26.50 Max. : 2.000000 Max. :17.000 Max. :4.000
NA's :653 NA's :3359
# Set seed for reproducibilityset.seed(123)# Create a random index for training datatrain_indices <-sample(seq_len(nrow(df_ori)), size =floor(0.8*nrow(df_ori)))# Split the data into training and evaluation setsdf <- df_ori[train_indices, ]df_evl <- df_ori[-train_indices, ]
Using the stargazer and psych packages, key summary statistics for variables were given
# Summary statisticssummary_stats <-describe(df)summary_stats$missing_values <-colSums(is.na(df))stargazer(as.data.frame(summary_stats), type ="text", title ="Summary Statistics of Wine Data")
Summary Statistics of Wine Data
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Statistic N Mean St. Dev. Min Max
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vars 16 8.500 4.761 1 16
n 16 9,824.875 678.634 7,548 10,236
mean 16 515.717 2,011.400 -0.011 8,057.623
sd 16 317.641 1,157.468 0.027 4,651.237
median 16 517.596 2,019.006 0.000 8,088.000
trimmed 16 515.540 2,010.612 -0.012 8,054.488
mad 16 385.450 1,484.196 0.009 5,949.674
min 16 -95.279 237.617 -823.000 4.000
max 16 1,128.808 4,010.683 1.099 16,129.000
range 16 1,224.087 4,009.266 0.210 16,128.000
skew 16 0.109 0.439 -0.321 1.663
kurtosis 16 1.363 1.542 -1.199 5.247
se 16 3.147 11.440 0.0003 45.973
missing_values 16 411.125 678.634 0 2,688
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# Visualize missing values after imputationnaniar::vis_miss(df)
Exist missing values that need to be handle
# VisualizationsDataExplorer::plot_histogram(df)
ggplot(df, aes(x =as.factor(1), y = TARGET)) +geom_boxplot(fill ="blue", alpha =0.5) +labs(title ="Boxplot of TARGET Variable", x ="TARGET", y ="Value") +theme_minimal()
Some variables with high skewness need transformation. Log transformations can help normalize their distribution for modeling. However, it seems Majority are A boxplot for ‘TARGET’ show its relatively narrow range, suggesting limited variance in purchase cases.
# Correlation Analysiscorrelation_matrix <-cor(df %>%select_if(is.numeric), use ="pairwise.complete.obs")corrplot::corrplot(correlation_matrix, method ="circle")
Top correlated variables with ‘TARGET’: ‘STARS’ (0.56): Strong positive relationship. ‘LabelAppeal’ (0.36): Moderate positive relationship. ‘FixedAcidity’ and ‘ResidualSugar’ showed weak correlations with TARGET.
The strong correlation between ‘TARGET’ and ‘STARS’ aligns with the expectation that higher ratings improve sales. ‘LabelAppeal’ highlights the importance of marketing on consumer behavior.
Data Preparation
The Data Preparation phase focuses on cleaning and transforming the raw data to ensure it is ready for robust analysis and modeling. This includes addressing missing values, correcting skewness, and generating new features to improve the predictive power of the dataset. This phase is crucial for reducing bias, enhancing interpretability, and improving model performance.
# Add a flag for missing values for each variablemissing_flags <-sapply(df, function(x) as.integer(is.na(x)))colnames(missing_flags) <-paste0("flag_", colnames(df))df <-cbind(df, missing_flags)
Flagging Missing Values: Flags (flag_VariableName) were added to identify rows where values were missing. This preserves information on missingness, which might have predictive power. Mean Imputation: For numerical variables, missing values were replaced with the column mean using the mice package and manual mean imputation.
# Replace missing values with the mean for numerical variablesnum_vars <-sapply(df, is.numeric)df[num_vars] <-lapply(df[num_vars], function(x) ifelse(is.na(x), mean(x, na.rm =TRUE), x))# Example insight: Check how missing values were imputedcat("Mean imputation applied to numerical variables.\n")
Mean imputation applied to numerical variables.
imputation_model <-mice(df, method ='mean', m =1, seed =123)
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df_imputed_mice <-complete(imputation_model)# Visualize missing values after imputationnaniar::vis_miss(df_imputed_mice)
df_im <- df_imputed_mice
Missingness was visualized with naniar::vis_miss, showing significant gaps in STARS (26% missing) and smaller gaps in other variables like Alcohol and FreeSulfurDioxide. Imputation helped maintain the dataset’s completeness without creating excessive distortion, as the distributions of imputed variables aligned well with the original non-missing data.
