Create validate_transformer_quality function

tests/contributing.py

@@ -7,7 +7,10 @@
 import pandas as pd
 from tabulate import tabulate
 
+from rdt.transformers import get_transformers_by_type
 from tests.integration.test_transformers import validate_transformer
+from tests.quality.test_quality import (
+    TEST_THRESHOLD, get_regression_scores, get_results_table, get_test_cases)
 
 # Mapping of validation method to (check name, check description).
 CHECK_DETAILS = {
@@ -121,3 +124,65 @@ def validate_transformer_integration(transformer):
     print(tabulate(summary, headers='keys', showindex=False))
 
     return validation_error is None and error_trace is None
+
+
+def validate_transformer_quality(transformer):
+    """Validate quality tests for a transformer.
+
+    This function creates a DataFrame containing the results
+    from running the quality tests for this transformer against
+    all the datasets with columns of its input type. It does the
+    following steps:
+    1. A DataFrame containing the regression scores obtained from running the
+    transformers of the input type against the datasets in the test cases is
+    created. Each row in the DataFrame has the transformer name, dataset name,
+    column name and score. The scores are computed as follows:
+        - For every transformer of the data type, transform all the
+        columns of that data type.
+        - For every numerical column in the dataset, the transformed
+        columns are used as features to train a regression model.
+        - The score is the coefficient of determination obtained from
+        that model trying to predict the target column.
+    2. Once the scores are gathered, a results table is created. Each row has
+    a transformer name, dataset name, average score for the dataset,
+    a score comparing the transformer's average score for the dataset to
+    the average of the average score for the dataset across all transformers of
+    the same data type, and whether or not the score passed the test threshold.
+    3. The table described above is printed when this function is run.
+
+    Args:
+        transformer (string or rdt.transformers.BaseTransformer):
+            The transformer to validate.
+    Output:
+        bool:
+            Whether or not the transformer passes all quality checks.
+    """
+    if isinstance(transformer, str):
+        transformer = get_class(transformer)
+
+    print(f'Validating Quality Tests for transformer {transformer.__name__}\n')
+
+    input_type = transformer.get_input_type()
+    test_cases = get_test_cases({input_type})
+    regression_scores = get_regression_scores(test_cases, get_transformers_by_type())
+    results = get_results_table(regression_scores)
+
+    transformer_results = results[results['transformer_name'] == transformer.__name__]
+    transformer_results = transformer_results.drop('transformer_name', axis=1)
+    transformer_results['Acceptable'] = False
+    passing_relative_scores = transformer_results['score_relative_to_average'] > TEST_THRESHOLD
+    acceptable_indices = passing_relative_scores | (transformer_results['score'] > TEST_THRESHOLD)
+    transformer_results.loc[acceptable_indices, 'Acceptable'] = True
+    new_names = {
+        'dataset_name': 'Dataset',
+        'score': 'Score',
+        'score_relative_to_average': 'Compared To Average'
+    }
+    transformer_results = transformer_results.rename(columns=new_names)
+
+    if transformer_results['Acceptable'].all():
+        print('SUCCESS: The quality tests were successful.\n')
+    else:
+        print('Failure: The quality tests were NOT successful.\n')
+
+    return transformer_results

tests/quality/test_quality.py

@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ def get_results_table(regression_scores):
                 'transformer_name': transformer_name,
                 'dataset_name': dataset_name,
                 'score': transformer_average,
-                'Compared to Average': transformer_average / average_without_transformer
+                'score_relative_to_average': transformer_average / average_without_transformer
             })
             results = results.append(row, ignore_index=True)
 
@@ -191,11 +191,11 @@ def test_quality(subtests):
             columns are used as features to train a regression model.
             - The score is the coefficient of determination obtained from
             that model trying to predict the target column.
-        3. Once the scores are gathered, a results table is created containing.
-        Each row has a transformer name, dataset name, average score for the dataset
-        and a score comparing the transformer's average score for the dataset to
-        the average of the average score for the dataset across all transformers of
-        the same data type.
+        3. Once the scores are gathered, a results table is created. Each row has
+        a transformer name, dataset name, average score for the dataset and a score
+        comparing the transformer's average score for the dataset to the average
+        of the average score for the dataset across all transformers of the same
+        data type.
         4. For every unique transformer in the results, a test is run to check
         that the transformer's score for each table is either higher than the
         threshold, or the comparitive score is higher than the threshold.
@@ -214,5 +214,5 @@ def test_quality(subtests):
         with subtests.test(
                 msg=f'Testing transformer {transformer}',
                 transformer=transformer):
-            relative_scores = frame['Compared to Average']
+            relative_scores = frame['score_relative_to_average']
             assert all((relative_scores > TEST_THRESHOLD) | (frame['score'] > TEST_THRESHOLD))