Shroom and Doom

Project Description

• This project is my first personal project. It will go through the data science pipeline and attempt to discover whether a mushroom is edible. This repo will include working files as well as finals.

Project Goals

• Find determining factors for mushroom edibility
• Construct a ML classification model that accurately predicts a mushrooms edibility above the baseline
• Deliver a report that a non-data scientist can read through and understand

Initial Questions

1. How many mushrooms are edible/inedible?
2. What features are most important in determining a mushroom's edibility?

Project Plan

• Acquire data from Kaggle
• Prepare data
  • Remove unnecessary features
  • Identify and replace missing values
  • Alter innapropriate data types
• Explore the data to find dactors related to a mushrooms edibility
• Create a model to predict if a mushroom is edible or not
  • Use features identified in explore to build predictive models
  • Evaluate models on train and validate data
  • Select the best model based on highest accuracy, lowest false negative rate, and lowest difference between test and validate scores
  • Evaluate the best model on test data
• Conclude with recommendations and next steps

Data Dictionary

Feature	Definition	Data Type
cap-shape	bell=b, conical=c, convex=x, flat=f, knobbed=k, sunken=s	object
cap-surface	fibrous=f,grooves=g,scaly=y,smooth=s	object
cap-color	brown=n,buff=b,cinnamon=c,gray=g,green=r, pink=p,purple=u,red=e,white=w,yellow=y	object
bruises	bruises=t,no=f	object
odor	almond=a,anise=l,creosote=c,fishy=y,foul=f, musty=m,none=n,pungent=p,spicy=s	object
gill-attachment	attached=a,descending=d,free=f,notched=n	object
gill-spacing	close=c,crowded=w,distant=d	object
gill-size	broad=b,narrow=n	object
gill-color	black=k,brown=n,buff=b,chocolate=h,gray=g, green=r,orange=o,pink=p,purple=u,red=e, white=w,yellow=y	object
stalk-shape:	enlarging=e,tapering=t	object
stalk-root	bulbous=b,club=c,cup=u,equal=e, rhizomorphs=z,rooted=r,missing=?	object
stalk-surface-above-ring	fibrous=f,scaly=y,silky=k,smooth=s	object
stalk-surface-below-ring	fibrous=f,scaly=y,silky=k,smooth=s	object
stalk-color-above-ring	brown=n,buff=b,cinnamon=c,gray=g,orange=o, pink=p,red=e,white=w,yellow=y	object
stalk-color-below-ring	brown=n,buff=b,cinnamon=c,gray=g,orange=o, pink=p,red=e,white=w,yellow=y	object
veil-type	partial=p,universal=u	object
veil-color	brown=n,orange=o,white=w,yellow=y	object
ring-number	none=n,one=o,two=t	object
ring-type	cobwebby=c,evanescent=e,flaring=f,large=l, none=n,pendant=p,sheathing=s,zone=z	object
spore-print-color	black=k,brown=n,buff=b,chocolate=h,green=r, orange=o,purple=u,white=w,yellow=y	object
population	abundant=a,clustered=c,numerous=n, scattered=s,several=v,solitary=y	object
habitat	grasses=g,leaves=l,meadows=m,paths=p, urban=u,waste=w,woods=d	object
Additional Features	Encoded categorical data	uint8

Steps to Reproduce

1. Clone this repo
2. Run notebook

Takeaways

• TBD

Recommendations

• TBD