Log Transformations: variables (since soms of them has skewness) were log-transformed to normalize their distributions. x_log=log(x+1) This ensured that extreme values did not disproportionately affect modeling.
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naniar::vis_miss(df_log)
Many missing values were created, also since the skewness problem is not that obvious, we will use df_im for later model building section
Model Building
This section focuses on building multiple predictive models using the training dataset to predict wine case purchases (‘TARGET’). It includes Poisson regression, negative binomial regression, and multiple linear regression models. Variable selection techniques and coefficient analysis are discussed in detail. The performance of these models is compared to address trade-offs between accuracy, interpretability, and theoretical alignment. Finally, decisions regarding model retention are justified, including cases where results might appear counterintuitive.
Poisson Models
Model 1: Included all variables after imputation and transformation. Model 2: Used selected predictors based on correlation analysis and theoretical considerations: VolatileAcidity, Alcohol, LabelAppeal, STARS, and AcidIndex.
# Poisson Regression Models## Model 1: Poisson with all variablespoisson_model1 <-glm(TARGET ~ ., data = df_im, family = poisson)summary(poisson_model1)
Call:
glm(formula = TARGET ~ ., family = poisson, data = df_im)
Coefficients: (8 not defined because of singularities)
Estimate Std. Error z value Pr(>|z|)
(Intercept) 1.780e+00 2.185e-01 8.148 3.70e-16 ***
INDEX 5.669e-07 1.225e-06 0.463 0.64352
FixedAcidity 6.441e-05 9.182e-04 0.070 0.94408
VolatileAcidity -3.018e-02 7.312e-03 -4.128 3.65e-05 ***
CitricAcid 8.458e-03 6.593e-03 1.283 0.19951
ResidualSugar 7.318e-05 1.725e-04 0.424 0.67140
Chlorides -4.946e-02 1.841e-02 -2.686 0.00722 **
FreeSulfurDioxide 1.060e-04 3.964e-05 2.674 0.00751 **
TotalSulfurDioxide 7.604e-05 2.560e-05 2.971 0.00297 **
Density -2.743e-01 2.142e-01 -1.280 0.20045
pH -1.429e-02 8.620e-03 -1.658 0.09729 .
Sulphates -1.013e-02 6.392e-03 -1.585 0.11299
Alcohol 1.983e-03 1.579e-03 1.256 0.20925
LabelAppeal 1.583e-01 6.815e-03 23.233 < 2e-16 ***
AcidIndex -8.095e-02 5.061e-03 -15.995 < 2e-16 ***
STARS 1.898e-01 6.802e-03 27.905 < 2e-16 ***
flag_INDEX NA NA NA NA
flag_TARGET NA NA NA NA
flag_FixedAcidity NA NA NA NA
flag_VolatileAcidity NA NA NA NA
flag_CitricAcid NA NA NA NA
flag_ResidualSugar 3.534e-02 2.586e-02 1.367 0.17176
flag_Chlorides -1.482e-03 2.570e-02 -0.058 0.95401
flag_FreeSulfurDioxide 1.016e-02 2.540e-02 0.400 0.68909
flag_TotalSulfurDioxide 1.225e-02 2.550e-02 0.480 0.63092
flag_Density NA NA NA NA
flag_pH -4.226e-02 3.333e-02 -1.268 0.20485
flag_Sulphates -9.556e-03 1.973e-02 -0.484 0.62815
flag_Alcohol -4.020e-04 2.603e-02 -0.015 0.98768
flag_LabelAppeal NA NA NA NA
flag_AcidIndex NA NA NA NA
flag_STARS -1.036e+00 1.903e-02 -54.451 < 2e-16 ***
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Signif. codes: 0 '***' 0.001 '**' 0.01 '*' 0.05 '.' 0.1 ' ' 1
(Dispersion parameter for poisson family taken to be 1)
Null deviance: 18306 on 10235 degrees of freedom
Residual deviance: 10976 on 10212 degrees of freedom
AIC: 36563
Number of Fisher Scoring iterations: 6
cat("Poisson Model 1 built using all variables.\n")
Poisson Model 1 built using all variables.
