HW7: Employee Attrition Classification
Nomin Ayurzana
2026-04-25
1 Introduction
Dataset: Employee
Attrition Dataset — Kaggle
Reference: Boehmke, B. — Hands-On Machine Learning
with R, Ch. 5
2 Setup
pkgs <- c("tidyverse", "caret", "knitr", "kableExtra",
"gridExtra", "pROC", "broom")
invisible(lapply(pkgs, function(p) {
if (!requireNamespace(p, quietly = TRUE)) install.packages(p)
}))
library(tidyverse)
library(caret)
library(knitr)
library(kableExtra)
library(gridExtra)
library(pROC)
library(broom)
theme_set(theme_minimal(base_size = 12))3 Data Preparation
3.1 Loading & Cleaning
# File browser will open — select train.csv first, then test.csv
raw_train <- read.csv(file.choose(), stringsAsFactors = TRUE)
raw_test <- read.csv(file.choose(), stringsAsFactors = TRUE)
# Standardise column names
names(raw_train) <- make.names(names(raw_train))
names(raw_test) <- make.names(names(raw_test))
# Auto-detect Attrition column and its positive class
attr_col <- names(raw_train)[tolower(names(raw_train)) == "attrition"][1]
# Detect positive class label (Left / Yes / 1)
vals <- as.character(unique(raw_train[[attr_col]]))
pos_label <- vals[vals %in% c("Left","Yes","1","TRUE")][1]
neg_label <- vals[!vals %in% c("Left","Yes","1","TRUE")][1]
cat("Attrition values found:", paste(vals, collapse=", "),
"\n→ Positive class:", pos_label, "| Negative class:", neg_label, "\n")## Attrition values found: Stayed, Left
## → Positive class: Left | Negative class: Stayedclean_df <- function(df) {
names(df) <- make.names(names(df))
df[[attr_col]] <- factor(
as.character(df[[attr_col]]),
levels = c(neg_label, pos_label)
)
df
}
train_raw <- clean_df(raw_train)
test_raw <- clean_df(raw_test)
# Combine for cleaning, then re-split
df_all <- bind_rows(train_raw, test_raw)
# Remove near-zero variance columns (excluding target)
nzv <- nearZeroVar(df_all %>% select(-all_of(attr_col)), names = TRUE)
drop_cols <- c(nzv, "Employee.ID", "EmployeeCount", "EmployeeNumber",
"Over18", "StandardHours", "id", "ID")
cat("Dropped columns:", paste(intersect(drop_cols, names(df_all)), collapse=", "), "\n")## Dropped columns: Leadership.Opportunities, Employee.IDdf_all <- df_all %>% select(-any_of(drop_cols))
# Re-split
n_train <- nrow(train_raw)
train_df <- df_all[1:n_train, ]
test_df <- df_all[(n_train+1):nrow(df_all), ]
cat("\nDimensions — Train:", nrow(train_df), "x", ncol(train_df),
"| Test:", nrow(test_df), "x", ncol(test_df), "\n")##
## Dimensions — Train: 14900 x 22 | Test: 59598 x 22## Rows: 14,900
## Columns: 22
## $ Age <int> 36, 35, 50, 58, 39, 45, 22, 34, 48, 55, 32, 2…
## $ Gender <fct> Male, Male, Male, Male, Male, Female, Female,…
## $ Years.at.Company <int> 13, 7, 7, 44, 24, 30, 5, 15, 40, 16, 12, 15, …
## $ Job.Role <fct> Healthcare, Education, Education, Media, Educ…
## $ Monthly.Income <int> 8029, 4563, 5583, 5525, 4604, 8104, 8700, 110…
## $ Work.Life.Balance <fct> Excellent, Good, Fair, Fair, Good, Fair, Good…
## $ Job.Satisfaction <fct> High, High, High, Very High, High, High, High…
## $ Performance.Rating <fct> Average, Average, Average, High, Average, Ave…
## $ Number.of.Promotions <int> 1, 1, 3, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 2, 3, 0, 1, …
## $ Overtime <fct> Yes, Yes, Yes, Yes, Yes, No, No, No, No, No, …
## $ Distance.from.Home <int> 83, 55, 14, 43, 47, 38, 2, 9, 65, 31, 28, 35,…
## $ Education.Level <fct> Master’s Degree, Associate Degree, Associate …
## $ Marital.Status <fct> Married, Single, Divorced, Single, Married, D…
## $ Number.of.Dependents <int> 1, 4, 2, 4, 6, 0, 0, 4, 1, 1, 1, 1, 3, 0, 0, …
## $ Job.Level <fct> Mid, Entry, Senior, Entry, Mid, Senior, Mid, …
## $ Company.Size <fct> Large, Medium, Medium, Medium, Large, Large, …
## $ Company.Tenure <int> 22, 27, 76, 96, 45, 75, 48, 16, 52, 46, 57, 9…
## $ Remote.Work <fct> No, No, No, No, Yes, No, No, No, No, No, No, …
## $ Innovation.Opportunities <fct> No, No, Yes, No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No, …
## $ Company.Reputation <fct> Poor, Good, Good, Poor, Good, Good, Poor, Goo…
## $ Employee.Recognition <fct> Medium, High, Low, Low, High, Low, High, Low,…
## $ Attrition <fct> Stayed, Left, Stayed, Left, Stayed, Stayed, S…3.2 Class Balance
train_df %>%
count(.data[[attr_col]]) %>%
mutate(Percentage = scales::percent(n / sum(n), accuracy = 0.1)) %>%
rename(Class = 1, Count = n) %>%
kable(caption = "Table 1 - Attrition Class Distribution") %>%
kable_styling(bootstrap_options = c("striped","hover"), full_width = FALSE)| Class | Count | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
| Stayed | 7868 | 52.8% |
| Left | 7032 | 47.2% |
ggplot(train_df, aes(x = .data[[attr_col]], fill = .data[[attr_col]])) +
geom_bar(width = 0.5, show.legend = FALSE) +
geom_text(stat = "count", aes(label = after_stat(count)), vjust = -0.5) +
scale_fill_manual(values = setNames(c("#74b9ff","#d63031"), c(neg_label, pos_label))) +
labs(title = "Figure 1 - Attrition Class Distribution",
x = "Attrition", y = "Count")
4 Exploratory Data Analysis
Before modelling, we examine the two key predictors featured in Models 1 and 2.
4.1 Monthly Income by Attrition
# Auto-detect income column
income_col <- names(train_df)[grepl("income", tolower(names(train_df)))][1]
cat("Income column:", income_col, "\n")## Income column: Monthly.Incomeggplot(train_df, aes(x = .data[[attr_col]], y = .data[[income_col]],
fill = .data[[attr_col]])) +
geom_boxplot(alpha = 0.8, outlier.shape = 21, show.legend = FALSE) +
scale_fill_manual(values = setNames(c("#74b9ff","#d63031"), c(neg_label, pos_label))) +
scale_y_continuous(labels = scales::dollar_format()) +
labs(title = "Figure 2 - Monthly Income by Attrition Status",
x = "Attrition", y = "Monthly Income (USD)")
Observation: Employees who left tend to earn lower monthly incomes, suggesting income is a meaningful predictor of attrition.
4.2 Overtime by Attrition
# Auto-detect overtime column
ot_col <- names(train_df)[grepl("overtime", gsub("\\.","", tolower(names(train_df))))][1]
cat("Overtime column:", ot_col, "\n")## Overtime column: Overtimeif (!is.na(ot_col)) {
train_df %>%
count(.data[[ot_col]], .data[[attr_col]]) %>%
group_by(.data[[ot_col]]) %>%
mutate(pct = n / sum(n)) %>%
ggplot(aes(x = .data[[ot_col]], y = pct, fill = .data[[attr_col]])) +
geom_col(position = "fill", width = 0.5) +
scale_y_continuous(labels = scales::percent) +
scale_fill_manual(values = setNames(c("#74b9ff","#d63031"), c(neg_label, pos_label))) +
labs(title = "Figure 3 - Attrition Rate by Overtime Status",
x = "Works Overtime", y = "Proportion", fill = "Attrition")
}
Observation: Employees who work overtime leave at a substantially higher rate, confirming overtime as a strong predictor of attrition.
