Data Science & Predictive Analytics

This repository curates ten end-to-end analytics projects that span marketing, customer intelligence, cybersecurity, NLP, HR analytics, financial crime, energy, classical machine learning education, compensation science, and venture insights. Every project follows the same blueprint clean, analyze, model, and communicate so you can jump into any folder and reproduce the workflow with minimal ramp-up.

Table of Contents

• About
• Repository Highlights
• Project Catalog
• Project Summaries
• Getting Started
• Repository Structure
• Contributing & Support
• License & Data Ethics

About

Data Science & Predictive Analytics is curated by Nana Safo Duker as a demonstrable playground of repeatable analytics blueprints.

• 🌐 Website / Portfolio: https://nana-safo-duker.github.io/
• 🎯 Focus: Transform real datasets into production-ready insights via reproducible EDA, statistical inference, and predictive modeling workflows in both Python and R.
• 🧰 Tooling Philosophy: Opinionated project scaffolding (data → notebooks → scripts → results) that makes it easy to swap datasets, extend models, or port deliverables into client-facing decks.
• 🤝 Intended Audience: Analysts, ML engineers, and educators looking for ready-made exemplars covering marketing, operations, cybersecurity, finance, HR, NLP, energy, and startup analytics.
• 📈 Outcomes: Clear documentation, validated metrics, and visual assets so stakeholders can trace insight provenance from raw CSVs to final recommendations.

Repository Highlights

• Ten standalone case studies, each with datasets, dual-language notebooks, production-ready scripts, and reporting assets.
• Consistent directory structure (data/, notebooks/, scripts/, results/, docs/) so analysts can re-use tooling across domains.
• Emphasis on statistical depth (descriptive, inferential, hypothesis testing) and predictive rigor (ML pipelines, evaluation, explainability).
• Visual assets (plots, dashboards-ready figures) and compliance documentation (project summaries, verification reports) included where appropriate.

Project Catalog

Folder	Domain & Question	Key Assets	Tech Highlights
Consumer Purchase Prediction using Machine Learning	Who is most likely to buy after seeing an ad?	Advertisement dataset, staged notebooks/scripts, compliance summaries	Logistic regression, tree ensembles, balanced evaluation, Python & R parity
Customer Data Analysis and Insights Project	How do geography and customer attributes drive segmentation?	Customer CSV, clustering notebooks, reporting assets	PCA, K-Means/Hierarchical clustering, statistical testing
Cybersecurity Threat Detection and Attack Pattern Analysis	Which traffic patterns indicate attacks in progress?	178k-row attack log, EDA/ML notebooks, automation scripts	Gradient boosting, time-based features, threat taxonomy dashboards
Email Spam Detection_Data Science Project	Can we flag spam with interpretable NLP features?	Raw & cleaned corpora, TF-IDF/NLP workflows, evaluation reports	Text preprocessing, Naive Bayes vs SVM vs XGBoost, ROC/PR analysis
Employee Performance and Retention Data Analysis	What signals foretell retention risk and performance trends?	Raw + processed HR data, statistical tables, visualization suite	Cohort hiring trends, ANOVA/t-tests, tree-based attrition modeling
Financial Fraud Detection using Predictive Analytics	Which transactions are anomalous or fraudulent?	Kaggle-style fraud data, figure gallery, dual-language notebooks	Imbalanced learning, anomaly detection, SHAP/feature-importance views
Fuel Consumption and Efficiency Analysis Project	How do specs influence fuel use & emissions?	Canadian fuel dataset, regression workflows, verification pack	Multi-model regression, temporal trend analysis, policy-ready visuals
Iris Flower Classification_Machine Learning Analysis	Classic iris benchmark with modern pedagogy	Cleaned Iris CSV, six Python & R notebooks, reusable scripts	EDA → ML curriculum, model comparison dashboards, documentation
Salary Prediction_Data Science and Predictive Modeling	How does seniority translate to compensation?	Position-salary data, processed features, model artifacts	Polynomial regression, SVR, feature engineering for career ladders
Unicorn Companies Growth and Investment Data Analysis	What drives valuations & funding velocity?	Unicorn CSV, docs, notebooks, plots/models outputs	Valuation regression, stage classification, investor-network insights

Project Summaries

Consumer Purchase Prediction using Machine Learning

• Dataset: Advertisement.csv with demographics, salary, and binary purchase labels.
• Workflow: Full EDA, statistical testing, univariate/bivariate/multivariate notebooks, ML scripts for Python & R, plus compliance/requirements reports.
• Models & Metrics: Logistic Regression, Random Forest, SVM, Naive Bayes, Gradient Boosting evaluated via accuracy, precision, recall, F1, and ROC-AUC.

