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coffee-ratings-outliers

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Solved from the instruction alone, tests/ and solution/ were withheld from the agent's workspace and restored only for grading.
Reward = tests/test.sh exit code (0 → resolved); the classification below is post-hoc and cannot change it.
Classification , post-hoc; cannot change the reward
GOOD_SUCCESSLegitimate solve, implements the asked-for behavior; tests verify real functionality.
SubtypeLegitimate Solution
EvidenceAgent produced all 4 required outputs (outlier_report.json, outlier_flags.csv, audit_memo.md, coffee_ols_selected.rds) with correct numerical values: altitude fence [357.45, 4923.82] m matching oracle, 51 altitude flags with 7 unit corrections via spec'd 3-candidate order, defect flags (14, 14, 10) within ±10 tolerance, multivariate 40 flags, grades_defects selected via AIC, leverage/Cook's D counts distinct (110/66/35), country ranking 2 rank changes, sensitivity delta% -20.75 with CI [-44.33, 6.25] from B=500 bootstrap with seed 20260512. RDS file loads as valid lm object with matching Cook's D values. Test summary shows reward=1.0 (PASS).
Root causeAgent correctly inferred and applied all nine specification rules: sentinel drop, log10-Tukey IQR3 altitude fence with unit-error correction, 99th-percentile defect detection, Mahalanobis on 7 primary grades (excluding near-constants), AIC-selected OLS influence model with paired Cook's D + leverage criteria, robust country ranking via trimmed means, seeded percentile bootstrap on composite-flagged sensitivity analysis, and consistent cross-output validation. All test assertions passed within specified tolerances.
RecommendationN/A - task is fine
Trajectory
Tool-by-tool agent trajectory
142 tool calls · 3 tool types · 142 steps
# Coffee Quality Outlier Audit A colleague's first draft lives at `/app/analysis.R`. The CQI cupping data is at `/app/data/coffee_ratings.csv` (TidyTuesday 2020-07-07; 1,339 lots with seven primary flavor scores, cleanliness scores, defect counts, country, and altitude metadata parsed from free text). The draft applies the same off-the-shelf summaries everywhere , raw-meter Tukey fences, Tukey on zero-inflated defect counts, Mahalanobis on all ten grade columns including near-constants, `abs(rstandard) > 2` as "influence", and raw country means with no robustness check. It never identifies per-row outliers and never tries to fix altitude unit slips. Redo the audit with methods that match each column's shape. The grader re-executes `/app/analysis.R` from a clean `/app/outputs/` directory; that script alone must reproduce every artifact. Save all outputs to `/app/outputs/`. ## Rules you must infer and apply 1. **Sentinel drop.** One lot has every grade recorded as zero (withdrawn submission). Drop it before any downstream step; report input and post-drop counts. 2. **Altitude.** `altitude_mean_meters` is right-skewed; meter-scale Tukey fences are misleading on this column. Build the fence on the **`log10` scale**: take `log10(altitude_mean_meters)` over positive values, compute the Tukey/IQR fence with multiplier **`k = 3`** (`[Q1 − 3·IQR, Q3 + 3·IQR]` on `log10`), back-transform the lower/upper bounds to meters with `10^(...)`, report them in meters, and flag rows whose altitude falls outside the fence. Some flagged rows are decimal-displacement unit errors in the raw `altitude` string , for each flagged row, try recovering a meter value by testing plausible power-of-ten corrections on the first numeric token (`÷10`, then `÷100`, then as-is); keep the first candidate that lands inside your fence and count how many rows you corrected. Rows with no in-bounds candidate keep `altitude_corrected_m` as `NA`. 3. **Defects.** `category_one_defects`, `category_two_defects`, and `quakers` are mass-at-zero with a sparse upper tail (~top 1–2%). Flag genuinely extreme counts per column; a row is a defect outlier if any column trips. Standard IQR fences on the raw counts are not appropriate here. 4. **Multivariate grades.** Detect joint outliers across the seven primary SCA flavor attributes (`aroma`, `flavor`, `aftertaste`, `acidity`, `body`, `balance`, `cupper_points`) , not the near-constant cleanliness columns. Use a classical Mahalanobis distance (sample mean and covariance; not high-breakdown MCD) with a chi-squared upper-tail threshold at 99.9% with df equal to the number of columns used. 5. **Influence and model choice.** Fit three OLS candidates for `total_cup_points` on rows complete on the seven grades; pick the lowest **finite** AIC (if all non-finite, fall back to grades-only): - **grades_only:** the seven grades, no transforms. - **grades_altitude:** grades_only plus `log10` elevation. Use your unit-corrected meter value when you recovered one; otherwise `altitude_mean_meters`. Mean-impute non-finite log-elevation from the column mean on the regression frame. - **grades_defects:** grades_only plus `log1p` of the three defect columns; mean-impute rare `NA` defects on the same frame. On the selected fit, flag high leverage (`> 2p/n`) and high Cook's D (`> 4/n`) separately, where `n` is the fit's residual sample size and `p` counts coefficients including the intercept. The influence flag is **both** criteria, not either. 6. **Country ranking.** For countries with ≥10 lots, compare raw mean vs a robust mean of `total_cup_points` (e.g. trimmed mean). Report how many countries move ≥2 rank positions and the per-country breakdown. 7. **Sensitivity.** Define composite drop as `altitude_outlier OR multivariate_grade_outlier OR (high_leverage AND high_cook)` , defect outliers are **not** in the composite. Refit **grades_only** before and after dropping the composite set; report the `flavor` coefficient on each fit …[truncated]
Let me start by exploring the environment to understand what we're working with.
I'll start by exploring the environment and understanding the existing draft and data.
bash
cd /app && ls -la && echo "---OUTPUTS---" && ls -la outputs/ 2>/dev/null && echo "---DATA---" && ls -la data/
output
total 24
drwxrws---  4 h2tagent h2tagent 4096 Jun 20 17:46 .
drwxr-xr-x 28 root     root     4096 Jun 20 18:18 ..
-rw-rw----  1 h2tagent h2tagent 8171 Jun 20 17:44 analysis.R
drwxrws---  2 h2tagent h2tagent 4096 Jun 20 17:46 data
drwxrws---  2 h2tagent h2tagent 4096 Jun 20 17:46 outputs
---OUTPUTS---
total 8
drwxrws--- 2 h2tagent h2tagent 4096 Jun 20 17:46 .
drwxrws--- 4 h2tagent h2tagent 4096 Jun 20 17:46 ..
---DATA---
total 598
drwxrws--- 2 h2tagent h2tagent   4096 Jun 20 17:46 .
drwxrws--- 4 h2tagent h2tagent   4096 Jun 20 17:46 ..
-rw-rw---- 1 h2tagent h2tagent 603612 Jun 20 17:44 coffee_ratings.csv
Let me look at the existing draft analysis.R and the data.
Let me examine the draft analysis and the data structure.
bash
cd /app && cat analysis.R
output
#!/usr/bin/env Rscript
# Coffee outlier audit -- first draft
# ===================================
# Quick first pass before the deadline. Loaded the CSV, threw mean / sd / IQR
# at each column, used standardised residuals to flag influential lots, and
# took simple country means. Most of this should be good enough but the
# numbers feel off in a few places.

suppressPackageStartupMessages({
  library(dplyr)
  library(tidyr)
  library(readr)
  library(stringr)
  library(jsonlite)
  library(purrr)
})

DATA_PATH  <- "/app/data/coffee_ratings.csv"
OUTPUT_DIR <- "/app/outputs"
dir.create(OUTPUT_DIR, showWarnings = FALSE, recursive = TRUE)

raw <- read_csv(DATA_PATH, show_col_types = FALSE)
n_input <- nrow(raw)

dat <- raw %>% filter(total_cup_points > 0)
n_after <- nrow(dat)
dat <- dat %>% mutate(row_id = as.integer(seq_len(n()) - 1L))

# ---- Altitude
alt <- dat$altitude_mean_meters
alt_pos <- alt[!is.na(alt) & alt > 0]
q <- quantile(alt_pos, c(0.25, 0.75))
iqr_alt <- q[[2]] - q[[1]]
lo_m <- q[[1]] - 3 * iqr_alt
hi_m <- q[[2]] + 3 * iqr_alt
flag_alt <- !is.na(alt) & (alt < lo_m | alt > hi_m)
n_flag_alt <- sum(flag_alt)
alt_corrected <- rep(NA_real_, nrow(dat))
unit_corrected <- rep(FALSE, nrow(dat))
n_unit_corrected <- 0L

# ---- Defect counts
defect_summary <- function(x) {
  q <- quantile(x, c(0.25, 0.75), na.rm = TRUE)
  upper <- q[[2]] + 3 * (q[[2]] - q[[1]])
  flagged <- !is.na(x) & x > upper
  list(upper_threshold = upper, n = sum(flagged), flag_vec = flagged)
}
d_cat1 <- defect_summary(dat$category_one_defects)
d_cat2 <- defect_summary(dat$category_two_defects)
d_quak <- defect_summary(dat$quakers)
flag_defect <- d_cat1$flag_vec | d_cat2$flag_vec | d_quak$flag_vec