5 Train / Test Split
We use the original Kaggle train/test split (80/20).
cat(sprintf("Training set : %d rows (%.0f%%)\nTest set : %d rows (%.0f%%)\n",
nrow(train_df), 100 * nrow(train_df) / (nrow(train_df) + nrow(test_df)),
nrow(test_df), 100 * nrow(test_df) / (nrow(train_df) + nrow(test_df))))## Training set : 14900 rows (20%)
## Test set : 59598 rows (80%)6 Logistic Regression Models
Logistic regression models the log-odds of an event as a linear combination of predictors:
\[\log\left(\frac{p}{1-p}\right) = \beta_0 + \beta_1 x_1 + \cdots + \beta_k x_k\]
Coefficients are exponentiated to obtain odds ratios (OR): OR > 1 increases attrition risk, OR < 1 decreases it.
f1 <- as.formula(paste(attr_col, "~", income_col))
if (!is.na(ot_col) && ot_col %in% names(train_df)) {
f2 <- as.formula(paste(attr_col, "~", income_col, "+", ot_col))
} else {
f2 <- f1
}
f3 <- as.formula(paste(attr_col, "~ ."))
cat("Model 1:", deparse(f1), "\n")## Model 1: Attrition ~ Monthly.Income## Model 2: Attrition ~ Monthly.Income + Overtime## Model 3: Attrition ~ .6.1 Model 1 — attrition ~ MonthlyIncome
A simple baseline using income alone.
m1 <- glm(f1, data = train_df, family = binomial(link = "logit"))
tidy(m1, exponentiate = TRUE, conf.int = TRUE) %>%
mutate(across(where(is.numeric), ~ round(.x, 5))) %>%
rename(Term = term, `Odds Ratio` = estimate,
`p-value` = p.value, `CI 2.5%` = conf.low, `CI 97.5%` = conf.high) %>%
kable(caption = "Table 2 - Model 1 Coefficients (Odds Ratios)") %>%
kable_styling(bootstrap_options = c("striped","hover"), full_width = FALSE)| Term | Odds Ratio | std.error | statistic | p-value | CI 2.5% | CI 97.5% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (Intercept) | 0.94331 | 0.05782 | -1.00941 | 0.31278 | 0.84222 | 1.05649 |
| Monthly.Income | 0.99999 | 0.00001 | -0.97326 | 0.33042 | 0.99998 | 1.00001 |
cat("AIC:", round(AIC(m1), 2),
"| Null deviance:", round(m1$null.deviance, 2),
"| Residual deviance:", round(m1$deviance, 2))## AIC: 20611.91 | Null deviance: 20608.86 | Residual deviance: 20607.91Interpretation: An OR < 1 for Monthly Income means higher earners are less likely to leave.
6.2 Model 2 — attrition ~ MonthlyIncome + Overtime
Adding overtime status to capture work-life balance effects.
m2 <- glm(f2, data = train_df, family = binomial(link = "logit"))
tidy(m2, exponentiate = TRUE, conf.int = TRUE) %>%
mutate(across(where(is.numeric), ~ round(.x, 5))) %>%
rename(Term = term, `Odds Ratio` = estimate,
`p-value` = p.value, `CI 2.5%` = conf.low, `CI 97.5%` = conf.high) %>%
kable(caption = "Table 3 - Model 2 Coefficients (Odds Ratios)") %>%
kable_styling(bootstrap_options = c("striped","hover"), full_width = FALSE)| Term | Odds Ratio | std.error | statistic | p-value | CI 2.5% | CI 97.5% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (Intercept) | 0.86879 | 0.05910 | -2.38013 | 0.01731 | 0.77373 | 0.97545 |
| Monthly.Income | 0.99999 | 0.00001 | -0.94195 | 0.34622 | 0.99998 | 1.00001 |
| OvertimeYes | 1.27740 | 0.03495 | 7.00411 | 0.00000 | 1.19283 | 1.36801 |
cat("AIC:", round(AIC(m2), 2),
"| Null deviance:", round(m2$null.deviance, 2),
"| Residual deviance:", round(m2$deviance, 2))## AIC: 20564.8 | Null deviance: 20608.86 | Residual deviance: 20558.8Interpretation: The OvertimeYes OR quantifies how much more likely overtime workers are to leave, holding income constant.
