Project: Customer Analytics: Preparing Data for Modeling

A common problem when creating models to generate business value from data is that the datasets can be so large that it can take days for the model to generate predictions. Ensuring that your dataset is stored as efficiently as possible is crucial for allowing these models to run on a more reasonable timescale without having to reduce the size of the dataset.

You've been hired by a major online data science training provider called Training Data Ltd. to clean up one of their largest customer datasets. This dataset will eventually be used to predict whether their students are looking for a new job or not, information that they will then use to direct them to prospective recruiters.

You've been given access to customer_train.csv, which is a subset of their entire customer dataset, so you can create a proof-of-concept of a much more efficient storage solution. The dataset contains anonymized student information, and whether they were looking for a new job or not during training:

Column	Description
`student_id`	A unique ID for each student.
`city`	A code for the city the student lives in.
`city_development_index`	A scaled development index for the city.
`gender`	The student's gender.
`relevant_experience`	An indicator of the student's work relevant experience.
`enrolled_university`	The type of university course enrolled in (if any).
`education_level`	The student's education level.
`major_discipline`	The educational discipline of the student.
`experience`	The student's total work experience (in years).
`company_size`	The number of employees at the student's current employer.
`company_type`	The type of company employing the student.
`last_new_job`	The number of years between the student's current and previous jobs.
`training_hours`	The number of hours of training completed.
`job_change`	An indicator of whether the student is looking for a new job (`1`) or not (`0`).

# Import necessary libraries
import pandas as pd

# Load the dataset
ds_jobs = pd.read_csv("customer_train.csv")

# View the dataset
ds_jobs.head()

# Create a copy of ds_jobs for transforming
ds_jobs_transformed = ds_jobs.copy()

# Start coding here. Use as many cells as you like!
ds_jobs_transformed.info()

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# Convert columns containing integers to the int32 type
ds_jobs_transformed['student_id'] = ds_jobs_transformed['student_id'].astype('int32')
ds_jobs_transformed['training_hours'] = ds_jobs_transformed['training_hours'].astype('int32')

# Convert columns containing floats to the float16 type
ds_jobs_transformed['city_development_index'] = ds_jobs_transformed['city_development_index'].astype('float16')
ds_jobs_transformed['job_change'] = ds_jobs_transformed['job_change'].astype('float16')

# Confirm the conversion
ds_jobs_transformed.info()

# Chcck for two-factor categories
ds_jobs_transformed.head()

# Change relevant_experience column into true/false
map_exp = {
    'Has relevant experience':1,
    'No relevant experience':0
}
ds_jobs_transformed['relevant_experience'] = ds_jobs_transformed['relevant_experience'].map(map_exp).astype('bool')

# Confirm conversion
ds_jobs_transformed.info()
ds_jobs_transformed.head()

# Convert job_change to bool type
ds_jobs_transformed['job_change'] = ds_jobs_transformed['job_change'].astype('bool')

# Confirm conversion
ds_jobs_transformed.info()
ds_jobs_transformed.head()

# Creating ordered categorical data types
# Know unique education_level,work_experience,company_size and city
unique_ed = ds_jobs_transformed['education_level'].unique()
unique_we = ds_jobs_transformed['experience'].unique()
unique_cs = ds_jobs_transformed['company_size'].unique()
unique_ct = ds_jobs_transformed['city'].unique()
print(unique_ed)
print(unique_we)
print(unique_cs)
print(unique_ct)