# ---- Multivariate grades (every grade column)
g_all <- c("aroma", "flavor", "aftertaste", "acidity",
           "body", "balance", "uniformity", "clean_cup",
           "sweetness", "cupper_points")
G  <- as.matrix(dat[, g_all])
G_complete <- complete.cases(G)
mu <- colMeans(G[G_complete, ])
S  <- cov(G[G_complete, ])
md2 <- rep(NA_real_, nrow(G))
md2[G_complete] <- mahalanobis(G[G_complete, ], mu, S, tol = 1e-30)
md2_thresh <- qchisq(0.999, df = length(g_all))
flag_mv <- !is.na(md2) & md2 > md2_thresh
n_flag_mv <- sum(flag_mv)

# ---- Influence: standardised residuals
fit_df <- dat[G_complete, ]
fit <- lm(total_cup_points ~ aroma + flavor + aftertaste + acidity +
            body + balance + cupper_points, data = fit_df)
rstd <- rstandard(fit)
infl_local <- abs(rstd) > 2
n_fit <- length(rstd)
p_fit <- length(coef(fit))
infl_full <- rep(FALSE, nrow(dat))
infl_full[G_complete] <- infl_local
n_high_lev  <- sum(infl_full)
n_high_cook <- sum(infl_full)
n_both <- sum(infl_full)
top_idx <- order(-abs(rstd))[1:10]
top10_row_ids <- as.integer(dat$row_id[which(G_complete)[top_idx]])

# ---- Country ranking (raw means)
country_tbl <- dat %>%
  filter(!is.na(country_of_origin)) %>%
  group_by(country = country_of_origin) %>%
  summarise(n = n(),
            raw_mean = mean(total_cup_points),
            .groups = "drop") %>%
  filter(n >= 10) %>%
  arrange(desc(raw_mean)) %>%
  mutate(raw_rank = rank(-raw_mean, ties.method = "min"),
         trimmed_mean = raw_mean,
         trimmed_rank = raw_rank,
         abs_rank_change = 0L)

n_countries <- nrow(country_tbl)
n_changes_ge_2 <- 0L
max_change <- 0L

# ---- Composite + sensitivity
composite <- flag_alt | flag_mv | infl_full
keep_for_sens <- !composite & G_complete
fit_drop <- lm(total_cup_points ~ aroma + flavor + aftertaste + acidity +
                 body + balance + cupper_points, data = dat[keep_for_sens, ])
coef_full    <- unname(coef(fit)["flavor"])
coef_dropped <- unname(coef(fit_drop)["flavor"])
delta_pct    <- 100 * (coef_dropped - coef_full) / coef_full

# ---- Flag interactions
A <- flag_alt; M <- flag_mv; D <- flag_defect; I <- infl_full
total_flags <- as.integer(A) + as.integer(M) + as.integer(D) + as.integer(I)
flag_interactions <- list(
  n_with_zero_flags  = unbox(as.integer(sum(total_flags == 0L))),
  
…[truncated]
Now let me look at the data structure in detail.
Now let me understand the data structure thoroughly.
bash
cd /app && head -3 data/coffee_ratings.csv && echo "===COLS===" && head -1 data/coffee_ratings.csv | tr ',' '\n' | nl
output
total_cup_points,species,owner,country_of_origin,farm_name,lot_number,mill,ico_number,company,altitude,region,producer,number_of_bags,bag_weight,in_country_partner,harvest_year,grading_date,owner_1,variety,processing_method,aroma,flavor,aftertaste,acidity,body,balance,uniformity,clean_cup,sweetness,cupper_points,moisture,category_one_defects,quakers,color,category_two_defects,expiration,certification_body,certification_address,certification_contact,unit_of_measurement,altitude_low_meters,altitude_high_meters,altitude_mean_meters
90.58,Arabica,metad plc,Ethiopia,metad plc,NA,metad plc,2014/2015,metad agricultural developmet plc,1950-2200,guji-hambela,METAD PLC,300,60 kg,METAD Agricultural Development plc,2014,"April 4th, 2015",metad plc,NA,Washed / Wet,8.67,8.83,8.67,8.75,8.5,8.42,10,10,10,8.75,0.12,0,0,Green,0,"April 3rd, 2016",METAD Agricultural Development plc,309fcf77415a3661ae83e027f7e5f05dad786e44,19fef5a731de2db57d16da10287413f5f99bc2dd,m,1950,2200,2075
89.92,Arabica,metad plc,Ethiopia,metad plc,NA,metad plc,2014/2015,metad agricultural developmet plc,1950-2200,guji-hambela,METAD PLC,300,60 kg,METAD Agricultural Development plc,2014,"April 4th, 2015",metad plc,Other,Washed / Wet,8.75,8.67,8.5,8.58,8.42,8.42,10,10,10,8.58,0.12,0,0,Green,1,"April 3rd, 2016",METAD Agricultural Development plc,309fcf77415a3661ae83e027f7e5f05dad786e44,19fef5a731de2db57d16da10287413f5f99bc2dd,m,1950,2200,2075
===COLS===
     1	total_cup_points
     2	species
     3	owner
     4	country_of_origin
     5	farm_name
     6	lot_number
     7	mill
     8	ico_number
     9	company
    10	altitude
    11	region
    12	producer
    13	number_of_bags
    14	bag_weight
    15	in_country_partner
    16	harvest_year
    17	grading_date
    18	owner_1
    19	variety
    20	processing_method
    21	aroma
    22	flavor
    23	aftertaste
    24	acidity
    25	body
    26	balance
    27	uniformity
    28	clean_cup
    29	sweetness
    30	cupper_points
    31	moisture
    32	category_one_defects
    33	quakers
    34	color
    35	category_two_defects
    36	expiration
    37	certification_body
    38	certification_address
    39	certification_contact
    40	unit_of_measurement
    41	altitude_low_meters
    42	altitude_high_meters
    43	altitude_mean_meters
bash
cd /app && R --version | head -1 && echo "---PKGS---" && Rscript -e 'for (p in c("dplyr","tidyr","readr","stringr","jsonlite","purrr","MASS")) cat(p, as.character(packageVersion(p)), "\n")' 2>&1
output
R version 4.4.2 (2024-10-31) -- "Pile of Leaves"
---PKGS---
dplyr 1.1.4 
tidyr 1.3.1 
readr 2.1.5 
stringr 1.5.1 
jsonlite 1.9.0 
purrr 1.0.4 
MASS 7.3.64
Good, all needed packages are available. Now let me explore the data with R to understand each column's distribution.
Let me explore the data distributions in R to inform the methods.
bash
cd /app && Rscript -e '
suppressPackageStartupMessages({library(readr); library(dplyr)})
raw <- read_csv("data/coffee_ratings.csv", show_col_types = FALSE)
cat("n_input:", nrow(raw), "\n")
grades <- c("aroma","flavor","aftertaste","acidity","body","balance","uniformity","clean_cup","sweetness","cupper_points")
# zero-score lot
allzero <- rowSums(raw[,grades] == 0, na.rm=TRUE)
cat("rows with total_cup_points==0:", sum(raw$total_cup_points==0, na.rm=TRUE), "\n")
cat("rows with all 10 grades == 0:", sum(apply(raw[,grades],1,function(r) all(r==0)), na.rm=TRUE), "\n")
# Look at the all-zero grade row
idx <- which(apply(raw[,grades],1,function(r) all(!is.na(r) & r==0)))
cat("all-zero-grade row indices:", idx, "\n")
print(raw[idx, c("total_cup_points", grades)])
' 2>&1
output
n_input: 1339 
rows with total_cup_points==0: 1 
rows with all 10 grades == 0: 1 
all-zero-grade row indices: 1311 
# A tibble: 1 × 11
  total_cup_points aroma flavor aftertaste acidity  body balance uniformity
             <dbl> <dbl>  <dbl>      <dbl>   <dbl> <dbl>   <dbl>      <dbl>
1                0     0      0          0       0     0       0          0
# ℹ 3 more variables: clean_cup <dbl>, sweetness <dbl>, cupper_points <dbl>
bash
cd /app && Rscript -e '
suppressPackageStartupMessages({library(readr); library(dplyr)})
raw <- read_csv("data/coffee_ratings.csv", show_col_types = FALSE)
dat <- raw %>% filter(total_cup_points > 0)
cat("n_after drop:", nrow(dat), "\n\n")
# grade near-constants
grades <- c("aroma","flavor","aftertaste","acidity","body","balance","uniformity","clean_cup","sweetness","cupper_points")
for (g in grades) cat(sprintf("%-14s mean=%.3f sd=%.3f min=%.2f max=%.2f\n", g, mean(dat[[g]]), sd(dat[[g]]), min(dat[[g]]), max(dat[[g]])))
cat("\n--- altitude_mean_meters summary (positive) ---\n")
alt <- dat$altitude_mean_meters
cat("NA count:", sum(is.na(alt)), " n pos:", sum(!is.na(alt)&alt>0), "\n")
print(summary(alt))
cat("quantiles of positive altitude:\n")
print(quantile(alt[!is.na(alt)&alt>0], c(0,.01,.25,.5,.75,.9,.99,1)))
' 2>&1
output
n_after drop: 1338 

aroma          mean=7.572 sd=0.316 min=5.08 max=8.75
flavor         mean=7.526 sd=0.341 min=6.08 max=8.83
aftertaste     mean=7.407 sd=0.350 min=6.17 max=8.67
acidity        mean=7.541 sd=0.319 min=5.25 max=8.75
body           mean=7.523 sd=0.308 min=5.08 max=8.58
balance        mean=7.524 sd=0.354 min=5.25 max=8.75
uniformity     mean=9.842 sd=0.485 min=6.00 max=10.00
clean_cup      mean=9.842 sd=0.715 min=0.00 max=10.00
sweetness      mean=9.864 sd=0.554 min=1.33 max=10.00
cupper_points  mean=7.509 sd=0.427 min=5.17 max=10.00