6.3 Model 3 — attrition ~ . (All Variables)
The full model uses every available feature.
m3 <- glm(f3, data = train_df, family = binomial(link = "logit"))
tidy(m3, exponentiate = TRUE, conf.int = TRUE) %>%
mutate(across(where(is.numeric), ~ round(.x, 5))) %>%
arrange(p.value) %>%
rename(Term = term, `Odds Ratio` = estimate,
`p-value` = p.value, `CI 2.5%` = conf.low, `CI 97.5%` = conf.high) %>%
kable(caption = "Table 4 - Model 3 Coefficients (sorted by p-value)") %>%
kable_styling(bootstrap_options = c("striped","hover"), full_width = FALSE) %>%
scroll_box(height = "350px")| Term | Odds Ratio | std.error | statistic | p-value | CI 2.5% | CI 97.5% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GenderMale | 0.56713 | 0.04180 | -13.56905 | 0.00000 | 0.52245 | 0.61547 |
| Years.at.Company | 0.98511 | 0.00239 | -6.28506 | 0.00000 | 0.98051 | 0.98972 |
| Work.Life.BalanceFair | 3.81484 | 0.06291 | 21.28436 | 0.00000 | 3.37363 | 4.31714 |
| Work.Life.BalancePoor | 4.92146 | 0.07577 | 21.03315 | 0.00000 | 4.24443 | 5.71234 |
| Job.SatisfactionLow | 1.86251 | 0.07056 | 8.81455 | 0.00000 | 1.62229 | 2.13924 |
| Job.SatisfactionVery High | 1.78466 | 0.05466 | 10.59696 | 0.00000 | 1.60358 | 1.98679 |
| Performance.RatingBelow Average | 1.40718 | 0.06038 | 5.65760 | 0.00000 | 1.25024 | 1.58412 |
| Performance.RatingLow | 1.69577 | 0.09523 | 5.54609 | 0.00000 | 1.40764 | 2.04477 |
| Number.of.Promotions | 0.76202 | 0.02110 | -12.88158 | 0.00000 | 0.73109 | 0.79412 |
| OvertimeYes | 1.42880 | 0.04401 | 8.10771 | 0.00000 | 1.31081 | 1.55765 |
| Distance.from.Home | 1.00983 | 0.00073 | 13.44129 | 0.00000 | 1.00840 | 1.01128 |
| Education.LevelPhD | 0.17016 | 0.11495 | -15.40721 | 0.00000 | 0.13552 | 0.21270 |
| Marital.StatusMarried | 0.72122 | 0.05936 | -5.50579 | 0.00000 | 0.64202 | 0.81024 |
| Marital.StatusSingle | 4.78559 | 0.06489 | 24.12728 | 0.00000 | 4.21574 | 5.43689 |
| Number.of.Dependents | 0.87974 | 0.01345 | -9.52394 | 0.00000 | 0.85681 | 0.90321 |
| Job.LevelMid | 0.35595 | 0.04583 | -22.53957 | 0.00000 | 0.32530 | 0.38932 |
| Job.LevelSenior | 0.06708 | 0.06585 | -41.02980 | 0.00000 | 0.05891 | 0.07626 |
| Remote.WorkYes | 0.15801 | 0.05947 | -31.02502 | 0.00000 | 0.14052 | 0.17742 |
| Company.ReputationFair | 1.76149 | 0.08136 | 6.95908 | 0.00000 | 1.50218 | 2.06650 |
| Company.ReputationPoor | 2.07553 | 0.08090 | 9.02672 | 0.00000 | 1.77165 | 2.43281 |
| Work.Life.BalanceGood | 1.28950 | 0.05946 | 4.27633 | 0.00002 | 1.14784 | 1.44913 |
| Age | 0.99253 | 0.00201 | -3.73112 | 0.00019 | 0.98863 | 0.99645 |
| Job.RoleMedia | 0.78207 | 0.07226 | -3.40176 | 0.00067 | 0.67874 | 0.90100 |
| Company.SizeSmall | 1.20528 | 0.05982 | 3.12099 | 0.00180 | 1.07198 | 1.35531 |
