{ "cells": [ { "cell_type": "markdown", "id": "b438e257", "metadata": {}, "source": [ "# Module 4 — Lab 5: Probability, Thresholds, and Interpretation\n", "\n", "\n", "**Topics:** Logistic Regression, predict_proba, validation, thresholds, coefficients, actions\n", "\n", "> **Solution version:** This notebook contains the complete solution. Run the cells in order and compare the results with your Lab notebook.\n" ] }, { "cell_type": "markdown", "id": "e52f8f6f", "metadata": {}, "source": [ "## Learning objectives\n", "\n", "After completing this lab, you will be able to:\n", "\n", "- reserve separate training, validation, and test partitions;\n", "- convert Logistic Regression probabilities into decisions;\n", "- choose a threshold using validation data only;\n", "- measure the threshold trade-off between false positives and false negatives;\n", "- interpret influential terms through model coefficients;\n", "- map model scores to allow, analyst-review, and quarantine actions.\n" ] }, { "cell_type": "code", "execution_count": null, "id": "840495c7", "metadata": {}, "outputs": [], "source": [ "from pathlib import Path\n", "import numpy as np\n", "import pandas as pd\n", "\n", "from sklearn.feature_extraction.text import TfidfVectorizer\n", "from sklearn.linear_model import LogisticRegression\n", "from sklearn.metrics import (\n", " accuracy_score,\n", " confusion_matrix,\n", " f1_score,\n", " precision_score,\n", " recall_score,\n", ")\n", "from sklearn.model_selection import train_test_split\n", "from sklearn.pipeline import Pipeline\n", "\n", "DATA_PATH = Path(\"data/SMSSpamCollection\")\n", "RANDOM_STATE = 42\n", "THRESHOLDS = np.arange(0.20, 0.81, 0.05)\n", "\n", "if not DATA_PATH.exists():\n", " raise FileNotFoundError(\n", " \"Missing data/SMSSpamCollection. Follow data/README.md to download the official dataset.\"\n", " )\n" ] }, { "cell_type": "markdown", "id": "a4aa5a16", "metadata": {}, "source": [ "## 1. Prepare train, validation, and test data\n", "\n", "Training fits model parameters, validation selects the threshold, and test estimates final performance. The test labels must not influence threshold choice.\n" ] }, { "cell_type": "code", "execution_count": null, "id": "47bfe88f", "metadata": {}, "outputs": [], "source": [ "df = pd.read_csv(DATA_PATH, sep=\"\\t\", header=None, names=[\"label\", \"message\"])\n", "df[\"label\"] = df[\"label\"].astype(\"string\").str.strip().str.lower()\n", "df[\"message\"] = df[\"message\"].astype(\"string\").str.strip()\n", "df = df.dropna(subset=[\"label\", \"message\"])\n", "df = df[df[\"label\"].isin([\"ham\", \"spam\"]) & df[\"message\"].ne(\"\")]\n", "conflict_counts = df.groupby(\"message\")[\"label\"].nunique()\n", "df = df[~df[\"message\"].isin(conflict_counts[conflict_counts.gt(1)].index)]\n", "df = df.drop_duplicates(subset=[\"label\", \"message\"]).reset_index(drop=True)\n", "\n", "X = df[\"message\"]\n", "y = df[\"label\"].map({\"ham\": 0, \"spam\": 1}).astype(int)\n" ] }, { "cell_type": "code", "execution_count": null, "id": "cf3ba33b", "metadata": {}, "outputs": [], "source": [ "X_train, X_temp, y_train, y_temp = train_test_split(\n", " X,\n", " y,\n", " test_size=0.40,\n", " random_state=RANDOM_STATE,\n", " stratify=y,\n", ")\n", "X_valid, X_test, y_valid, y_test = train_test_split(\n", " X_temp,\n", " y_temp,\n", " test_size=0.50,\n", " random_state=RANDOM_STATE,\n", " stratify=y_temp,\n", ")\n", "\n", "print(\"Train / validation / test:\", len(X_train), len(X_valid), len(X_test))\n", "print(\"Spam rates:\", f\"{y_train.mean():.2%}\", f\"{y_valid.mean():.2%}\", f\"{y_test.mean():.2%}\")\n" ] }, { "cell_type": "markdown", "id": "82a1cadd", "metadata": {}, "source": [ "## 2. Train a probabilistic text classifier\n", "\n", "Logistic Regression produces a spam probability for each message. A threshold converts that continuous score into a binary prediction.