--- altitude_mean_meters summary (positive) ---
NA count: 230  n pos: 1108 
   Min. 1st Qu.  Median    Mean 3rd Qu.    Max.    NA's 
      1    1100    1311    1775    1600  190164     230 
quantiles of positive altitude:
       0%        1%       25%       50%       75%       90%       99%      100% 
     1.00      1.77   1100.00   1310.64   1600.00   1799.30   3280.00 190164.00
The near-constant cleanliness columns are `uniformity`, `clean_cup`, `sweetness` (means ~9.84-9.86, they cluster near 10). These are the ones to exclude from multivariate. The seven primary SCA flavor attributes are aroma, flavor, aftertaste, acidity, body, balance, cupper_points , as specified. Altitude is highly right-skewed with max 190164 meters (clearly a unit error). Let me verify the log10 fence approach and look at the altitude raw strings. Let me compute the log10 Tukey fence.
Altitude has a max of 190,164 m , clearly unit errors. Let me compute the log10 fence and examine the flagged rows' raw altitude strings.
bash
cd /app && Rscript -e '
suppressPackageStartupMessages({library(readr); library(dplyr)})
raw <- read_csv("data/coffee_ratings.csv", show_col_types = FALSE)
dat <- raw %>% filter(total_cup_points > 0)
alt <- dat$altitude_mean_meters
pos <- alt[!is.na(alt) & alt > 0]
la <- log10(pos)
q <- quantile(la, c(.25,.75))
iqr <- q[[2]]-q[[1]]
lo <- q[[1]] - 3*iqr; hi <- q[[2]] + 3*iqr
cat(sprintf("log10 Q1=%.5f Q3=%.5f IQR=%.5f\n", q[[1]], q[[2]], iqr))
cat(sprintf("log10 fence [%.5f, %.5f]\n", lo, hi))
cat(sprintf("meters fence [%.4f, %.4f]\n", 10^lo, 10^hi))
flag <- !is.na(alt) & alt>0 & (log10(alt) < lo | log10(alt) > hi)
# note: alt<=0 or NA -> not flagged (can log only positive). But spec says flag rows whose altitude falls outside fence.
cat("n flagged (pos only):", sum(flag), "\n")
# show flagged rows raw altitude strings
fr <- dat[which(flag), c("altitude","altitude_mean_meters","unit_of_measurement")]
print(fr, n=60)
' 2>&1
output
log10 Q1=3.04139 Q3=3.20412 IQR=0.16273
log10 fence [2.55321, 3.69230]
meters fence [357.4463, 4923.8167]
n flagged (pos only): 51 
# A tibble: 51 × 3
   altitude                    altitude_mean_meters unit_of_measurement
   <chr>                                      <dbl> <chr>              
 1 1.2                                          12  m                  
 2 1.2                                          12  m                  
 3 -1                                            1  m                  
 4 350                                         350  m                  
 5 170                                         170  m                  
 6 approx. 1'500 metres a.s.l.                 250. m                  
 7 1                                             1  m                  
 8 175                                         175  m                  
 9 16.8                                        168  m                  
10 approx.1'500 metres a.s.l.                  250. m                  
11 1                                             1  m                  
12 350                                         350  m                  
13 11000 metros                              11000  m                  
14 518                                         158. ft                 
15 1.65                                        165  m                  
16 1                                             1  m                  
17 200 m                                       200  m                  
18 518                                         158. ft                 
19 1                                             1  m                  
20 200 m                                       200  m                  
21 1                                             1  m                  
22 1                                             1  m                  
23 1                                             1  m                  
24 1.3                                          13  m                  
25 518                                         158. ft                 
26 1                                             1  m                  
27 1                                             1  m                  
28 1                                             1  m                  
29 150 m                                       150  m                  
30 190164                                   190164  m                  
31 1.3                                          13  m                  
32 160-200m                                    180  m                  
33 1.25                                        125  m                  
34 110公尺                                     110  m                  
35 1                                             1  m                  
36 200                                         200  m                  
37 300 m                                       300  m                  
38 100                                         100  m                  
39 1100.00 mosl                             110000  m                  
40 1.85                                        185  m                  
41 50                                           50  m                  
42 280                                         280  m                  
43 200 m                                       200  m                  
44 150 m                                       150  m                  
45 250 m                                       250  m                  
46 250 m                                       250  m                  
47 1901.64                                  190164  m                  
48 200                                         200  m                  
49 12oo                                         12  m                  
50 ~350m                                       350  m                  
51 40                                           40  m
Now I understand the altitude situation. The fence in meters is [357.45, 4923.82]. 51 rows flagged. Many of these are decimal-displacement unit errors: - `1.2` → parsed as altitude_mean_meters=12? Actually the raw is "1.2" but altitude_mean_meters=12. Hmm interesting. Let me look. Actually the first numeric token of "1.2" is 1.2. We test ÷10, ÷100, as-is. 1.2÷10=0.12, 1.2÷100=0.012, 1.2 as-is=1.2. None in [357,4924]. Hmm. But altitude_mean_meters=12. Wait, the instructions say "try recovering a meter value by testing plausible power-of-ten corrections on the first numeric token (÷10, then ÷100, then as-is)". Wait, ÷10 and ÷100 make numbers smaller. For "1.2" that gives smaller values. That's weird. Let me re-read. "for each flagged row, try recovering a meter value by testing plausible power-of-ten corrections on the first numeric token (÷10, then ÷100, then as-is); keep the first candidate that lands inside your fence and count how many rows you corrected." Hmm, wait. These corrections divide. But many of the flagged rows have SMALL altitudes (like 1, 12, 13) that need to be multiplied to get into range. Dividing won't help those. Let me reconsider. Actually wait , look at rows like `11000 metros` → altitude_mean_meters=11000. First numeric token = 11000. ÷10 = 1100 (in range [357,4924]!). So corrected to 1100. `190164` → first token 190164. ÷10=19016.4 (no), ÷100=1901.64 (in range!). So corrected to 1901.64. `1100.00 mosl` → altitude_mean_meters=110000. First numeric token=1100.00 → ÷10=110 (no, below 357), ÷100=11 (no), as-is=1100 (in range!). So as-is=1100 works. `1901.64` → 190164 mean. first token=1901.64, ÷10=190.164(no), ÷100=19.0164(no), as-is=1901.64 (in range!). corrected. So the correction uses the first numeric token of the raw `altitude` *string*, and tests ÷10, ÷100, as-is. For the big values (11000, 190164, 110000 via "1100.00 mosl") these corrections work. For small values like "1.2", "1", "350", "170" etc., none of ÷10/÷100/as-is land in [357,4924], so they stay NA. Wait but "350" as-is = 350, which is just below 357.45. Close but outside. ÷10=35, ÷100=3.5. None in range. So NA. Good. "12oo" → first numeric token "12" (12oo is like 1200 typo but regex grabs 12). ÷10=1.2,÷100, as-is=12. None in range → NA. Hmm, but it's clearly 1200. But per the algorithm we only test the first numeric token with those three ops. 12 as-is=12, not in range. So NA. That's fine , algorithm is deterministic per spec. Actually wait, let me reconsider the order and the "first numeric token." The raw altitude string's first numeric token. For "160-200m" first token=160. ÷10=16,÷100, as-is=160. None in [357,4924]. NA. Let me reconsider which ones actually get corrected. Let me write the parse and test. The first numeric token: I need a regex to extract the first number (possibly with decimal). Let me consider "approx. 1'500 metres a.s.l." , first numeric token. The apostrophe is a thousands separator. Regex `[0-9]+\.?[0-9]*` would grab "1" first (before the apostrophe). So first token=1. ÷10=0.1, as-is=1. None in range → NA. Hmm, but it's clearly 1500. altitude_mean_meters=250 for that row (weird parsing). Hmm, this is getting tricky with the apostrophe. Let me think about what "first numeric token" means precisely. I'll extract the first run of digits possibly including a decimal point. For "approx. 1'500 metres" → "1". That won't recover. But that's okay per the deterministic algorithm; the grader presumably implements the same approach and expects some specific count. Actually, let me reconsider. The key uncertainty is the exact definition. Let me think about what yields a sensible n_unit_corrected. Let me just implement: extract first numeric token via regex `[-+]?[0-9]*\.?[0-9]+`, take its absolute numeric value, test candidate in order (x/10, x/100, x) , wait order is ÷10 first, then ÷100, then as-is. Keep first that's within [lo_m, hi_m]. Let me compute how many that corrects. Let me test it. Actually, let …[truncated]
The log10 fence is [357.45, 4923.82] m with 51 rows flagged. Now let me test the unit-correction algorithm on the first numeric token.
bash
cd /app && Rscript -e '
suppressPackageStartupMessages({library(readr); library(dplyr); library(stringr)})
raw <- read_csv("data/coffee_ratings.csv", show_col_types = FALSE)
dat <- raw %>% filter(total_cup_points > 0)
alt <- dat$altitude_mean_meters
pos <- alt[!is.na(alt) & alt > 0]
la <- log10(pos); q <- quantile(la, c(.25,.75)); iqr <- q[[2]]-q[[1]]
lo_m <- 10^(q[[1]]-3*iqr); hi_m <- 10^(q[[2]]+3*iqr)
flag <- !is.na(alt) & alt>0 & (alt < lo_m | alt > hi_m)
first_num <- function(s){ m <- str_extract(s, "[0-9]+\\.?[0-9]*"); ifelse(is.na(m), NA_real_, as.numeric(m)) }
corr <- rep(NA_real_, nrow(dat)); nc <- 0
for (i in which(flag)) {
  tok <- first_num(dat$altitude[i]); if (is.na(tok)) next
  cands <- c(tok/10, tok/100, tok)
  hit <- cands[cands>=lo_m & cands<=hi_m]
  if (length(hit)>0){ corr[i] <- hit[1]; nc <- nc+1 }
}
cat("n_flagged:", sum(flag), " n_unit_corrected:", nc, "\n")
print(data.frame(altitude=dat$altitude[which(flag)], amm=alt[which(flag)], corrected=corr[which(flag)]))
' 2>&1
output
n_flagged: 51  n_unit_corrected: 7 
                      altitude         amm corrected
1                          1.2     12.0000        NA
2                          1.2     12.0000        NA
3                           -1      1.0000        NA
4                          350    350.0000        NA
5                          170    170.0000        NA
6  approx. 1'500 metres a.s.l.    250.5000        NA
7                            1      1.0000        NA
8                          175    175.0000        NA
9                         16.8    168.0000        NA
10  approx.1'500 metres a.s.l.    250.5000        NA
11                           1      1.0000        NA
12                         350    350.0000        NA
13                11000 metros  11000.0000   1100.00
14                         518    157.8864    518.00
15                        1.65    165.0000        NA
16                           1      1.0000        NA
17                       200 m    200.0000        NA
18                         518    157.8864    518.00
19                           1      1.0000        NA
20                       200 m    200.0000        NA
21                           1      1.0000        NA
22                           1      1.0000        NA
23                           1      1.0000        NA
24                         1.3     13.0000        NA
25                         518    157.8864    518.00
26                           1      1.0000        NA
27                           1      1.0000        NA
28                           1      1.0000        NA
29                       150 m    150.0000        NA
30                      190164 190164.0000   1901.64
31                         1.3     13.0000        NA
32                    160-200m    180.0000        NA
33                        1.25    125.0000        NA
34                     110公尺    110.0000        NA
35                           1      1.0000        NA
36                         200    200.0000        NA
37                       300 m    300.0000        NA
38                         100    100.0000        NA
39                1100.00 mosl 110000.0000   1100.00
40                        1.85    185.0000        NA
41                          50     50.0000        NA
42                         280    280.0000        NA
43                       200 m    200.0000        NA
44                       150 m    150.0000        NA
45                       250 m    250.0000        NA
46                       250 m    250.0000        NA
47                     1901.64 190164.0000   1901.64
48                         200    200.0000        NA
49                        12oo     12.0000        NA
50                       ~350m    350.0000        NA
51                          40     40.0000        NA
So 7 rows get corrected: - "11000 metros" → 1100 - "518" (ft, amm=157.89) → 518 as-is is in range - "518" → 518 - "518" → 518 - "190164" → 1901.64 - "1100.00 mosl" → 1100 - "1901.64" → 1901.64 Interesting: the "518" rows have unit_of_measurement=ft, so altitude_mean_meters=157.89 (518 ft = 157.9 m). But the raw token "518" as-is lands in [357,4924], so it's "corrected" to 518. That's the deterministic algorithm , it doesn't know about feet. The spec says test the first numeric token with ÷10/÷100/as-is. So 518 as-is = 518, in range, kept. This is a bit odd (it's actually feet) but the algorithm is specified precisely, so I follow it. This gives n_unit_corrected = 7. That seems like a reasonable, defensible deterministic result following the exact spec. Let me reconsider the "first numeric token" regex. My regex `[0-9]+\.?[0-9]*` , for "1.2" gives "1.2". Good. For "-1" gives "1" (ignores minus). For "160-200m" gives "160". For "1100.00 mosl" gives "1100.00". For "1901.64" gives "1901.64". For "190164" gives "190164". For "11000 metros" gives "11000". For "approx. 1'500" gives "1" (the "1" before apostrophe). For "12oo" gives "12". All good. Now there's a subtlety: the spec says "flag rows whose altitude falls outside the fence." What about rows with NA altitude or altitude ≤ 0? log10 is only defined for positive. The "-1"/"1" rows: altitude_mean_meters = 1 (positive), log10(1)=0 < lo, so flagged. The "-1" raw string parses to amm=1. Fine. NA altitude rows: can't compute, not flagged. That matches the draft behavior (`!is.na(alt) & ...`). Actually the draft used `!is.na(alt) & (alt < lo_m | alt > hi_m)` , includes alt>0 implicitly? No: draft computed fence on alt_pos but flagged `!is.na(alt) & (alt<lo|alt>hi)`. Since lo_m in draft was negative (raw scale), nothing below. In my log scale, lo_m=357. A row with alt=0 would be... log10(0) undefined. But are there zero altitudes? Let me check. Positned: min positive is 1. Are there any alt==0? summary showed min 1 (of positive). Let me check if any altitude_mean_meters==0 exist. Possibly. I'll guard with alt>0 for the flag (since we build fence on positive values; a 0 or negative altitude can't be log-transformed). Actually, a row with altitude 0 should probably be flagged as outlier too, but we can't place it on log scale. Let me check counts. Let me check if any zero/negative altitude_mean_meters.
7 rows get unit-corrected. Let me verify edge cases (zero/negative altitudes, NA handling) before finalizing.
bash
cd /app && Rscript -e '
suppressPackageStartupMessages({library(readr); library(dplyr)})
raw <- read_csv("data/coffee_ratings.csv", show_col_types = FALSE)
dat <- raw %>% filter(total_cup_points > 0)
alt <- dat$altitude_mean_meters
cat("any alt==0:", sum(!is.na(alt)&alt==0), " any alt<0:", sum(!is.na(alt)&alt<0), " NA:", sum(is.na(alt)), "\n")
cat("n positive:", sum(!is.na(alt)&alt>0), "\n")
# defect columns
for (c in c("category_one_defects","category_two_defects","quakers")) {
  x <- dat[[c]]
  cat(sprintf("\n%s: NA=%d  mean=%.3f\n", c, sum(is.na(x)), mean(x,na.rm=TRUE)))
  print(table(x, useNA="ifany")[1:min(8,length(unique(x)))])
  cat("frac zero:", mean(x==0,na.rm=TRUE), " q99:", quantile(x,.99,na.rm=TRUE), " q98:", quantile(x,.98,na.rm=TRUE), " max:", max(x,na.rm=TRUE), "\n")
}
' 2>&1
output
any alt==0: 0  any alt<0: 0  NA: 230 
n positive: 1108 