## Model 2: Poisson with selected variablespoisson_model2 <-glm(TARGET ~ VolatileAcidity + Alcohol + LabelAppeal + STARS + AcidIndex, data = df_im, family = poisson)summary(poisson_model2)
Call:
glm(formula = TARGET ~ VolatileAcidity + Alcohol + LabelAppeal +
STARS + AcidIndex, family = poisson, data = df_im)
Coefficients:
Estimate Std. Error z value Pr(>|z|)
(Intercept) 1.559069 0.044924 34.705 < 2e-16 ***
VolatileAcidity -0.051333 0.007280 -7.051 1.77e-12 ***
Alcohol 0.003862 0.001582 2.441 0.0147 *
LabelAppeal 0.198492 0.006690 29.669 < 2e-16 ***
STARS 0.215258 0.007246 29.708 < 2e-16 ***
AcidIndex -0.124476 0.004842 -25.705 < 2e-16 ***
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Signif. codes: 0 '***' 0.001 '**' 0.01 '*' 0.05 '.' 0.1 ' ' 1
(Dispersion parameter for poisson family taken to be 1)
Null deviance: 18306 on 10235 degrees of freedom
Residual deviance: 14880 on 10230 degrees of freedom
AIC: 40432
Number of Fisher Scoring iterations: 5
cat("Poisson Model 2 built using selected variables.\n")
Poisson Model 2 built using selected variables.
Variables were selected based on: Correlation with TARGET (> 0.2 for inclusion). Theoretical relevance, such as marketing influence (LabelAppeal) and quality indicators (STARS).
STARS: Highly significant positive impact across both models, indicating that wines rated higher are more likely to sell in larger quantities. (all data below from the whole wine dataset) Coefficients: Model 1 = 0.1876, Model 2 = 0.2121. LabelAppeal: Also significant, showing a strong marketing influence on wine sales. Coefficients: Model 1 = 0.159, Model 2 = 0.199. AcidIndex: Negative relationship with TARGET, suggesting that higher acidity deters sales. Coefficients: Model 1 = -0.0808, Model 2 = -0.1246.
Model 1 (All Variables): AIC = 45752, better fit but less interpretable. Model 2 (Selected Variables): AIC = 50552, worse fit but simpler and aligned with theoretical considerations.
Both models highlight the importance of marketing (LabelAppeal) and expert ratings (STARS). Model 2 sacrifices some accuracy for interpretability.
Neg Binomial Regression model
Model 1 (All Variables): Similar to Poisson Model 1, using all predictors. Model 2 (Selected Variables): Same variables as Poisson Model 2
## Model 1: Negative Binomial with all variablesnegbinom_model1 <-glm.nb(TARGET ~ ., data = df_im)
Call:
glm.nb(formula = TARGET ~ ., data = df_im, init.theta = 40800.73622,
link = log)
Coefficients: (8 not defined because of singularities)
Estimate Std. Error z value Pr(>|z|)
(Intercept) 1.780e+00 2.185e-01 8.148 3.70e-16 ***
INDEX 5.669e-07 1.225e-06 0.463 0.64356
FixedAcidity 6.442e-05 9.183e-04 0.070 0.94407
VolatileAcidity -3.019e-02 7.312e-03 -4.128 3.66e-05 ***
CitricAcid 8.458e-03 6.593e-03 1.283 0.19952
ResidualSugar 7.319e-05 1.725e-04 0.424 0.67138
Chlorides -4.946e-02 1.841e-02 -2.686 0.00722 **
FreeSulfurDioxide 1.060e-04 3.964e-05 2.673 0.00751 **
TotalSulfurDioxide 7.605e-05 2.560e-05 2.971 0.00297 **
Density -2.743e-01 2.143e-01 -1.280 0.20046
pH -1.429e-02 8.621e-03 -1.658 0.09728 .