\n" ] }, { "cell_type": "code", "execution_count": null, "id": "ecb39196", "metadata": {}, "outputs": [], "source": [ "lr_pipeline = Pipeline([\n", " (\"tfidf\", TfidfVectorizer(\n", " lowercase=True,\n", " ngram_range=(1, 2),\n", " min_df=1,\n", " sublinear_tf=True,\n", " )),\n", " (\"model\", LogisticRegression(\n", " max_iter=2000,\n", " random_state=RANDOM_STATE,\n", " )),\n", "])\n", "lr_pipeline.fit(X_train, y_train)\n", "valid_probabilities = lr_pipeline.predict_proba(X_valid)[:, 1]\n", "\n", "print(\"First probabilities:\", np.round(valid_probabilities[:10], 3))\n" ] }, { "cell_type": "markdown", "id": "b2e41b60", "metadata": {}, "source": [ "## 3. Select a threshold on validation data\n", "\n", "The classroom policy requires at least 80% spam recall, then prefers the qualifying threshold with the highest spam precision. This is an explicit decision rule, not a universal production policy.\n" ] }, { "cell_type": "code", "execution_count": null, "id": "54cf81c8", "metadata": {}, "outputs": [], "source": [ "rows = []\n", "for threshold in THRESHOLDS:\n", " predictions = (valid_probabilities >= threshold).astype(int)\n", " cm = confusion_matrix(y_valid, predictions, labels=[0, 1])\n", " tn, fp, fn, tp = cm.ravel()\n", " rows.append({\n", " \"threshold\": threshold,\n", " \"spam_precision\": precision_score(y_valid, predictions, pos_label=1, zero_division=0),\n", " \"spam_recall\": recall_score(y_valid, predictions, pos_label=1, zero_division=0),\n", " \"spam_f1\": f1_score(y_valid, predictions, pos_label=1, zero_division=0),\n", " \"false_positives\": int(fp),\n", " \"false_negatives\": int(fn),\n", " })\n", "\n", "threshold_table = pd.DataFrame(rows).set_index(\"threshold\")\n", "eligible = threshold_table[threshold_table[\"spam_recall\"].ge(0.80)]\n", "if eligible.empty:\n", " selected_threshold = float(threshold_table[\"spam_f1\"].idxmax())\n", "else:\n", " selected_threshold = float(\n", " eligible.sort_values([\"spam_precision\", \"spam_f1\"], ascending=False).index[0]\n", " )\n", "\n", "print(threshold_table.round(4))\n", "print(\"Selected threshold:\", selected_threshold)\n" ] }, { "cell_type": "markdown", "id": "b1658a9c", "metadata": {}, "source": [ "## 4. Evaluate once on the untouched test set\n" ] }, { "cell_type": "code", "execution_count": null, "id": "f5d43c65", "metadata": {}, "outputs": [], "source": [ "test_probabilities = lr_pipeline.predict_proba(X_test)[:, 1]\n", "test_predictions = (test_probabilities >= selected_threshold).astype(int)\n", "test_cm = confusion_matrix(y_test, test_predictions, labels=[0, 1])\n", "tn, fp, fn, tp = test_cm.ravel()\n", "test_metrics = {\n", " \"threshold\": selected_threshold,\n", " \"accuracy\": accuracy_score(y_test, test_predictions),\n", " \"spam_precision\": precision_score(y_test, test_predictions, pos_label=1, zero_division=0),\n", " \"spam_recall\": recall_score(y_test, test_predictions, pos_label=1, zero_division=0),\n", " \"spam_f1\": f1_score(y_test, test_predictions, pos_label=1, zero_division=0),\n", " \"false_positives\": int(fp),\n", " \"false_negatives\": int(fn),\n", "}\n", "\n", "print(pd.Series(test_metrics).round(4))\n", "print(test_cm)\n" ] }, { "cell_type": "markdown", "id": "f41cbbb5", "metadata": {}, "source": [ "## 5. Interpret influential terms\n", "\n", "Positive coefficients push the decision toward spam; negative coefficients push it toward ham. They describe model behavior and association, not causal truth.