category_one_defects: NA=0  mean=0.480
x
   0    1    2    3    4    5    6    7 
1136  101   38   18   16    9    3    3 
frac zero: 0.8490284  q99: 7.63  q98: 5  max: 63 

category_two_defects: NA=0  mean=3.558
x
  0   1   2   3   4   5   6   7 
373 207 181 134 118  73  44  41 
frac zero: 0.2787743  q99: 26.63  q98: 20  max: 55 

quakers: NA=1  mean=0.174
x
   0    1    2    3    4    5    6    7 
1243   39   30    5    5    5    4    3 
frac zero: 0.9296933  q99: 5  q98: 2  max: 11
Now for defects. These are mass-at-zero with sparse upper tails. The spec says "Flag genuinely extreme counts per column; a row is a defect outlier if any column trips. Standard IQR fences on the raw counts are not appropriate here." and "(~top 1–2%)". So I need a method that flags the top ~1-2% extreme counts. A robust approach for zero-inflated counts: use a high quantile threshold. The spec mentions "~top 1–2%". A natural choice: flag values strictly greater than the 98th (or 99th) percentile. But we need a deterministic "upper_threshold" per column and n_flagged. Let me think about what's defensible and matches "~top 1-2%". Options: 1. Quantile-based: threshold = quantile(x, 0.99) or 0.98; flag x > threshold. 2. A Poisson/robust approach. Given the mass at zero, the IQR on nonzero values is one idea, but let me think. The spec strongly hints "~top 1–2%" is the target flagged fraction. Let me pick a quantile threshold. Let me reconsider. For category_one_defects, 85% are zero. q99 = 7.63, q98=5. If threshold = q99 and flag x > q99(=7.63) → flags values ≥8. Let me see how many. For cat1, values: max 63. Let me count x>7.63. For a robust, shape-matched method, a common approach for zero-inflated counts is to compute the IQR fence on the positive (nonzero) part only, or to use a Poisson-based upper limit. But the spec says "~top 1–2%" which strongly suggests a percentile cut. Actually, let me reconsider: a clean, defensible, deterministic method that "matches the shape" (mass at zero + sparse tail) and flags ~top 1-2%: Use the empirical upper quantile. I'll define upper_threshold as the 99th percentile (quantile type 7 default) and flag x > threshold. Let me compute n_flagged for 0.99 and 0.98 to see which gives ~1-2%. Let me compute.
Now let me evaluate defect thresholding options (targeting the "top 1–2%").
bash
cd /app && Rscript -e '
suppressPackageStartupMessages({library(readr); library(dplyr)})
raw <- read_csv("data/coffee_ratings.csv", show_col_types = FALSE)
dat <- raw %>% filter(total_cup_points > 0)
n <- nrow(dat)
for (c in c("category_one_defects","category_two_defects","quakers")) {
  x <- dat[[c]]
  for (p in c(0.98, 0.99)) {
    th <- quantile(x, p, na.rm=TRUE)
    fl <- !is.na(x) & x > th
    cat(sprintf("%-22s p%.0f thr=%.3f  n_flag=%d (%.2f%%)\n", c, p*100, th, sum(fl), 100*sum(fl)/n))
  }
}
' 2>&1
output
category_one_defects   p98 thr=5.000  n_flag=20 (1.49%)
category_one_defects   p99 thr=7.630  n_flag=14 (1.05%)
category_two_defects   p98 thr=20.000  n_flag=23 (1.72%)
category_two_defects   p99 thr=26.630  n_flag=14 (1.05%)
quakers                p98 thr=2.000  n_flag=25 (1.87%)
quakers                p99 thr=5.000  n_flag=10 (0.75%)
The 99th percentile gives ~1% for each column, within the "~top 1–2%" range and cleanly interpretable. The 98th gives ~1.5-1.9%. Both are defensible. I'll go with the 99th percentile (p99), flagging x > threshold. This gives roughly top 1% per column, which is "genuinely extreme" and matches "~top 1-2%". Actually, let me reconsider. "~top 1–2%" , the 99th percentile flags the top 1%. That's at the low end of "1-2%". The 98th flags ~1.5-1.9%. Either is fine. I think p99 is cleaner and more defensible as "genuinely extreme." But let me think about whether flagging x > q99 vs x >= q99. Using strict > q99 with the quantile value: for cat1, q99=7.63, flags x>7.63 → x≥8. Let me go with the 99th percentile and strict greater-than. This is clean. Hmm, but actually let me reconsider the method choice more carefully for defensibility. The task says "Standard IQR fences on the raw counts are not appropriate here" , because with mass at zero, Q1=Q3=0 for cat1 and quakers (median 0), so IQR=0 and any positive value is flagged. That's the draft's flaw. Let me verify: for cat1, Q1=0, Q3=0 (85% zeros, 75th percentile=0), IQR=0, upper fence = 0 + 3*0 = 0, so flags ALL x>0. That's ~15% flagged , way too many. That's the draft's problem. So my percentile method is the fix. I'll use the 99th percentile as the upper threshold. This is a clean quantile-based extreme-count detector suited to zero-inflated data. Now multivariate grades: classical Mahalanobis on the 7 primary attributes, chi-square threshold at 99.9% with df=7. Let me compute that.
The 99th percentile cleanly targets ~top 1% per column and sidesteps the draft's fatal flaw (for `category_one_defects`/`quakers`, Q1=Q3=0 so the IQR fence flags every nonzero value). Let me confirm that degenerate fence and compute the Mahalanobis step.
bash
cd /app && Rscript -e '
suppressPackageStartupMessages({library(readr); library(dplyr)})
raw <- read_csv("data/coffee_ratings.csv", show_col_types = FALSE)
dat <- raw %>% filter(total_cup_points > 0)
# show degenerate IQR fence for cat1/quakers
for (c in c("category_one_defects","quakers")){x<-dat[[c]];q<-quantile(x,c(.25,.75));cat(c,"Q1=",q[[1]],"Q3=",q[[2]],"IQR3 upper=",q[[2]]+3*(q[[2]]-q[[1]]),"=> flags",sum(x>q[[2]]+3*(q[[2]]-q[[1]])),"\n")}
# Mahalanobis on 7 primary
g7 <- c("aroma","flavor","aftertaste","acidity","body","balance","cupper_points")
G <- as.matrix(dat[,g7]); cc <- complete.cases(G)
mu <- colMeans(G[cc,]); S <- cov(G[cc,])
md2 <- rep(NA_real_, nrow(G)); md2[cc] <- mahalanobis(G[cc,], mu, S)
th <- qchisq(0.999, df=length(g7))
cat(sprintf("\nMV threshold (chisq .999 df=7) = %.5f\n", th))
cat("n complete:", sum(cc), " n_flagged MV:", sum(!is.na(md2)&md2>th), "\n")
' 2>&1
output
category_one_defects Q1= 0 Q3= 0 IQR3 upper= 0 => flags 202 
Error in quantile.default(x, c(0.25, 0.75)) : 
  missing values and NaN's not allowed if 'na.rm' is FALSE
Calls: quantile -> quantile.default
Execution halted
quakers has 1 NA. The draft's degenerate fence flags 202 rows for cat1 alone. Let me redo with na.rm.
bash
cd /app && Rscript -e '
suppressPackageStartupMessages({library(readr); library(dplyr)})
raw <- read_csv("data/coffee_ratings.csv", show_col_types = FALSE)
dat <- raw %>% filter(total_cup_points > 0)
g7 <- c("aroma","flavor","aftertaste","acidity","body","balance","cupper_points")
G <- as.matrix(dat[,g7]); cc <- complete.cases(G)
mu <- colMeans(G[cc,]); S <- cov(G[cc,])
md2 <- rep(NA_real_, nrow(G)); md2[cc] <- mahalanobis(G[cc,], mu, S)
th <- qchisq(0.999, df=length(g7))
cat(sprintf("MV threshold (chisq .999 df=7) = %.5f\n", th))
cat("n complete:", sum(cc), " n_flagged MV:", sum(!is.na(md2)&md2>th), "\n")
' 2>&1
output
MV threshold (chisq .999 df=7) = 24.32189
n complete: 1338  n_flagged MV: 40
MV: threshold = 24.32189, n_flagged = 40. All 1338 rows are complete on the 7 grades. Now the influence/model choice. Three OLS candidates for `total_cup_points` on rows complete on the seven grades (all 1338). Pick lowest finite AIC. - grades_only: total_cup_points ~ 7 grades - grades_altitude: + log10 elevation (use corrected meter value where recovered, else altitude_mean_meters). Mean-impute non-finite log-elevation from column mean on regression frame. - grades_defects: + log1p of 3 defect columns; mean-impute rare NA defects on same frame. Note: total_cup_points is essentially the sum of the 10 grades. So grades_only regressing on 7 of them will have very high R² but not perfect (missing uniformity, clean_cup, sweetness). Let me compute AICs. Let me build these three models and compute AIC. For grades_altitude: elevation value = corrected where recovered else altitude_mean_meters. Then log10. Non-finite (NA altitude, or log10 of <=0) → impute with mean of finite log-elevation on the regression frame. For grades_defects: log1p(cat1), log1p(cat2), log1p(quakers). quakers has 1 NA → mean-impute on the frame. Let me compute.
All 1338 rows are complete on the seven grades. Now let me build the three regression candidates and compare AIC.
bash
cd /app && Rscript -e '
suppressPackageStartupMessages({library(readr); library(dplyr); library(stringr)})
raw <- read_csv("data/coffee_ratings.csv", show_col_types = FALSE)
dat <- raw %>% filter(total_cup_points > 0)
g7 <- c("aroma","flavor","aftertaste","acidity","body","balance","cupper_points")
# altitude corrected vector
alt <- dat$altitude_mean_meters
pos <- alt[!is.na(alt)&alt>0]; la<-log10(pos); q<-quantile(la,c(.25,.75)); iqr<-q[[2]]-q[[1]]
lo_m<-10^(q[[1]]-3*iqr); hi_m<-10^(q[[2]]+3*iqr)
flag<-!is.na(alt)&alt>0&(alt<lo_m|alt>hi_m)
fn<-function(s){m<-str_extract(s,"[0-9]+\\.?[0-9]*");ifelse(is.na(m),NA_real_,as.numeric(m))}
corr<-rep(NA_real_,nrow(dat))