| Innovation.OpportunitiesYes | 0.86968 | 0.05654 | -2.46944 | 0.01353 | 0.77837 | 0.97153 |
| Job.RoleTechnology | 0.81662 | 0.09837 | -2.05951 | 0.03945 | 0.67337 | 0.99022 |
| Job.RoleFinance | 0.83397 | 0.09753 | -1.86145 | 0.06268 | 0.68880 | 1.00961 |
| Education.LevelBachelor’s Degree | 0.90383 | 0.05543 | -1.82407 | 0.06814 | 0.81076 | 1.00754 |
| Job.SatisfactionMedium | 1.09886 | 0.05529 | 1.70518 | 0.08816 | 0.98599 | 1.22461 |
| (Intercept) | 1.31433 | 0.17194 | 1.58969 | 0.11191 | 0.93831 | 1.84110 |
| Job.RoleHealthcare | 0.88026 | 0.08542 | -1.49309 | 0.13541 | 0.74454 | 1.04066 |
| Education.LevelMaster’s Degree | 0.91556 | 0.06132 | -1.43872 | 0.15023 | 0.81185 | 1.03246 |
| Performance.RatingHigh | 1.07547 | 0.05296 | 1.37371 | 0.16953 | 0.96941 | 1.19312 |
| Education.LevelHigh School | 0.92558 | 0.06184 | -1.25058 | 0.21109 | 0.81991 | 1.04483 |
| Monthly.Income | 1.00001 | 0.00002 | 0.89586 | 0.37033 | 0.99998 | 1.00005 |
| Company.SizeMedium | 0.97431 | 0.05473 | -0.47551 | 0.63443 | 0.87522 | 1.08466 |
| Employee.RecognitionLow | 1.02014 | 0.05292 | 0.37680 | 0.70632 | 0.91963 | 1.13165 |
| Employee.RecognitionVery High | 0.97910 | 0.10328 | -0.20454 | 0.83793 | 0.79950 | 1.19859 |
| Company.ReputationGood | 1.00566 | 0.07258 | 0.07781 | 0.93798 | 0.87241 | 1.15957 |
| Employee.RecognitionMedium | 0.99569 | 0.05568 | -0.07751 | 0.93821 | 0.89274 | 1.11052 |
| Company.Tenure | 1.00007 | 0.00091 | 0.07573 | 0.93963 | 0.99828 | 1.00186 |
cat("AIC:", round(AIC(m3), 2),
"| Null deviance:", round(m3$null.deviance, 2),
"| Residual deviance:", round(m3$deviance, 2))## AIC: 14347.82 | Null deviance: 20608.86 | Residual deviance: 14265.826.4 AIC Comparison
A lower AIC indicates a better balance between goodness-of-fit and model complexity.
aic_tbl <- tibble(
Model = c("Model 1: MonthlyIncome",
"Model 2: MonthlyIncome + Overtime",
"Model 3: All Variables"),
Parameters = c(length(coef(m1)), length(coef(m2)), length(coef(m3))),
AIC = round(c(AIC(m1), AIC(m2), AIC(m3)), 2),
`Residual Deviance` = round(c(m1$deviance, m2$deviance, m3$deviance), 2)
)
aic_tbl %>%
kable(caption = "Table 5 - AIC and Deviance Comparison") %>%
kable_styling(bootstrap_options = c("striped","hover"), full_width = FALSE) %>%
row_spec(which.min(aic_tbl$AIC), bold = TRUE, color = "white", background = "#2c7fb8")| Model | Parameters | AIC | Residual Deviance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Model 1: MonthlyIncome | 2 | 20611.91 | 20607.91 |
| Model 2: MonthlyIncome + Overtime | 3 | 20564.80 | 20558.80 |
| Model 3: All Variables | 41 | 14347.82 | 14265.82 |
Note: The highlighted row has the lowest AIC. Lower AIC = better model fit without unnecessary complexity.