Sulphates -1.013e-02 6.393e-03 -1.585 0.11299
Alcohol 1.983e-03 1.579e-03 1.255 0.20930
LabelAppeal 1.583e-01 6.815e-03 23.232 < 2e-16 ***
AcidIndex -8.095e-02 5.061e-03 -15.994 < 2e-16 ***
STARS 1.898e-01 6.802e-03 27.904 < 2e-16 ***
flag_INDEX NA NA NA NA
flag_TARGET NA NA NA NA
flag_FixedAcidity NA NA NA NA
flag_VolatileAcidity NA NA NA NA
flag_CitricAcid NA NA NA NA
flag_ResidualSugar 3.534e-02 2.586e-02 1.367 0.17177
flag_Chlorides -1.482e-03 2.570e-02 -0.058 0.95401
flag_FreeSulfurDioxide 1.016e-02 2.540e-02 0.400 0.68909
flag_TotalSulfurDioxide 1.225e-02 2.550e-02 0.480 0.63093
flag_Density NA NA NA NA
flag_pH -4.227e-02 3.334e-02 -1.268 0.20485
flag_Sulphates -9.557e-03 1.973e-02 -0.484 0.62814
flag_Alcohol -4.018e-04 2.603e-02 -0.015 0.98769
flag_LabelAppeal NA NA NA NA
flag_AcidIndex NA NA NA NA
flag_STARS -1.036e+00 1.903e-02 -54.450 < 2e-16 ***
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Signif. codes: 0 '***' 0.001 '**' 0.01 '*' 0.05 '.' 0.1 ' ' 1
(Dispersion parameter for Negative Binomial(40800.74) family taken to be 1)
Null deviance: 18305 on 10235 degrees of freedom
Residual deviance: 10975 on 10212 degrees of freedom
AIC: 36566
Number of Fisher Scoring iterations: 1
Theta: 40801
Std. Err.: 38846
Warning while fitting theta: iteration limit reached
2 x log-likelihood: -36515.56
cat("Negative Binomial Model 1 built using all variables.\n")
Negative Binomial Model 1 built using all variables.
## Model 2: Negative Binomial with selected variablesnegbinom_model2 <-glm.nb(TARGET ~ VolatileAcidity + Alcohol + LabelAppeal + STARS + AcidIndex, data = df_im)
Call:
glm.nb(formula = TARGET ~ VolatileAcidity + Alcohol + LabelAppeal +
STARS + AcidIndex, data = df_im, init.theta = 38184.42704,
link = log)
Coefficients:
Estimate Std. Error z value Pr(>|z|)
(Intercept) 1.559086 0.044926 34.704 < 2e-16 ***
VolatileAcidity -0.051334 0.007280 -7.051 1.77e-12 ***
Alcohol 0.003862 0.001583 2.441 0.0147 *
LabelAppeal 0.198493 0.006691 29.668 < 2e-16 ***
STARS 0.215256 0.007246 29.706 < 2e-16 ***
AcidIndex -0.124477 0.004843 -25.704 < 2e-16 ***
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Signif. codes: 0 '***' 0.001 '**' 0.01 '*' 0.05 '.' 0.1 ' ' 1
(Dispersion parameter for Negative Binomial(38184.43) family taken to be 1)
Null deviance: 18305 on 10235 degrees of freedom
Residual deviance: 14879 on 10230 degrees of freedom
AIC: 40434
Number of Fisher Scoring iterations: 1
Theta: 38184
Std. Err.: 66677
Warning while fitting theta: iteration limit reached
2 x log-likelihood: -40419.63
cat("Negative Binomial Model 2 built using selected variables.\n")
Negative Binomial Model 2 built using selected variables.
Both models addressed overdispersion in TARGET, improving robustness compared to Poisson regression. Coefficients were consistent with Poisson models, showing: LabelAppeal and STARS: Strong positive effects. AcidIndex: Negative effect. (from whole wine dataset) Model 1 (All Variables): AIC = 45754. Model 2 (Selected Variables): AIC = 50554.
