Sample Project
Sample Project
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PEPPERFRY
A Study on Predictive Analysis of Diabetes in Pima
Indian Women Using Python
This dataset comes from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases. Its
main purpose is to predict whether a patient has diabetes based on various medical test results.
The data includes only female patients who are at least 21 years old and of Pima Indian heritage.
The dataset contains several independent variables, which are medical measurements, and one
dependent variable called Outcome. The Outcome variable shows whether the patient has diabetes
(1 for Yes, 0 for No).
1. PYTHON
Python is a widely used general-purpose, high level programming language. It
was created by Guido van Rossum in 1991 and further developed by the Python
Software Foundation. It was designed with an emphasis on code readability, and
its syntax allows programmers to express their concepts in fewer lines of code.
Python is a programming language that lets you work quickly and integrate
systems more efficiently.
There are two major Python versions: Python 2 and Python 3. Both are quite
different.
Language Features
Interpreted
There are no separate compilation and execution steps like C and C++.
Directly run the program from the source code.
Internally, Python converts the source code into an intermediate form called
bytecodes which is then translated into native language of specific
computer to run it.
No need to worry about linking and loading with libraries, etc.
Platform Independent
Python programs can be developed and executed on multiple operating
system platforms.
Python can be used on Linux, Windows, Macintosh, Solaris and many more.
2. ANACONDA
Anaconda is the installation program used by Fedora, Red Hat Enterprise Linux
and some other distributions.
NumPy was created in 2005 by Travis Oliphant. It is an open source project and
you can use it freely.
Pandas is an open-source library in Python that is made mainly for working with
relational or labelled data both easily and intuitively. It provides various data
structures and operations for manipulating numerical data and time series. This
library is built on top of the NumPy library of Python. Pandas is fast and it has high
performance & productivity for users.
Matplotlib graphs your data on Figures (e.g., windows, Jupyter widgets, etc.), each
of which can contain one or more Axes, an area where points can be specified in
terms of x-y coordinates (or theta-r in a polar plot, x-y-z in a 3D plot, etc.). The
simplest way of creating a Figure with an Axes is using pyplot.subplots. We can
then use Axes.plot to draw some data on the Axes:
Note that to get this Figure to display, you may have to call plt.show(), depending
on your backend. For more details of Figures and backends, see creating, viewing
& saving Matplotlib Figures.
For a brief introduction to the ideas behind the library, you can read the
introductory notes or the paper. Visit the installation page to see how you can
download the package and get started with it. You can browse the example gallery
to see some of the things that you can do with seaborn, and then check out the
tutorials or API reference to find out how.
Scikit-Learn is a popular Python library used for machine learning. It provides tools to
build models that can learn from data and make predictions. With Scikit-Learn, you can do tasks
like:
Classifying data (e.g., predicting if a person has diabetes or not).
Clustering data (e.g., grouping similar items together).
Regression (e.g., predicting a number like house prices).
It also helps with preprocessing data (cleaning or preparing it) and evaluating how well your
model performs.
Plotly
Plotly is a Python library for creating interactive and beautiful visualizations. It allows you to
make:
Line charts, bar charts, and scatter plots.
3D graphs and maps.
Dashboards for presenting data interactively.
What makes Plotly special is that the graphs are interactive, so users can zoom in, hover over
points, or explore data more easily.
Cufflinks
Cufflinks is a library that works with Plotly and Pandas (a library for working with data). It helps
you quickly create interactive Plotly charts directly from your data in Pandas.
For example:
If you have a DataFrame (a table of data), you can make a chart in just one line of code.
It makes plotting faster and easier when you're working with a lot of data.
In short, Cufflinks acts as a bridge between Pandas and Plotly to simplify creating interactive
visualizations.
The analysis of medical data for predicting diseases like diabetes has gained significant
importance in recent years. The dataset used in this study originates from the National
Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases. It contains medical diagnostic
information about female patients of Pima Indian heritage, making it a specialized dataset
for diabetes prediction.
The dataset includes various predictor variables such as glucose levels, insulin, BMI, and
skin thickness, which have been identified as key factors in diagnosing diabetes. Studies
have shown that machine learning techniques can effectively analyze such data to predict
health outcomes.
1. Data Collection
The dataset is sourced from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases.
It contains key medical measurements, including glucose levels, insulin, BMI, and skin thickness,
along with the outcome variable (diabetic or not).
2. Data Preprocessing
o The data is cleaned to handle any missing or invalid values.
o Features are standardized or normalized to ensure they are on a similar scale, which helps
in improving model accuracy.
o The dataset is split into training and testing sets to evaluate the model's performance.
4. Model Building
o Scikit-Learn is used to build a machine learning model for predicting diabetes.
o Algorithms such as Logistic Regression, Decision Trees, or Random Forests are applied to
the dataset.
o The model is trained using the training data.
5. Model Evaluation
o The performance of the model is evaluated using metrics like accuracy, precision, recall,
and F1 score.
o The testing dataset is used to validate the model and ensure it generalizes well to unseen
data.
6. Visualization of Results
o The final results, including model performance and important features, are visualized using
Plotly and Cufflinks.
o Interactive charts help communicate findings effectively.
7. Conclusion
Insights gained from the analysis are summarized, highlighting the significant factors contributing
to diabetes prediction and the effectiveness of the model.
In this project, we analyzed the Pima Indian Diabetes dataset to predict diabetes in female
patients based on medical diagnostic measurements. The use of Python and its powerful
libraries like Scikit-Learn, Plotly, and Cufflinks enabled a systematic and efficient approach to
data analysis and modeling.
Through data preprocessing and exploratory analysis, we identified key factors such as glucose
levels, BMI, and insulin as significant predictors of diabetes. By building and evaluating machine
learning models, we achieved a reliable prediction system for diagnosing diabetes.
The visualizations created using Plotly and Cufflinks provided valuable insights into the
relationships between variables, making the data easier to interpret and understand.
This project highlights the potential of machine learning and data visualization in healthcare,
emphasizing how data-driven approaches can aid in early diagnosis and decision-making.
Future work can explore more advanced algorithms or larger datasets to further improve
prediction accuracy and applicability in real-world scenarios.
BIBLOGRAPHY
DATASET
https://www.kaggle.com/datasets/whenamancodes/predict-diabities
Jason Brownlee. (2016). How to Evaluate Machine Learning Algorithms. Retrieved from
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Hastie, T., Tibshirani, R., & Friedman, J. (2009). The Elements of Statistical Learning:
Data Mining, Inference, and Prediction. Springer.