Goal is to predict attrition, employees who are likely to leave the company

Import Data

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data <- read_csv("../00_data/WA_Fn-UseC_-HR-Employee-Attrition.csv")
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Clean Dataset

factors_vec <- data %>% select(Education, EnvironmentSatisfaction, JobInvolvement, JobSatisfaction, PerformanceRating, RelationshipSatisfaction, WorkLifeBalance, JobLevel, StockOptionLevel) %>% names()

data_clean <- data %>%
    
    # Address factors imported at numeric
    mutate(across(all_of(factors_vec), as.factor)) %>%
    
    # Drop zero-variance variables
    select(-c(Over18, EmployeeCount, StandardHours)) %>%
    
    # Recode Attrition
    mutate(Attrition = if_else(Attrition == "Yes", "Left", Attrition))

Explore Data

data_clean %>% count(Attrition)
## # A tibble: 2 × 2
##   Attrition     n
##   <chr>     <int>
## 1 Left        237
## 2 No         1233
data_clean %>%
    ggplot(aes(Attrition)) +
    geom_bar()

Attrition vs. Monthly Income

data_clean %>%
    ggplot(aes(Attrition, MonthlyIncome)) +
    geom_boxplot()

correlation plot

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

data_binarized %>% glimpse()
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# Step 2: Correlation
data_correlation <- data_binarized %>%
    correlate(Attrition__Left)

data_correlation
## # A tibble: 120 × 3
##    feature           bin       correlation
##    <fct>             <chr>           <dbl>
##  1 Attrition         Left            1    
##  2 Attrition         No             -1    
##  3 OverTime          Yes             0.246
##  4 OverTime          No             -0.246
##  5 JobLevel          1               0.213
##  6 MonthlyIncome     -Inf_2911       0.207
##  7 StockOptionLevel  0               0.195
##  8 YearsAtCompany    -Inf_3          0.183
##  9 MaritalStatus     Single          0.175
## 10 TotalWorkingYears -Inf_6          0.169
## # ℹ 110 more rows
# Step 3: Plot
data_correlation %>%
    correlationfunnel::plot_correlation_funnel()
## Warning: ggrepel: 72 unlabeled data points (too many overlaps). Consider
## increasing max.overlaps

Model Building

Split Data

set.seed(1234)

data_split <- initial_split(data_clean, strata = Attrition)
data_train <- training(data_split)
data_test <- testing(data_split)

data_cv <- rsample::vfold_cv(data_train, strata = Attrition)
data_cv
## #  10-fold cross-validation using stratification 
## # A tibble: 10 × 2
##    splits            id    
##    <list>            <chr> 
##  1 <split [990/111]> Fold01
##  2 <split [990/111]> Fold02
##  3 <split [990/111]> Fold03
##  4 <split [990/111]> Fold04
##  5 <split [991/110]> Fold05
##  6 <split [991/110]> Fold06
##  7 <split [991/110]> Fold07
##  8 <split [992/109]> Fold08
##  9 <split [992/109]> Fold09
## 10 <split [992/109]> Fold10

Preprocess Data

xgboost_rec <- recipes::recipe(Attrition ~ ., data = data_train) %>%
    update_role(EmployeeNumber, new_role = "ID") %>%
    step_dummy(all_nominal_predictors()) %>%
    step_normalize(all_numeric_predictors()) %>%
    step_smote(Attrition)

xgboost_rec %>% prep() %>% juice() %>% glimpse()
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## $ JobRole_Laboratory.Technician     <dbl> 2.1411830, -0.4666074, -0.4666074, -…
## $ JobRole_Manager                   <dbl> -0.2663591, -0.2663591, -0.2663591, …
## $ JobRole_Manufacturing.Director    <dbl> -0.3380364, -0.3380364, -0.3380364, …
## $ JobRole_Research.Director         <dbl> -0.2524088, -0.2524088, -0.2524088, …
## $ JobRole_Research.Scientist        <dbl> -0.4766741, -0.4766741, 2.0959640, 2…
## $ JobRole_Sales.Executive           <dbl> -0.5319394, -0.5319394, -0.5319394, …
## $ JobRole_Sales.Representative      <dbl> -0.2483152, 4.0234821, -0.2483152, -…
## $ JobSatisfaction_X2                <dbl> -0.4866861, -0.4866861, -0.4866861, …
## $ JobSatisfaction_X3                <dbl> 1.5179630, -0.6581793, -0.6581793, -…
## $ JobSatisfaction_X4                <dbl> -0.6666917, -0.6666917, -0.6666917, …
## $ MaritalStatus_Married             <dbl> -0.9285259, -0.9285259, -0.9285259, …
## $ MaritalStatus_Single              <dbl> 1.4765158, 1.4765158, 1.4765158, -0.…
## $ OverTime_Yes                      <dbl> 1.6002434, -0.6243374, 1.6002434, 1.…
## $ PerformanceRating_X4              <dbl> -0.4360017, 2.2914860, 2.2914860, -0…
## $ RelationshipSatisfaction_X2       <dbl> 1.8831789, 1.8831789, 1.8831789, -0.…
## $ RelationshipSatisfaction_X3       <dbl> -0.6780813, -0.6780813, -0.6780813, …
## $ RelationshipSatisfaction_X4       <dbl> -0.6243374, -0.6243374, -0.6243374, …
## $ StockOptionLevel_X1               <dbl> -0.8294726, -0.8294726, -0.8294726, …
## $ StockOptionLevel_X2               <dbl> -0.3544752, -0.3544752, -0.3544752, …
## $ StockOptionLevel_X3               <dbl> -0.2420756, -0.2420756, -0.2420756, …
## $ WorkLifeBalance_X2                <dbl> -0.5571643, -0.5571643, -0.5571643, …
## $ WorkLifeBalance_X3                <dbl> 0.8062777, 0.8062777, 0.8062777, -1.…
## $ WorkLifeBalance_X4                <dbl> -0.3313295, -0.3313295, -0.3313295, …