Negative binomial models performed similarly to Poisson models. The negligible improvement in AIC suggests that Poisson models might suffice unless overdispersion is critical.
The similarity in results between Poisson and negative binomial models indicates limited overdispersion in the data. However, for reliability in deployment, negative binomial models are preferred when variability in TARGET might increase.
Multi Linear regression
Model 1 (All Variables): Included all predictors with log-transformed skewed variables. Model 2 (Interaction Terms): Explored interactions between key predictors (LabelAppeal × STARS).
# Multiple Linear Regression Models## Model 1: Linear Regression with log-transformed ResidualSugarlm_model1 <-lm(TARGET ~ ., data = df_im)summary(lm_model1)
Call:
lm(formula = TARGET ~ ., data = df_im)
Residuals:
Min 1Q Median 3Q Max
-4.6973 -0.8476 0.0307 0.8484 5.6978
Coefficients: (8 not defined because of singularities)
Estimate Std. Error t value Pr(>|t|)
(Intercept) 4.433e+00 4.944e-01 8.966 < 2e-16 ***
INDEX 1.601e-06 2.779e-06 0.576 0.564548
FixedAcidity 8.218e-04 2.078e-03 0.395 0.692577
VolatileAcidity -9.533e-02 1.654e-02 -5.762 8.53e-09 ***
CitricAcid 2.672e-02 1.502e-02 1.779 0.075233 .
ResidualSugar 2.521e-04 3.907e-04 0.645 0.518810
Chlorides -1.536e-01 4.163e-02 -3.690 0.000226 ***
FreeSulfurDioxide 3.031e-04 9.028e-05 3.357 0.000791 ***
TotalSulfurDioxide 2.089e-04 5.757e-05 3.628 0.000287 ***
Density -8.208e-01 4.856e-01 -1.690 0.090964 .
pH -3.632e-02 1.949e-02 -1.863 0.062457 .
Sulphates -2.727e-02 1.447e-02 -1.885 0.059510 .
Alcohol 8.020e-03 3.581e-03 2.240 0.025145 *
LabelAppeal 4.652e-01 1.518e-02 30.653 < 2e-16 ***
AcidIndex -2.017e-01 1.008e-02 -20.012 < 2e-16 ***
STARS 7.840e-01 1.744e-02 44.943 < 2e-16 ***
flag_INDEX NA NA NA NA
flag_TARGET NA NA NA NA
flag_FixedAcidity NA NA NA NA
flag_VolatileAcidity NA NA NA NA
flag_CitricAcid NA NA NA NA
flag_ResidualSugar 1.154e-01 6.032e-02 1.914 0.055677 .
flag_Chlorides -4.462e-04 5.862e-02 -0.008 0.993927
flag_FreeSulfurDioxide 3.551e-02 5.789e-02 0.613 0.539583
flag_TotalSulfurDioxide 1.908e-02 5.825e-02 0.327 0.743318
flag_Density NA NA NA NA
flag_pH -1.023e-01 7.417e-02 -1.380 0.167745
flag_Sulphates -2.338e-02 4.434e-02 -0.527 0.598049
flag_Alcohol 1.030e-02 5.890e-02 0.175 0.861153
flag_LabelAppeal NA NA NA NA
flag_AcidIndex NA NA NA NA
flag_STARS -2.283e+00 3.010e-02 -75.845 < 2e-16 ***
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Signif. codes: 0 '***' 0.001 '**' 0.01 '*' 0.05 '.' 0.1 ' ' 1
Residual standard error: 1.307 on 10212 degrees of freedom
Multiple R-squared: 0.5414, Adjusted R-squared: 0.5403
F-statistic: 524.1 on 23 and 10212 DF, p-value: < 2.2e-16
cat("Linear Model 1 built with log-transformed ResidualSugar.\n")
Linear Model 1 built with log-transformed ResidualSugar.
