18.6 Global Explanations from Local Explanations

• Partial-dependence plots
  • How does the expected value of model prediction behave as a function of a selected explanatory variable?
  • PD profiles are averages of CP profiles
  • Problematic for correlated explanatory variables
  

boost_profile <- model_profile(explainer_boost,
                               N = 1000, 
                               variables = "rusher_age", 
                               groups = "position")

png(file="images/18_boost_profile.png")
plot(boost_profile)
dev.off()