Specify Model

xgboost_spec <- 
  boost_tree(trees = tune(), tree_depth = tune(), min_n = tune(), mtry = tune(), learn_rate = tune()) %>% 
  set_mode("classification") %>% 
  set_engine("xgboost") 

xgboost_workflow <- 
  workflow() %>% 
  add_recipe(xgboost_rec) %>% 
  add_model(xgboost_spec) 

Tune Hyperparameters

tree_grid <- grid_regular(trees(),
                          tree_depth(),
                          levels = 5)

doParallel::registerDoParallel()

set.seed(17375)
xgboost_tune <-
  tune_grid(xgboost_workflow, 
            resamples = data_cv, 
            grid = 5,
            control = control_grid(save_pred = TRUE))
## i Creating pre-processing data to finalize unknown parameter: mtry

Model Evaluation

Identify optimal values for hyperparameters

collect_metrics(xgboost_tune)
## # A tibble: 15 × 11
##     mtry trees min_n tree_depth learn_rate .metric     .estimator   mean     n
##    <int> <int> <int>      <int>      <dbl> <chr>       <chr>       <dbl> <int>
##  1     2  1674    21          8    0.0166  accuracy    binary     0.880     10
##  2     2  1674    21          8    0.0166  brier_class binary     0.0939    10
##  3     2  1674    21          8    0.0166  roc_auc     binary     0.837     10
##  4    17   346    39         12    0.128   accuracy    binary     0.881     10
##  5    17   346    39         12    0.128   brier_class binary     0.0954    10
##  6    17   346    39         12    0.128   roc_auc     binary     0.821     10
##  7    32   852    17          2    0.00405 accuracy    binary     0.844     10
##  8    32   852    17          2    0.00405 brier_class binary     0.135     10
##  9    32   852    17          2    0.00405 roc_auc     binary     0.792     10
## 10    46  1497    27          6    0.0475  accuracy    binary     0.879     10
## 11    46  1497    27          6    0.0475  brier_class binary     0.0966    10
## 12    46  1497    27          6    0.0475  roc_auc     binary     0.824     10
## 13    58   659     8         14    0.00288 accuracy    binary     0.860     10
## 14    58   659     8         14    0.00288 brier_class binary     0.119     10
## 15    58   659     8         14    0.00288 roc_auc     binary     0.788     10
## # ℹ 2 more variables: std_err <dbl>, .config <chr>
collect_predictions(xgboost_tune) %>%
    group_by(id) %>%
    roc_curve(Attrition, .pred_Left) %>%
    autoplot()

Fit the model for the last time

xgboost_last <- xgboost_workflow %>%
    finalize_workflow(select_best(xgboost_tune, metric = "accuracy")) %>%
    last_fit(data_split)

collect_metrics(xgboost_last)
## # A tibble: 3 × 4
##   .metric     .estimator .estimate .config             
##   <chr>       <chr>          <dbl> <chr>               
## 1 accuracy    binary         0.873 Preprocessor1_Model1
## 2 roc_auc     binary         0.789 Preprocessor1_Model1
## 3 brier_class binary         0.111 Preprocessor1_Model1
collect_predictions(xgboost_last) %>%
    yardstick::conf_mat(Attrition, .pred_class) %>%
    autoplot()

Variable importance

xgboost_last %>%
    workflows::extract_fit_engine() %>%
    vip()

Conclusion

The previous model had an accuracy of 0.859 and AUC of 0.773