Customer Data Analysis and Insights Project

• Dataset: Customers.csv capturing geography and company metadata.
• Highlights: Segmentation-ready EDA, statistical notebooks, PCA + clustering pipelines (K-Means, hierarchical), and ready-to-publish figures.
• Use Cases: Territory planning, market expansion, customer success prioritization.

Cybersecurity Threat Detection and Attack Pattern Analysis

• Dataset: 178k labeled attack events with IPs, ports, protocols, and timestamps.
• Highlights: Automated notebook generation scripts, end-to-end ML in Python/R, temporal and protocol analysis, advanced classifiers (XGBoost, LightGBM).
• Deliverables: Threat heatmaps, attack timelines, feature-importance plots for SOC teams.

Email Spam Detection_Data Science Project

• Dataset: 5,726 emails (ham vs spam) with raw and cleaned text corpora.
• Highlights: NLP preprocessing (tokenization, stop-word removal, TF-IDF), multi-model benchmark (Naive Bayes, SVM, Random Forest, XGBoost), evaluation reports.
• Deliverables: Models, visualization-ready figures, requirements/licensing guidance.

Employee Performance and Retention Data Analysis

• Dataset: HR table with demographics, compensation, tenure, and management indicators.
• Highlights: Dual-language notebooks/scripts, hypothesis testing (t-tests, chi-square, ANOVA), retention risk modeling, comprehensive plot library.
• Deliverables: Cleaned datasets, statistical CSV outputs, automation scripts for reporting.

Financial Fraud Detection using Predictive Analytics

• Dataset: High-dimensional transaction log (card, address, device, engineered features).
• Highlights: Heavy-duty preprocessing, imbalance strategies (class weights/SMOTE-ready), ensemble classifiers (XGBoost/LightGBM/RandomForest), explainability tooling.
• Deliverables: Saved models, visual diagnostics (correlation, target distribution, time trends), reporting stubs.

Fuel Consumption and Efficiency Analysis Project

• Dataset: FuelConsumption.csv with specs, consumption metrics, and CO₂ emissions.
• Highlights: Statistical & ML notebooks in Python/R, regression comparisons (Linear, Random Forest, Gradient Boosting), policy-grade dashboards.
• Deliverables: Figures folder, trained regressors, verification checklist.

Iris Flower Classification_Machine Learning Analysis

• Dataset: Classic 150-row Iris dataset with four measurements per species.
• Highlights: Six-step notebook curriculum (EDA → ML) for both Python and R, modular scripts, results folder for figures/tables, polished README.
• Use Cases: Introductory ML instruction and tooling templates.

Salary Prediction_Data Science and Predictive Modeling

• Dataset: Position vs salary levels for compensation benchmarking.
• Highlights: Clean/processed datasets, regression suite (Linear, Polynomial, Random Forest, SVR), feature analysis, environment files for reproducibility.
• Deliverables: Notebook set, scripts, ready-to-serve figures/models.

Unicorn Companies Growth and Investment Data Analysis

• Dataset: Unicorn_Companies.csv with valuation, geography, investors, stages.
• Highlights: Exploratory docs, Jupyter & R Markdown notebooks, predictive models (valuation regression, stage classification), investor insights.
• Deliverables: Plot library, project structure documentation, modeling scripts.

Getting Started

1. Clone the repository

   git clone https://github.com/Nana-Safo-Duker/Data-Science-Predictive-Analytics.git
   cd Data-Science-Predictive-Analytics

2. Pick a project folder and review its local README.md (or documentation directory) for project-specific setup.
3. Create an environment

   # Python example
   python -m venv .venv
   .venv\Scripts\activate  # or source .venv/bin/activate
   pip install -r <project>/requirements.txt
   
   # R example
   Rscript <project>/scripts/r/install_packages.R

4. Run notebooks or scripts from the chosen project. Each notebook is numbered to illustrate the recommended execution order (EDA → statistics → modeling).

Repository Structure

├── <project-name>/
│   ├── data/                 # Raw or processed datasets (kept lightweight)
│   ├── docs/                 # Project summaries, analysis guides, compliance notes
│   ├── notebooks/
│   │   ├── python/           # Ordered .ipynb files
│   │   └── r/                # Mirrored R notebooks/Rmd files
│   ├── scripts/
│   │   ├── python/           # CLI-friendly analysis scripts
│   │   └── r/                # R equivalents
│   ├── results/              # Figures, tables, model artifacts
│   └── requirements*/        # Dependency manifests (where applicable)
└── README.md                 # You are here

Contributing & Support

• Issues and pull requests are welcome for bug fixes, documentation improvements, or new analytical modules.
• Please review each project’s contribution guidelines (where available) before submitting changes.
• For questions, open an issue or reach out via the website listed in the About section.

License & Data Ethics

• Licensing files reside within individual project folders. Respect dataset source licenses and usage restrictions before redistribution.
• All datasets are intended for educational/research use. Remove or anonymize sensitive information when adapting these workflows for production environments.

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Last Updated: June 2024