7 Confusion Matrices on Test Data
7.1 Metric Reference
| Metric | Formula | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| Accuracy | (TP + TN) / N | Overall correct predictions |
| Sensitivity | TP / (TP + FN) | Correctly identified leavers |
| Specificity | TN / (TN + FP) | Correctly identified stayers |
| Precision | TP / (TP + FP) | Of predicted leavers, truly left |
| Kappa | — | Agreement beyond chance (0 = random) |
7.2 Model 1
pred1 <- predict_class(m1, test_df)
cm1 <- confusionMatrix(pred1, test_df[[attr_col]], positive = pos_label)
print(cm1)## Confusion Matrix and Statistics
##
## Reference
## Prediction Stayed Left
## Stayed 31260 28338
## Left 0 0
##
## Accuracy : 0.5245
## 95% CI : (0.5205, 0.5285)
## No Information Rate : 0.5245
## P-Value [Acc > NIR] : 0.5017
##
## Kappa : 0
##
## Mcnemar's Test P-Value : <2e-16
##
## Sensitivity : 0.0000
## Specificity : 1.0000
## Pos Pred Value : NaN
## Neg Pred Value : 0.5245
## Prevalence : 0.4755
## Detection Rate : 0.0000
## Detection Prevalence : 0.0000
## Balanced Accuracy : 0.5000
##
## 'Positive' Class : Left
## 7.3 Model 2
pred2 <- predict_class(m2, test_df)
cm2 <- confusionMatrix(pred2, test_df[[attr_col]], positive = pos_label)
print(cm2)## Confusion Matrix and Statistics
##
## Reference
## Prediction Stayed Left
## Stayed 21837 18315
## Left 9423 10023
##
## Accuracy : 0.5346
## 95% CI : (0.5306, 0.5386)
## No Information Rate : 0.5245
## P-Value [Acc > NIR] : 4.349e-07
##
## Kappa : 0.053
##
## Mcnemar's Test P-Value : < 2.2e-16
##
## Sensitivity : 0.3537
## Specificity : 0.6986
## Pos Pred Value : 0.5154
## Neg Pred Value : 0.5439
## Prevalence : 0.4755
## Detection Rate : 0.1682
## Detection Prevalence : 0.3263
## Balanced Accuracy : 0.5261
##
## 'Positive' Class : Left
## 7.4 Model 3
pred3 <- predict_class(m3, test_df)
cm3 <- confusionMatrix(pred3, test_df[[attr_col]], positive = pos_label)
print(cm3)## Confusion Matrix and Statistics
##
## Reference
## Prediction Stayed Left
## Stayed 23974 7586
## Left 7286 20752
##
## Accuracy : 0.7505
## 95% CI : (0.747, 0.7539)
## No Information Rate : 0.5245
## P-Value [Acc > NIR] : < 2e-16
##
## Kappa : 0.4995
##
## Mcnemar's Test P-Value : 0.01421
##
## Sensitivity : 0.7323
## Specificity : 0.7669
## Pos Pred Value : 0.7401
## Neg Pred Value : 0.7596
## Prevalence : 0.4755
## Detection Rate : 0.3482
## Detection Prevalence : 0.4705
## Balanced Accuracy : 0.7496
##
## 'Positive' Class : Left
## 7.5 Confusion Matrix Heatmaps
plot_cm <- function(cm, title) {
tbl <- as.data.frame(cm$table)
names(tbl) <- c("Predicted", "Actual", "Freq")
tbl <- tbl %>%
group_by(Actual) %>%
mutate(pct = scales::percent(Freq / sum(Freq), accuracy = 1))
ggplot(tbl, aes(x = Actual, y = Predicted, fill = Freq)) +
geom_tile(colour = "white", linewidth = 1) +
geom_text(aes(label = paste0(Freq, "\n(", pct, ")")),
size = 4.5, fontface = "bold") +
scale_fill_gradient(low = "#dfe6e9", high = "#2c7fb8") +
labs(title = title, x = "Actual", y = "Predicted") +
theme_minimal(base_size = 12) +
theme(legend.position = "none",
plot.title = element_text(face = "bold", hjust = 0.5))
}
grid.arrange(
plot_cm(cm1, "Model 1\nMonthlyIncome"),
plot_cm(cm2, "Model 2\nMonthlyIncome + Overtime"),
plot_cm(cm3, "Model 3\nAll Variables"),
ncol = 3,
top = grid::textGrob("Figure 4 - Confusion Matrices (Test Set)",
gp = grid::gpar(fontsize = 13, fontface = "bold"))
)
8 ROC Curves & AUC
The ROC curve plots sensitivity against (1 − specificity) across all thresholds. AUC summarises discriminative ability: 0.5 = random, 1.0 = perfect.