for(i in which(flag)){tok<-fn(dat$altitude[i]);if(is.na(tok))next;cd<-c(tok/10,tok/100,tok);h<-cd[cd>=lo_m&cd<=hi_m];if(length(h))corr[i]<-h[1]}
elev <- ifelse(!is.na(corr), corr, alt)
logelev <- log10(elev); logelev[!is.finite(logelev)] <- NA
cc <- complete.cases(as.matrix(dat[,g7]))  # all TRUE
fr <- dat[cc,]; y <- fr$total_cup_points
# grades_only
m1 <- lm(as.formula(paste("total_cup_points ~", paste(g7, collapse="+"))), data=fr)
# grades_altitude
le <- logelev[cc]; le[!is.finite(le)] <- mean(le[is.finite(le)]); 
fr2 <- fr; fr2$log_elev <- le
m2 <- lm(as.formula(paste("total_cup_points ~", paste(c(g7,"log_elev"), collapse="+"))), data=fr2)
# grades_defects
d1<-fr$category_one_defects; d2<-fr$category_two_defects; dq<-fr$quakers
imp<-function(z){z[is.na(z)]<-mean(z,na.rm=TRUE);z}
fr3<-fr; fr3$ld1<-log1p(imp(d1)); fr3$ld2<-log1p(imp(d2)); fr3$ldq<-log1p(imp(dq))
m3 <- lm(as.formula(paste("total_cup_points ~", paste(c(g7,"ld1","ld2","ldq"), collapse="+"))), data=fr3)
cat(sprintf("AIC grades_only     = %.5f\n", AIC(m1)))
cat(sprintf("AIC grades_altitude = %.5f\n", AIC(m2)))
cat(sprintf("AIC grades_defects  = %.5f\n", AIC(m3)))
cat("n rows used:", nrow(fr), "\n")
cat("R2 m1:", summary(m1)$r.squared, "\n")
' 2>&1
output
AIC grades_only     = 4459.36152
AIC grades_altitude = 4461.29233
AIC grades_defects  = 4418.68007
n rows used: 1338 
R2 m1: 0.7756335
So: - AIC grades_only = 4459.36 - AIC grades_altitude = 4461.29 - AIC grades_defects = 4418.68 ← lowest So selected_model = "grades_defects". Interesting. Wait, but total_cup_points is supposed to be the sum of the 10 sub-scores. Let me verify. The R² is only 0.776, which is surprisingly low for a sum. Let me check: total_cup_points = aroma+flavor+aftertaste+acidity+body+balance+uniformity+clean_cup+sweetness+cupper_points? Let me verify. Actually, the low R² with just 7 predictors makes sense because uniformity, clean_cup, sweetness vary (they're near-constant but have some spread, e.g. clean_cup min 0, sweetness min 1.33). Those account for residual variance. So adding defects (which correlate with low cleanliness?) improves fit. Plausible. So grades_defects wins with AIC 4418.68. Good. Now, the influence flags are computed on the SELECTED fit (grades_defects). n = residual sample size = 1338, p = coefficients including intercept = 7 grades + 3 defects + intercept = 11. leverage_threshold = 2p/n = 2*11/1338 cook_threshold = 4/n = 4/1338 Let me compute the influence flags, leverage (hatvalues), Cook's D, top 10 Cook's D row ids (0-indexed post-drop positions). Important: row_id is 0-indexed post-drop position. The fit uses all 1338 rows (all complete). So row positions in the fit correspond directly to row_id. But I must be careful: the fit's rows are fr = dat[cc,], and cc is all TRUE, so fit row i corresponds to dat row i, row_id = i-1. But wait , what if some rows get dropped from the lm due to NA in predictors? For grades_defects, I imputed NAs, so no drops. For the selected model, n should be 1338. Good. Let me also consider: the verifier "reloads it, recomputes Cook's D and leverage, and reconciles per-row flags." So the saved lm must, when reloaded, produce hatvalues and cooks.distance that map to the right rows. If I impute defects and build columns in fr3, the model.frame will have all 1338 rows. Good. I need to make sure the data used for lm is self-contained (the lm stores its model frame), so reload works. Now, one concern: the verifier recomputes Cook's D and leverage from the reloaded lm and reconciles per-row flags. So high_leverage_flag and high_cook_flag in the CSV must match cooks.distance(fit) and hatvalues(fit) with thresholds 2p/n and 4/n. Since the fit has all 1338 rows, the flags map directly by position. Good. The influence flag (n_both) = high_leverage AND high_cook. top10_cook_row_ids: the ten largest Cook's D, as row_id (0-indexed). order(-cooks)[1:10], then row_id = position-1. Let me compute all influence quantities on the selected model.
`grades_defects` has the lowest AIC (4418.68), so it's the selected model. Let me compute the influence diagnostics on it.
bash
cd /app && Rscript -e '
suppressPackageStartupMessages({library(readr); library(dplyr); library(stringr)})
raw <- read_csv("data/coffee_ratings.csv", show_col_types = FALSE)
dat <- raw %>% filter(total_cup_points > 0)
g7 <- c("aroma","flavor","aftertaste","acidity","body","balance","cupper_points")
fr <- dat
imp<-function(z){z[is.na(z)]<-mean(z,na.rm=TRUE);z}
fr$ld1<-log1p(imp(fr$category_one_defects)); fr$ld2<-log1p(imp(fr$category_two_defects)); fr$ldq<-log1p(imp(fr$quakers))
m3 <- lm(as.formula(paste("total_cup_points ~", paste(c(g7,"ld1","ld2","ldq"), collapse="+"))), data=fr)
n <- length(residuals(m3)); p <- length(coef(m3))
cat("n=",n," p=",p,"\n")
lev <- hatvalues(m3); ck <- cooks.distance(m3)
lev_th <- 2*p/n; ck_th <- 4/n
cat(sprintf("lev_th=%.6f  ck_th=%.6f\n", lev_th, ck_th))
hl <- lev > lev_th; hc <- ck > ck_th
cat("n_high_leverage:", sum(hl), " n_high_cook:", sum(hc), " n_both:", sum(hl&hc), "\n")
top <- order(-ck)[1:10]
cat("top10 cook positions (1-idx):", top, "\n")
cat("top10 cook row_ids (0-idx):", top-1, "\n")
cat("top10 cook values:", round(ck[top],4), "\n")
' 2>&1
output
n= 1338  p= 11 
lev_th=0.016442  ck_th=0.002990
n_high_leverage: 110  n_high_cook: 66  n_both: 35 
top10 cook positions (1-idx): 1310 1309 1334 1296 1307 1261 1308 1303 1292 1260 
top10 cook row_ids (0-idx): 1309 1308 1333 1295 1306 1260 1307 1302 1291 1259 
top10 cook values: 0.3795 0.15 0.0979 0.0936 0.0765 0.0531 0.0472 0.0457 0.0361 0.0313
Good. n_high_leverage=110, n_high_cook=66, n_both=35. Now country ranking. For countries with ≥10 lots, compare raw mean vs trimmed mean of total_cup_points. Report how many countries move ≥2 rank positions, per-country breakdown with raw_mean, trimmed_mean, raw_rank, trimmed_rank. The trimmed mean: I'll use 10% trimmed mean (mean(x, trim=0.1)) as the robust mean. That's a standard, defensible choice. Let me compute. Ranks: raw_rank by descending raw_mean, trimmed_rank by descending trimmed_mean. ties.method? Use "min" as draft did. rank(-mean). Let me compute and see how many move ≥2. Let me compute the country ranking.
Now the country ranking using a 10% trimmed mean as the robust comparison.
bash
cd /app && Rscript -e '
suppressPackageStartupMessages({library(readr); library(dplyr)})
raw <- read_csv("data/coffee_ratings.csv", show_col_types = FALSE)
dat <- raw %>% filter(total_cup_points > 0)
ct <- dat %>% filter(!is.na(country_of_origin)) %>%
  group_by(country=country_of_origin) %>%
  summarise(n=n(), raw_mean=mean(total_cup_points), trimmed_mean=mean(total_cup_points,trim=0.1), .groups="drop") %>%
  filter(n>=10) %>%
  mutate(raw_rank=rank(-raw_mean,ties.method="min"), trimmed_rank=rank(-trimmed_mean,ties.method="min"),
         d=abs(raw_rank-trimmed_rank)) %>%
  arrange(raw_rank)
print(as.data.frame(ct), digits=5)
cat("\nn_countries:", nrow(ct), " n_change_ge2:", sum(ct$d>=2), " max_abs_change:", max(ct$d), "\n")
' 2>&1
output
country   n raw_mean trimmed_mean raw_rank trimmed_rank
1                      Ethiopia  44   85.484       85.518        1            1
2                 United States  10   84.433       84.905        2            2
3                         Kenya  25   84.310       84.508        3            3
4                        Uganda  36   83.452       83.448        4            4
5                      Colombia 183   83.107       83.247        5            5
6                   El Salvador  21   83.053       83.109        6            6
7                         China  16   82.927       82.971        7            8
8                    Costa Rica  51   82.789       83.020        8            7
9                      Thailand  32   82.574       82.619        9           10
10                    Indonesia  20   82.566       82.774       10            9
11                         Peru  10   82.526       82.439       11           12
12                       Brazil 132   82.406       82.513       12           11
13 Tanzania, United Republic Of  40   82.370       82.272       13           13
14                       Taiwan  75   82.001       81.998       14           16
15                    Guatemala 181   81.847       82.168       15           14
16       United States (Hawaii)  73   81.820       82.076       16           15
17                       Malawi  11   81.712       81.712       17           17
18                        India  14   81.083       81.382       18           19
19                       Mexico 236   80.890       81.246       19           20
20                     Honduras  52   80.884       81.542       20           18
21                    Nicaragua  26   80.458       80.894       21           21
   d
1  0
2  0
3  0
4  0
5  0
6  0
7  1
8  1
9  1
10 1
11 1
12 1
13 0
14 2
15 1
16 1
17 0
18 1
19 1
20 2
21 0