school = pd.CategoricalDtype(['Primary School', 'High School', 'Graduate', 'Masters', 'Phd'], ordered=True)
experience_t = pd.CategoricalDtype(['<1', '1', '2', '3', '4', '5', '6', '7', '8', '9', '10', '11', '12', '13', '14', '15', '16', '17', '18', '19', '20', '>20'], ordered=True)
company_s = pd.CategoricalDtype(['<10', '10-49', '50-99', '100-499', '500-999', '1000-4999', '5000-9999', '10000+'], ordered=True)
city_o = pd.CategoricalDtype(['city_1', 'city_2', 'city_7', 'city_8', 'city_9', 'city_10', 'city_11', 'city_12', 'city_13', 'city_14', 'city_16', 'city_18', 'city_19', 'city_20', 'city_21', 'city_23', 'city_24', 'city_25', 'city_26', 'city_27', 'city_28', 'city_30', 'city_31', 'city_33', 'city_36', 'city_37', 'city_39', 'city_40', 'city_41', 'city_42', 'city_43', 'city_44', 'city_45', 'city_46', 'city_48', 'city_50', 'city_53', 'city_54', 'city_55', 'city_57', 'city_59', 'city_61', 'city_62', 'city_64', 'city_65', 'city_67', 'city_69', 'city_70', 'city_71', 'city_72', 'city_73', 'city_74', 'city_75', 'city_76', 'city_77', 'city_78', 'city_79', 'city_80', 'city_81', 'city_82', 'city_83', 'city_84', 'city_89', 'city_90', 'city_91', 'city_93', 'city_94', 'city_97', 'city_98', 'city_99', 'city_100', 'city_101', 'city_102', 'city_103', 'city_104', 'city_105', 'city_106', 'city_107', 'city_109', 'city_111', 'city_114', 'city_115', 'city_116', 'city_118', 'city_120', 'city_121', 'city_123', 'city_126', 'city_127', 'city_128', 'city_129', 'city_131', 'city_133', 'city_134', 'city_136', 'city_138', 'city_139', 'city_140', 'city_141', 'city_142', 'city_143', 'city_144', 'city_145', 'city_146', 'city_149', 'city_150', 'city_152', 'city_155', 'city_157', 'city_158', 'city_159', 'city_160', 'city_162', 'city_165', 'city_166', 'city_167', 'city_171', 'city_173', 'city_175', 'city_176', 'city_179', 'city_180'], ordered=True)

# Converting columns into ordered categorical columns
ds_jobs_transformed['education_level'] = ds_jobs_transformed['education_level'].astype(school)
ds_jobs_transformed['experience'] = ds_jobs_transformed['experience'].astype(experience_t)
ds_jobs_transformed['company_size'] = ds_jobs_transformed['company_size'].astype(company_s)
ds_jobs_transformed['city'] = ds_jobs_transformed['city'].astype(city_o)

# Confirm conversion
ds_jobs_transformed.info()
ds_jobs_transformed.head()

# Filter to get students with >9 experience in companies with >999 employees
ds_jobs_transformed = ds_jobs_transformed[(ds_jobs_transformed['experience'] > '9') & (ds_jobs_transformed['company_size'] > '500-999')]
ds_jobs_transformed.head()

# Get info
ds_jobs_transformed.info()

# Conversion to unordered categorical
ds_jobs_transformed['gender'] = pd.Categorical(ds_jobs_transformed['gender'])
ds_jobs_transformed['major_discipline'] = pd.Categorical(ds_jobs_transformed['major_discipline'])
ds_jobs_transformed['company_type'] = pd.Categorical(ds_jobs_transformed['company_type'])

# Extra ordered categories
uni_ct = ds_jobs_transformed['enrolled_university'].unique()
uni_lst = ds_jobs_transformed['last_new_job'].unique()
print(uni_ct)
print(uni_lst)

enrolled_uni = pd.CategoricalDtype(['no_enrollment', 'Part time course', 'Full time course'], ordered=True)
last_jb = pd.CategoricalDtype(['never', '1', '2', '3', '4', '>4'], ordered=True)

ds_jobs_transformed['enrolled_university'] = ds_jobs_transformed['enrolled_university'].astype(enrolled_uni)
ds_jobs_transformed['last_new_job'] = ds_jobs_transformed['last_new_job'].astype(last_jb)