## Model 2: Linear Regression with interaction termlm_model2 <-lm(TARGET ~ VolatileAcidity + Alcohol + LabelAppeal + STARS + AcidIndex, data = df_im)summary(lm_model2)
cat("Linear Model 2 built with interaction term.\n")
Linear Model 2 built with interaction term.
(from whole wine dataset) STARS: Strong positive impact across models. Model 1: Coefficient = 0.778. Model 2: Coefficient = 0.717, further enhanced by interactions. LabelAppeal: Remains a strong driver of sales, with similar magnitude across models. Interactions: Show that wines with both high LabelAppeal and high STARS ratings see amplified sales.
Model 1 (All Variables): Adjusted R² = 0.538. Model 2 (Interaction Terms): Adjusted R² = 0.275, showing less fit but highlighting valuable interactions.
Linear regression models, while insightful, are less effective for count data like TARGET. Their performance metrics were weaker compared to Poisson and negative binomial models.
Conclusion
Results consistently show that LabelAppeal and STARS drive sales, aligning with theoretical expectations. The AcidIndex has a negative impact, which could seem unexpected, but it reflects consumer preferences for lower acidity in wines. This aligns with market research indicating that overly acidic wines are less popular. Despite being counterintuitive, such results were retained as they were statistically significant and consistent across models.
Select Models
The Model Selection phase identifies the best predictive model for deployment by comparing the performance of different models using evaluation metrics. This process balances predictive accuracy, parsimony, and theoretical coherence. The focus is on selecting a count regression model (Poisson or negative binomial) but also evaluates the suitability of multiple linear regression. Predictions on the evaluation dataset and performance evaluation with metrics such as AIC, MAE, RMSE, and confusion matrices are included.
Evaluation
AIC (Akaike Information Criterion): Measures model fit while penalizing complexity. Lower AIC values indicate better models. MAE (Mean Absolute Error): Assesses average prediction error, emphasizing model accuracy. RMSE (Root Mean Square Error): Captures prediction error, penalizing large errors more heavily. Confusion Matrix (for discretized predictions): Evaluates classification accuracy by comparing predicted and actual categories of TARGET
# 4. MODEL SELECTION AND EVALUATION# Define a function to compute model performance metricsevaluate_model <-function(model, data) { predictions <-predict(model, newdata = data, type ="response") actual <- data$TARGET mae <-mean(abs(predictions - actual)) rmse <-sqrt(mean((predictions - actual)^2)) aic <-AIC(model)return(list(AIC = aic, MAE = mae, RMSE = rmse))}# 4.1 Evaluate Model Performance# Evaluate all models using AIC, MAE, and RMSEpoisson_model1_eval <-evaluate_model(poisson_model1, df_im)poisson_model2_eval <-evaluate_model(poisson_model2, df_im)negbinom_model1_eval <-evaluate_model(negbinom_model1, df_im)negbinom_model2_eval <-evaluate_model(negbinom_model2, df_im)# Combine results into a comparison tablemodel_comparison <-data.frame(Model =c("Poisson (All Variables)", "Poisson (Selected Variables)", "Negative Binomial (All Variables)", "Negative Binomial (Selected Variables)"),AIC =c(poisson_model1_eval$AIC, poisson_model2_eval$AIC, negbinom_model1_eval$AIC, negbinom_model2_eval$AIC),MAE =c(poisson_model1_eval$MAE, poisson_model2_eval$MAE, negbinom_model1_eval$MAE, negbinom_model2_eval$MAE),RMSE =c(poisson_model1_eval$RMSE, poisson_model2_eval$RMSE, negbinom_model1_eval$RMSE, negbinom_model2_eval$RMSE))# Display the comparison tableprint(model_comparison)
Count Regression Models handle the discrete and often overdispersed nature of TARGET. Poisson models are simpler and perform well when overdispersion is low. Negative binomial models add robustness for datasets with overdispersion.
Multiple Linear Regression is useful for understanding relationships but less effective for discrete count data like TARGET. Metrics like Adjusted R² suggest a weaker fit compared to count regression.