\n" ] }, { "cell_type": "code", "execution_count": null, "id": "87ea0bc0", "metadata": {}, "outputs": [], "source": [ "feature_names = lr_pipeline.named_steps[\"tfidf\"].get_feature_names_out()\n", "coefficients = lr_pipeline.named_steps[\"model\"].coef_[0]\n", "coefficient_series = pd.Series(coefficients, index=feature_names)\n", "\n", "top_ham = coefficient_series.nsmallest(15).rename(\"coefficient\").reset_index()\n", "top_ham.columns = [\"term\", \"coefficient\"]\n", "top_ham[\"direction\"] = \"ham\"\n", "\n", "top_spam = coefficient_series.nlargest(15).rename(\"coefficient\").reset_index()\n", "top_spam.columns = [\"term\", \"coefficient\"]\n", "top_spam[\"direction\"] = \"spam\"\n", "\n", "top_features = pd.concat([top_spam, top_ham], ignore_index=True)\n", "top_features\n" ] }, { "cell_type": "markdown", "id": "7705ca0e", "metadata": {}, "source": [ "## 6. Map probabilities to actions\n", "\n", "Use fixed demonstration bands: below 0.30 is `allow`, 0.30–0.70 is `analyst_review`, and 0.70 or above is `quarantine`. A production policy would set these boundaries from business cost, capacity, and validation evidence.\n" ] }, { "cell_type": "code", "execution_count": null, "id": "9a32d7b4", "metadata": {}, "outputs": [], "source": [ "policy_actions = pd.cut(\n", " test_probabilities,\n", " bins=[-np.inf, 0.30, 0.70, np.inf],\n", " labels=[\"allow\", \"analyst_review\", \"quarantine\"],\n", " right=False,\n", ")\n", "action_summary = pd.crosstab(\n", " pd.Series(y_test.to_numpy(), name=\"actual\"),\n", " pd.Series(policy_actions, name=\"action\"),\n", ").rename(index={0: \"ham\", 1: \"spam\"})\n", "action_summary\n" ] }, { "cell_type": "markdown", "id": "d9e5fb09", "metadata": {}, "source": [ "## Self-check\n" ] }, { "cell_type": "code", "execution_count": null, "id": "3da1834c", "metadata": {}, "outputs": [], "source": [ "assert len(X_train) + len(X_valid) + len(X_test) == len(df)\n", "assert set(lr_pipeline.named_steps) == {\"tfidf\", \"model\"}\n", "assert np.all((valid_probabilities >= 0) & (valid_probabilities <= 1))\n", "assert threshold_table.index.is_monotonic_increasing\n", "assert selected_threshold in threshold_table.index\n", "assert len(test_predictions) == len(y_test)\n", "assert test_cm.shape == (2, 2)\n", "assert len(top_features) == 30\n", "assert set(top_features[\"direction\"]) == {\"ham\", \"spam\"}\n", "assert set(policy_actions.astype(\"string\").unique()).issubset({\"allow\", \"analyst_review\", \"quarantine\"})\n", "print(\"✓ Lab 5 completed\")\n" ] }, { "cell_type": "markdown", "id": "d681ad09", "metadata": {}, "source": [ "## Suggested answers\n", "\n", "1. **Why is a validation set needed when selecting a threshold?** \n", " Using test labels to choose the threshold would tune the policy to the final evaluation data. Validation data supports selection while keeping the test estimate independent.\n", "2. **What usually happens to spam recall when the threshold is lowered?** \n", " More messages exceed the lower threshold, so spam recall usually rises, but false positives may also increase and precision may fall.\n", "3. **Why are large positive coefficients not proof that a term causes spam?** \n", " A coefficient records an association learned from this corpus and representation. It may reflect dataset-specific patterns, confounding, or shortcuts rather than causation.\n" ] } ], "metadata": { "kernelspec": { "display_name": "Python 3 (ipykernel)", "language": "python", "name": "python3" }, "language_info": { "codemirror_mode": { "name": "ipython", "version": 3 }, "file_extension": ".py", "mimetype": "text/x-python", "name": "python", "nbconvert_exporter": "python", "pygments_lexer": "ipython3", "version": "3.11.6" } }, "nbformat": 4, "nbformat_minor": 5 }