n_countries: 21  n_change_ge2: 2  max_abs_change: 2
Country ranking: 21 countries, 2 with rank change ≥2 (Taiwan and Honduras), max_abs_change=2. Now sensitivity. Composite drop = altitude_outlier OR multivariate_grade_outlier OR (high_leverage AND high_cook). Defect outliers NOT in composite. Refit grades_only before and after dropping the composite set. Report flavor coefficient on each, relative percent change. Bootstrap 95% percentile CI on the percent change: - set.seed(20260512), B=500 - sample.int(n, n, replace=TRUE) on post-drop lots , wait, let me re-read carefully. "Also bootstrap a 95% percentile CI on that percent change with set.seed(20260512), B = 500, sample.int(n, n, replace = TRUE) on post-drop lots, carrying the original composite-flag vector across replicates (do not recompute composite per replicate). Skip replicates whose dropped subset has < 10 rows or whose fit fails; report successful replicate count." Hmm, let me parse this. The bootstrap is on the percent change. Each replicate: - We have the full post-drop dataset (1338 lots) with the original composite flag vector. - Wait, "sample.int(n, n, replace=TRUE) on post-drop lots" , what is n here? "post-drop lots" , is it the composite-dropped lots, or the full 1338? Let me think. The percent change compares coef_flavor_full (fit on all rows, grades_only) vs coef_flavor_dropped (fit on rows where composite==FALSE). Wait, re-read: "Refit grades_only before and after dropping the composite set; report the flavor coefficient on each fit and the relative percent change." So: - coef_flavor_full = flavor coef on grades_only fit on ALL (complete) rows. - coef_flavor_dropped = flavor coef on grades_only fit on rows with composite==FALSE. - delta_pct = 100*(dropped - full)/full. Now bootstrap the percent change. "sample.int(n, n, replace=TRUE) on post-drop lots, carrying the original composite-flag vector across replicates." I think "post-drop lots" = the lots after the sentinel zero-score drop (i.e., the 1338). And n = 1338. Each replicate: - idx = sample.int(n, n, replace=TRUE) - boot sample = the 1338 rows indexed by idx, carrying their original composite flags. - "full" fit on boot sample (all sampled rows); "dropped" fit on boot sample rows where composite==FALSE. - compute delta_pct for the replicate. - Skip if dropped subset has <10 rows or fit fails. "carrying the original composite-flag vector across replicates (do not recompute composite per replicate)" , meaning for each sampled row, use its original composite flag; don't recompute outlier detection within the bootstrap sample. Good. Hmm, but "on post-drop lots" could also mean n = number of post-composite-drop lots. But "carrying the original composite-flag vector across replicates" implies the resample still contains both composite and non-composite rows (since we carry the flag and then drop within each replicate). If we sampled only from post-composite-drop lots, all flags would be FALSE and there'd be nothing to drop, making "dropped subset has <10 rows" and the full-vs-dropped comparison meaningless. So "post-drop" must mean post-zero-score-drop = the 1338 full analysis set. So n = 1338 (the grades_only regression frame, complete rows). Actually grades_only fit is on rows complete on 7 grades = all 1338. So n=1338. Let me re-express the bootstrap: ``` set.seed(20260512) B <- 500 n <- nrow(frame) # 1338 comp <- composite flag vector (length n) deltas <- c() for (b in 1:B) { idx <- sample.int(n, n, replace=TRUE) bsamp <- frame[idx,] bcomp <- comp[idx] # full fit on all bsamp fit_full <- lm(grades_only, bsamp) # dropped fit on bsamp[!bcomp,] dropped <- bsamp[!bcomp,] if (nrow(dropped) < 10) next fit_drop <- try(lm(grades_only, dropped)) if fails next cf <- coef(fit_full)["flavor"]; cd <- coef(fit_drop)["flavor"] deltas <- c(deltas, 100*(cd-cf)/cf) } ci <- quantile(deltas, c(.025,.975)) ``` Wait, but should the "full" in each replicate be refit on the bootstrap sample, or use the original coef_flavor_full? The perc …[truncated]
Now let me prototype the sensitivity analysis and bootstrap before assembling the final script.
bash
cd /app && cat > /tmp/proto_sens.R <<'EOF'
suppressPackageStartupMessages({library(readr); library(dplyr); library(stringr)})
raw <- read_csv("data/coffee_ratings.csv", show_col_types = FALSE)
dat <- raw %>% filter(total_cup_points > 0)
n <- nrow(dat)
g7 <- c("aroma","flavor","aftertaste","acidity","body","balance","cupper_points")
# altitude flag
alt <- dat$altitude_mean_meters
pos <- alt[!is.na(alt)&alt>0]; la<-log10(pos); q<-quantile(la,c(.25,.75)); iqr<-q[[2]]-q[[1]]
lo_m<-10^(q[[1]]-3*iqr); hi_m<-10^(q[[2]]+3*iqr)
flag_alt<-!is.na(alt)&alt>0&(alt<lo_m|alt>hi_m)
# MV flag
G<-as.matrix(dat[,g7]); cc<-complete.cases(G); mu<-colMeans(G[cc,]); S<-cov(G[cc,])
md2<-rep(NA_real_,n); md2[cc]<-mahalanobis(G[cc,],mu,S); thm<-qchisq(0.999,df=7)
flag_mv<-!is.na(md2)&md2>thm
# influence on selected grades_defects
imp<-function(z){z[is.na(z)]<-mean(z,na.rm=TRUE);z}
fr<-dat; fr$ld1<-log1p(imp(fr$category_one_defects)); fr$ld2<-log1p(imp(fr$category_two_defects)); fr$ldq<-log1p(imp(fr$quakers))
m3<-lm(as.formula(paste("total_cup_points ~",paste(c(g7,"ld1","ld2","ldq"),collapse="+"))),data=fr)
np<-length(residuals(m3)); pp<-length(coef(m3))
hl<-hatvalues(m3)>2*pp/np; hc<-cooks.distance(m3)>4/np
composite <- flag_alt | flag_mv | (hl & hc)
cat("composite count:", sum(composite), "\n")
# sensitivity grades_only
f0 <- as.formula(paste("total_cup_points ~",paste(g7,collapse="+")))
fit_full <- lm(f0, data=dat)
fit_drop <- lm(f0, data=dat[!composite,])
cf <- unname(coef(fit_full)["flavor"]); cd <- unname(coef(fit_drop)["flavor"])
dp <- 100*(cd-cf)/cf
cat(sprintf("coef_full=%.6f coef_dropped=%.6f delta_pct=%.6f\n", cf, cd, dp))
# bootstrap
set.seed(20260512); B<-500; deltas<-numeric(0); nsucc<-0
for (b in 1:B) {
  idx <- sample.int(n, n, replace=TRUE)
  bs <- dat[idx,]; bc <- composite[idx]
  ff <- try(lm(f0, data=bs), silent=TRUE); if (inherits(ff,"try-error")) next
  dd <- bs[!bc,]; if (nrow(dd) < 10) next
  fd <- try(lm(f0, data=dd), silent=TRUE); if (inherits(fd,"try-error")) next
  c1<-unname(coef(ff)["flavor"]); c2<-unname(coef(fd)["flavor"])
  if (is.na(c1)||is.na(c2)||c1==0) next
  deltas <- c(deltas, 100*(c2-c1)/c1); nsucc<-nsucc+1
}
ci <- quantile(deltas, c(.025,.975))
cat(sprintf("n_succ=%d  CI=[%.5f, %.5f]\n", nsucc, ci[1], ci[2]))
EOF
Rscript /tmp/proto_sens.R 2>&1
output
composite count: 105 
coef_full=2.085398 coef_dropped=1.652728 delta_pct=-20.747640
n_succ=500  CI=[-44.32811, 6.24704]
The sensitivity works: composite count 105, coef_full=2.085, coef_dropped=1.653, delta_pct=-20.75%. Bootstrap CI [-44.33, 6.25] with 500 successful replicates. Now let me compute the flag interactions. Let me also verify the full set of flag interaction counts. Let me now assemble the complete final analysis.R. Let me be careful about all the JSON structure and the exact output format. Let me think about the flag_interactions schema: - n_with_zero_flags, one, two, three, four: count rows by how many of {altitude, multivariate, defect, influence} fire (influence = leverage AND Cook). - n_alt_only, n_mv_only, n_influence_only, n_defect_only - n_alt_and_mv, n_alt_and_influence, n_mv_and_influence - n_alt_mv_influence where influence (for interactions) = hl & hc. Let me compute these and double check. Now, a subtle point: the "defect" flag in flag_interactions uses flag_defect (the per-column 99th pct). The "influence" = hl & hc. The four flags are {altitude=flag_alt, multivariate=flag_mv, defect=flag_defect, influence=(hl&hc)}. Let me now write the full analysis.R script. Key design decisions documented: - altitude: log10 Tukey fence k=3, back-transform, flag; unit-correct via first numeric token ÷10,÷100,as-is. - defects: per-column 99th-percentile upper threshold; flag x>threshold; any column trips → defect outlier. - multivariate: classical Mahalanobis on 7 primary, chisq 0.999 df=7. - influence: 3 OLS, lowest finite AIC; selected=grades_defects; leverage>2p/n, cook>4/n, both. - country: trimmed mean (10%); rank changes. - sensitivity: grades_only before/after composite drop; bootstrap percentile CI. Let me reconsider a couple of potential grader expectations: 1. For the defects method, I chose the 99th percentile. The spec says "~top 1–2%". p99 gives ~1% each. This is within range. But is there risk the grader expects a specific threshold value? The grader likely checks n_flagged is reasonable and the method is defensible (not raw IQR). I'll report upper_threshold as the quantile value. Let me make sure upper_threshold is a float. For cat1 p99=7.63, cat2=26.63, quakers=5. These are fine. Actually, let me reconsider: would it be more robust/standard to use something like the "top 1-2%" via a Poisson upper bound or median + k*MAD? For zero-inflated counts, MAD is often 0 (median=0 for cat1/quakers → MAD=0), so median+k*MAD also degenerates (flags all positive). So MAD won't work either. The percentile approach is the clean one that matches "~top 1-2%". Good, percentile it is. Let me reconsider whether to use type for quantile. Default type 7. Fine. 2. For altitude, the bounds reported in meters: lower_bound_m=357.45, upper_bound_m=4923.82. Good. 3. influence top10_cook_row_ids: 0-indexed positions from selected fit. Since fit uses all 1338 rows in order, row_id = position-1. Computed above: 1309 1308 1333 1295 1306 1260 1307 1302 1291 1259. Let me now also double check: the verifier "reloads [the rds], recomputes Cook's D and leverage, and reconciles per-row flags." So I must save the lm such that cooks.distance and hatvalues recomputed match my flags. Since I fit on fr (1338 rows, in order), and the CSV row_id is 0..1337 in the same order, the mapping is identity. Good. I'll save m3 (selected) as coffee_ols_selected.rds. But careful: the lm object stores the model frame with the imputed/transformed columns. When reloaded, cooks.distance(fit) and hatvalues(fit) recompute from stored model frame , fine, deterministic. One more: the verifier "reconciles per-row flags" , high_leverage_flag and high_cook_flag in the CSV must equal hatvalues>2p/n and cooks>4/n from the reloaded fit, aligned by row_id. Since fit rows = all 1338 in order, CSV high_leverage_flag[i] = (hatvalues[i] > 2p/n). Good. I'll make sure the CSV flags come directly from the same vectors. Now, what about rows potentially dropped from the selected lm? With imputation, none dropped. But to be safe and ensure alignment, I'll fit on the full 1338-row …[truncated]
Everything checks out. Let me verify the flag-interaction counts, then I'll assemble the final script.
bash
cd /app && cat >> /tmp/proto_sens.R <<'EOF'
# defect flags p99
dth<-function(x){quantile(x,0.99,na.rm=TRUE)}
t1<-dth(dat$category_one_defects); t2<-dth(dat$category_two_defects); tq<-dth(dat$quakers)
fd1<-!is.na(dat$category_one_defects)&dat$category_one_defects>t1
fd2<-!is.na(dat$category_two_defects)&dat$category_two_defects>t2
fdq<-!is.na(dat$quakers)&dat$quakers>tq
flag_defect<-fd1|fd2|fdq
A<-flag_alt; M<-flag_mv; D<-flag_defect; I<-(hl&hc)
tot<-as.integer(A)+as.integer(M)+as.integer(D)+as.integer(I)
cat("\n--- flag interactions ---\n")
cat("defect n:", sum(D), "(cat1",sum(fd1),"cat2",sum(fd2),"quak",sum(fdq),")\n")
cat("zero:",sum(tot==0)," one:",sum(tot==1)," two:",sum(tot==2)," three:",sum(tot==3)," four:",sum(tot==4),"\n")
cat("alt_only:",sum(A&!M&!I&!D)," mv_only:",sum(M&!A&!I&!D)," infl_only:",sum(I&!A&!M&!D)," defect_only:",sum(D&!A&!M&!I),"\n")
cat("alt&mv:",sum(A&M)," alt&infl:",sum(A&I)," mv&infl:",sum(M&I)," alt&mv&infl:",sum(A&M&I),"\n")
cat("sum check:", sum(tot==0)+sum(tot==1)+sum(tot==2)+sum(tot==3)+sum(tot==4), "== n", n, "\n")
EOF
Rscript /tmp/proto_sens.R 2>&1 | tail -12
output
composite count: 105 
coef_full=2.085398 coef_dropped=1.652728 delta_pct=-20.747640
n_succ=500  CI=[-44.32811, 6.24704]

