Accurate method for testing model parameters

Question

I would like to compare model performance for a bunch of models using the same predictors, but different model parameters. This seems like a place to use broomto create neat output, but I can't figure it out. Here are some inactive codes that help me guess what I'm thinking:

seq(1:10) %>%
do(fit = knn(train_Market, test_Market, train_Direction, k=.), score = mean(fit==test_Direction)) %>%
tidy()

For more context, this is part of one of the ISLR labs we are trying to use tidyverse-ify. Here you can see the whole laboratory: https://github.com/AmeliaMN/tidy-islr/blob/master/lab3/lab3.Rmd

[Update: reproducible example] It is difficult to make a minimal example here due to the need to iterate over the data before installing the model, but this should be reproducible:

library(ISLR)
library(dplyr)

train = Smarket %>%
  filter(Year < 2005)
test = Smarket %>%
  filter(Year >= 2005)

train_Market = train %>%
  select(Lag1, Lag2)
test_Market = test %>%
  select(Lag1, Lag2)

train_Direction = train %>%
  select(Direction) %>%
  .$Direction 

set.seed(1)
knn_pred = knn(train_Market, test_Market, train_Direction, k=1)
mean(knn_pred==test_Direction)

knn_pred = knn(train_Market, test_Market, train_Direction, k=3)
mean(knn_pred==test_Direction)

knn_pred = knn(train_Market, test_Market, train_Direction, k=4)
mean(knn_pred==test_Direction)

and etc.

Answer 1

knn ( ) , tidyr unnest ( purrr map rep_along:

library(class)
library(purrr)
library(tidyr)
set.seed(1)

predictions <- data_frame(k = 1:5) %>%
  unnest(prediction = map(k, ~ knn(train_Market, test_Market, train_Direction, k = .))) %>%
  mutate(oracle = rep_along(prediction, test_Direction))

predictions :

# A tibble: 1,260 x 3
       k prediction oracle
   <int>     <fctr> <fctr>
1      1         Up     Up
2      1       Down     Up
3      1         Up   Down
4      1         Up     Up
5      1         Up     Up
6      1       Down     Up
7      1       Down   Down
8      1       Down     Up
9      1       Down     Up
10     1         Up     Up
# ... with 1,250 more rows

:

predictions %>%
  group_by(k) %>%
  summarize(accuracy = mean(prediction == oracle))

, , , , tidy augment, .

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tidyr crossing ( expand.grid) invoke_rows . , l k:

crossing(k = 2:5, l = 0:1) %>%
  invoke_rows(knn, ., train = train_Market, test = test_Market, cl = train_Direction) %>%
  unnest(prediction = .out) %>%
  mutate(oracle = rep_along(prediction, test_Direction)) %>%
  group_by(k, l) %>%
  summarize(accuracy = mean(prediction == oracle))

:

Source: local data frame [8 x 3]
Groups: k [?]

      k     l  accuracy
  <int> <int>     <dbl>
1     2     0 0.5396825
2     2     1 0.5277778
3     3     0 0.5317460
4     3     1 0.5317460
5     4     0 0.5277778
6     4     1 0.5357143
7     5     0 0.4841270
8     5     1 0.4841270