prob1 <- predict(m1, test_df, type = "response")
prob2 <- predict(m2, test_df, type = "response")
prob3 <- predict(m3, test_df, type = "response")
roc1 <- roc(test_df[[attr_col]], prob1, levels = c(neg_label, pos_label), quiet = TRUE)
roc2 <- roc(test_df[[attr_col]], prob2, levels = c(neg_label, pos_label), quiet = TRUE)
roc3 <- roc(test_df[[attr_col]], prob3, levels = c(neg_label, pos_label), quiet = TRUE)
roc_df <- bind_rows(
data.frame(FPR = 1 - roc1$specificities, TPR = roc1$sensitivities,
Model = sprintf("Model 1 (AUC = %.3f)", auc(roc1))),
data.frame(FPR = 1 - roc2$specificities, TPR = roc2$sensitivities,
Model = sprintf("Model 2 (AUC = %.3f)", auc(roc2))),
data.frame(FPR = 1 - roc3$specificities, TPR = roc3$sensitivities,
Model = sprintf("Model 3 (AUC = %.3f)", auc(roc3)))
)
ggplot(roc_df, aes(x = FPR, y = TPR, colour = Model)) +
geom_line(linewidth = 1) +
geom_abline(linetype = "dashed", colour = "grey50") +
scale_colour_manual(values = c("#e17055","#0984e3","#00b894")) +
labs(title = "Figure 5 - ROC Curves (Test Set)",
x = "False Positive Rate (1 - Specificity)",
y = "True Positive Rate (Sensitivity)",
colour = NULL) +
theme(legend.position = c(0.65, 0.2),
legend.background = element_rect(fill = "white", colour = "grey80"))
Interpretation: A model with AUC closer to 1.0 better discriminates between employees who stay and those who leave, regardless of the chosen threshold.
9 Summary Comparison
extract_metrics <- function(cm, roc_obj, model_name) {
tibble(
Model = model_name,
Accuracy = cm$overall["Accuracy"],
Sensitivity = cm$byClass["Sensitivity"],
Specificity = cm$byClass["Specificity"],
Precision = cm$byClass["Pos Pred Value"],
Kappa = cm$overall["Kappa"],
AUC = as.numeric(auc(roc_obj))
)
}
comparison <- bind_rows(
extract_metrics(cm1, roc1, "Model 1: MonthlyIncome"),
extract_metrics(cm2, roc2, "Model 2: MonthlyIncome + Overtime"),
extract_metrics(cm3, roc3, "Model 3: All Variables")
)
comparison %>%
mutate(across(where(is.numeric), ~ round(.x, 4))) %>%
kable(caption = "Table 6 - Full Performance Comparison on Test Set") %>%
kable_styling(bootstrap_options = c("striped","hover","condensed"),
full_width = TRUE) %>%
row_spec(which.max(comparison$AUC), bold = TRUE,
color = "white", background = "#2c7fb8")| Model | Accuracy | Sensitivity | Specificity | Precision | Kappa | AUC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Model 1: MonthlyIncome | 0.5245 | 0.0000 | 1.0000 | NaN | 0.0000 | 0.5065 |
| Model 2: MonthlyIncome + Overtime | 0.5346 | 0.3537 | 0.6986 | 0.5154 | 0.0530 | 0.5300 |
| Model 3: All Variables | 0.7505 | 0.7323 | 0.7669 | 0.7401 | 0.4995 | 0.8405 |
10 Conclusions
Model complexity matters. The full model (Model 3) achieves the highest AUC and accuracy, confirming that using all available employee features substantially improves attrition prediction beyond income alone.
Overtime is a key driver. Adding overtime status in Model 2 meaningfully improves on the income-only baseline (lower AIC, improved sensitivity). Employees working overtime are significantly more likely to leave, even after controlling for income.
Sensitivity vs. specificity trade-off. All three models are better at identifying stayers (high specificity) than leavers (lower sensitivity). Lowering the 0.5 threshold would catch more true attrition cases at the cost of more false alarms.
Practical recommendation. For deployment, Model 3 is preferred for predictive accuracy. Model 2 may be sufficient when interpretability and data availability are priorities — it uses only two variables yet captures much of the signal.
11 Session Info
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