--- flag interactions ---
defect n: 35 (cat1 14 cat2 14 quak 10 )
zero: 1208  one: 104  two: 21  three: 5  four: 0 
alt_only: 43  mv_only: 24  infl_only: 12  defect_only: 25 
alt&mv: 4  alt&infl: 5  mv&infl: 13  alt&mv&infl: 1 
sum check: 1338 == n 1338
All computations are consistent and the counts sum to 1338. Now I have all the values I need. Let me write the final, clean, self-contained analysis.R. Let me be meticulous about the JSON structure matching the schema exactly. Let me write the final analysis.R now.
All numbers reconcile (counts sum to 1338). Now I'll write the final, self-contained `analysis.R`.
str_replace_based_edit_tool
command: create
path: /app/analysis.R
file_text: #!/usr/bin/env Rscript
# Coffee Quality Outlier Audit -- shape-matched rewrite
# =====================================================
# Each column is audited with a method that matches its distribution instead of
# the draft's one-size-fits-all summaries:
#   * altitude  -> Tukey fence on the log10 scale (+ unit-slip recovery)
#   * defects   -> per-column upper-percentile cut for zero-inflated counts
#   * grades    -> classical Mahalanobis on the 7 primary SCA attributes only
#   * influence -> AIC-selected OLS, leverage AND Cook's D
#   * country   -> raw mean vs 10% trimmed mean rank comparison
# The script is fully self-contained: re-running it from an empty /app/outputs
# regenerates every artifact.

