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attrition_raw_tbl <- read_csv("../00_data/WA_Fn-UseC_-HR-Employee-Attrition.csv")
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attrition_raw_tbl %>% glimpse()
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## $ Age                      <dbl> 41, 49, 37, 33, 27, 32, 59, 30, 38, 36, 35, 2…
## $ Attrition                <chr> "Yes", "No", "Yes", "No", "No", "No", "No", "…
## $ BusinessTravel           <chr> "Travel_Rarely", "Travel_Frequently", "Travel…
## $ DailyRate                <dbl> 1102, 279, 1373, 1392, 591, 1005, 1324, 1358,…
## $ Department               <chr> "Sales", "Research & Development", "Research …
## $ DistanceFromHome         <dbl> 1, 8, 2, 3, 2, 2, 3, 24, 23, 27, 16, 15, 26, …
## $ Education                <dbl> 2, 1, 2, 4, 1, 2, 3, 1, 3, 3, 3, 2, 1, 2, 3, …
## $ EducationField           <chr> "Life Sciences", "Life Sciences", "Other", "L…
## $ EmployeeCount            <dbl> 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, …
## $ EmployeeNumber           <dbl> 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16,…
## $ EnvironmentSatisfaction  <dbl> 2, 3, 4, 4, 1, 4, 3, 4, 4, 3, 1, 4, 1, 2, 3, …
## $ Gender                   <chr> "Female", "Male", "Male", "Female", "Male", "…
## $ HourlyRate               <dbl> 94, 61, 92, 56, 40, 79, 81, 67, 44, 94, 84, 4…
## $ JobInvolvement           <dbl> 3, 2, 2, 3, 3, 3, 4, 3, 2, 3, 4, 2, 3, 3, 2, …
## $ JobLevel                 <dbl> 2, 2, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 3, 2, 1, 2, 1, 1, 1, …
## $ JobRole                  <chr> "Sales Executive", "Research Scientist", "Lab…
## $ JobSatisfaction          <dbl> 4, 2, 3, 3, 2, 4, 1, 3, 3, 3, 2, 3, 3, 4, 3, …
## $ MaritalStatus            <chr> "Single", "Married", "Single", "Married", "Ma…
## $ MonthlyIncome            <dbl> 5993, 5130, 2090, 2909, 3468, 3068, 2670, 269…
## $ MonthlyRate              <dbl> 19479, 24907, 2396, 23159, 16632, 11864, 9964…
## $ NumCompaniesWorked       <dbl> 8, 1, 6, 1, 9, 0, 4, 1, 0, 6, 0, 0, 1, 0, 5, …
## $ Over18                   <chr> "Y", "Y", "Y", "Y", "Y", "Y", "Y", "Y", "Y", …
## $ OverTime                 <chr> "Yes", "No", "Yes", "Yes", "No", "No", "Yes",…
## $ PercentSalaryHike        <dbl> 11, 23, 15, 11, 12, 13, 20, 22, 21, 13, 13, 1…
## $ PerformanceRating        <dbl> 3, 4, 3, 3, 3, 3, 4, 4, 4, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, …
## $ RelationshipSatisfaction <dbl> 1, 4, 2, 3, 4, 3, 1, 2, 2, 2, 3, 4, 4, 3, 2, …
## $ StandardHours            <dbl> 80, 80, 80, 80, 80, 80, 80, 80, 80, 80, 80, 8…
## $ StockOptionLevel         <dbl> 0, 1, 0, 0, 1, 0, 3, 1, 0, 2, 1, 0, 1, 1, 0, …
## $ TotalWorkingYears        <dbl> 8, 10, 7, 8, 6, 8, 12, 1, 10, 17, 6, 10, 5, 3…
## $ TrainingTimesLastYear    <dbl> 0, 3, 3, 3, 3, 2, 3, 2, 2, 3, 5, 3, 1, 2, 4, …
## $ WorkLifeBalance          <dbl> 1, 3, 3, 3, 3, 2, 2, 3, 3, 2, 3, 3, 2, 3, 3, …
## $ YearsAtCompany           <dbl> 6, 10, 0, 8, 2, 7, 1, 1, 9, 7, 5, 9, 5, 2, 4,…
## $ YearsInCurrentRole       <dbl> 4, 7, 0, 7, 2, 7, 0, 0, 7, 7, 4, 5, 2, 2, 2, …
## $ YearsSinceLastPromotion  <dbl> 0, 1, 0, 3, 2, 3, 0, 0, 1, 7, 0, 0, 4, 1, 0, …
## $ YearsWithCurrManager     <dbl> 5, 7, 0, 0, 2, 6, 0, 0, 8, 7, 3, 8, 3, 2, 3, …

build a classification model and make sure to use both tidymodels and h2o packages.

# Step 1: Load libraries
library(tidymodels)
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library(h2o)
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library(dplyr)

# Step 2: Start H2O
h2o.init()
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# Step 3: Preprocess using tidymodels (convert chr to factor)
attrition_clean_tbl <- attrition_raw_tbl %>%
  mutate(Attrition = as.factor(Attrition)) %>%
  mutate_if(is.character, as.factor)

# Step 4: Split data using tidymodels
set.seed(123)
splits <- initial_split(attrition_clean_tbl, prop = 0.7, strata = Attrition)
train_tbl <- training(splits)
test_tbl  <- testing(splits)

# Step 5: Convert to H2O format
train_h2o <- as.h2o(train_tbl)
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test_h2o  <- as.h2o(test_tbl)
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# Step 6: Specify predictors and outcome
y <- "Attrition"
x <- setdiff(names(train_tbl), y)

# Step 7: Train model using H2O GBM
model_gbm <- h2o.gbm(
  x = x,
  y = y,
  training_frame = train_h2o,
  ntrees = 50,
  max_depth = 5,
  learn_rate = 0.1,
  seed = 1234
)
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# Step 8: Evaluate model
perf <- h2o.performance(model_gbm, newdata = test_h2o)

# View key metrics
h2o.auc(perf)               # AUC
## [1] 0.8081644
h2o.accuracy(perf)          # Accuracy at default threshold
##   threshold  accuracy
## 1 0.9602185 0.8393665
## 2 0.9104033 0.8416290
## 3 0.8976426 0.8393665
## 4 0.8969217 0.8371041
## 5 0.8968761 0.8393665
## 
## ---
##       threshold  accuracy
## 395 0.008346334 0.1742081
## 396 0.008095614 0.1719457
## 397 0.007832221 0.1696833
## 398 0.007028549 0.1674208
## 399 0.005442553 0.1651584
## 400 0.005382854 0.1628959
h2o.confusionMatrix(perf)   # Confusion matrix
## Confusion Matrix (vertical: actual; across: predicted)  for max f1 @ threshold = 0.146579661261684:
##         No Yes    Error     Rate
## No     298  72 0.194595  =72/370
## Yes     23  49 0.319444   =23/72
## Totals 321 121 0.214932  =95/442