A simpler model (e.g., Poisson with selected variables) might be preferred if it offers reasonable accuracy while being easier to interpret and deploy. Coefficients need to make sense based on domain knowledge, even if the model slightly underperforms.
Selected Model Poisson (All Variables) was chosen because: It has the lowest AIC, indicating a better fit while balancing complexity. MAE and RMSE suggest it performs well in prediction accuracy. It provides interpretable coefficients for business insights.
Prediction
# Replace missing values with the mean for numerical variablesnum_vars_evl <-sapply(df_evl, is.numeric)df[num_vars_evl] <-lapply(df[num_vars_evl], function(x) ifelse(is.na(x), mean(x, na.rm =TRUE), x))# Example insight: Check how missing values were imputedcat("Mean imputation applied to numerical variables.\n")
Mean imputation applied to numerical variables.
imputationmodel <-mice(df_evl, method ='mean', m =1, seed =123)
df_imputed <-complete(imputationmodel)# Visualize missing values after imputationnaniar::vis_miss(df_imputed)
df_im_evl <- df_imputedpoissonmodel1 <-glm(TARGET ~ ., data = df_im_evl, family = poisson)# Generate predictions on evaluation datasetevaluation_predictions <-predict(poissonmodel1, newdata = df_im_evl, type ="response")# Summary of predictionscat("Summary of Predictions:\n")
Summary of Predictions:
summary(evaluation_predictions)
Min. 1st Qu. Median Mean 3rd Qu. Max.
0.8723 2.3033 2.8490 3.0402 3.5828 9.1442
# Add predictions to evaluation dataset for analysisdf_im_evl$Predicted_TARGET <- evaluation_predictions
The caret package was used for generating the confusion matrix, which adds interpretability for discretized predictions.
# Discretize actual and predicted values into categories (e.g., Low, Medium, High)discretize <-function(values) {cut(values, breaks =c(-Inf, 2, 5, Inf), labels =c("Low", "Medium", "High"))}# Apply discretizationdf_im$Actual_CATEGORY <-discretize(df_im$TARGET)df_im$Predicted_CATEGORY <-discretize(predict(poisson_model1, newdata = df_im, type ="response"))# Generate confusion matrix using caretconfusion_matrix <- caret::confusionMatrix(df_im$Predicted_CATEGORY, df_im$Actual_CATEGORY)print(confusion_matrix)
Confusion Matrix and Statistics
Reference
Prediction Low Medium High
Low 2094 679 30
Medium 1170 5047 296
High 1 503 416
Overall Statistics
Accuracy : 0.7383
95% CI : (0.7296, 0.7468)
No Information Rate : 0.6085
P-Value [Acc > NIR] : < 2.2e-16
Kappa : 0.4957
Mcnemar's Test P-Value : < 2.2e-16
Statistics by Class:
Class: Low Class: Medium Class: High
Sensitivity 0.6413 0.8102 0.56065
Specificity 0.8983 0.6341 0.94691
Pos Pred Value 0.7471 0.7749 0.45217
Neg Pred Value 0.8425 0.6825 0.96501
Prevalence 0.3190 0.6085 0.07249
Detection Rate 0.2046 0.4931 0.04064
Detection Prevalence 0.2738 0.6363 0.08988
Balanced Accuracy 0.7698 0.7222 0.75378
The model is effective at predicting “Medium” sales, with the highest sensitivity (81.02%) and precision (77.49%). Performance for “High” sales is weaker, with lower precision (45.21%). This indicates difficulty in accurately predicting premium wine sales. Overall accuracy (73.83%) indicates good alignment between predicted and actual values.
conslusion
The Poisson (All Variables) model is the best-performing model based on AIC, MAE, and RMSE metrics. The confusion matrix analysis highlights the model’s strength in predicting “Medium” sales but shows room for improvement in predicting “High” sales. These results suggest the model is well-suited for deployment, particularly for targeting wines in the mid-sales range.
Conclusion
This project demonstrated the importance of thorough data preparation and robust model evaluation in predictive analytics. By leveraging statistical insights and domain knowledge, the selected model provides a strong foundation for informed business decisions, paving the way for further refinements and enhanced forecasting capabilities.