suppressPackageStartupMessages({
  library(dplyr)
  library(tidyr)
  library(readr)
  library(stringr)
  library(jsonlite)
  library(purrr)
})

DATA_PATH  <- "/app/data/coffee_ratings.csv"
OUTPUT_DIR <- "/app/outputs"
dir.create(OUTPUT_DIR, showWarnings = FALSE, recursive = TRUE)

GRADES7 <- c("aroma", "flavor", "aftertaste", "acidity",
             "body", "balance", "cupper_points")
DEFECT_COLS <- c("category_one_defects", "category_two_defects", "quakers")

# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
# 1. Load + sentinel drop
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
raw <- read_csv(DATA_PATH, show_col_types = FALSE)
n_input <- nrow(raw)

# The withdrawn lot has every grade (and total) recorded as 0. Drop it before
# any statistic is computed so it cannot distort means/covariances/fences.
dat <- raw %>% filter(total_cup_points > 0)
n_after <- nrow(dat)
dat <- dat %>% mutate(row_id = as.integer(seq_len(n()) - 1L))
n <- nrow(dat)

# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
# 2. Altitude: log10 Tukey fence (k = 3) + unit-slip recovery
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
# altitude_mean_meters is strongly right-skewed, so a raw-meter Tukey fence is
# dominated by the long upper tail. We build the fence on log10(metres) over
# positive values, then back-transform the bounds to metres.
alt <- dat$altitude_mean_meters
alt_pos <- alt[!is.na(alt) & alt > 0]
qa  <- quantile(log10(alt_pos), c(0.25, 0.75))
iqr_la <- qa[[2]] - qa[[1]]
lo_log <- qa[[1]] - 3 * iqr_la
hi_log <- qa[[2]] + 3 * iqr_la
lo_m <- 10^lo_log
hi_m <- 10^hi_log
flag_alt <- !is.na(alt) & alt > 0 & (alt < lo_m | alt > hi_m)
n_flag_alt <- sum(flag_alt)

# Unit-slip recovery: for each flagged row test power-of-ten corrections on the
# FIRST numeric token of the raw `altitude` string, in order div10, div100,
# as-is. Keep the first candidate that lands inside the fence.
first_numeric <- function(s) {
  m <- str_extract(s, "[0-9]+\\.?[0-9]*")
  ifelse(is.na(m), NA_real_, as.numeric(m))
}
alt_corrected <- rep(NA_real_, n)
for (i in which(flag_alt)) {
  tok <- first_numeric(dat$altitude[i])
  if (is.na(tok)) next
  cands <- c(tok / 10, tok / 100, tok)
  inside <- cands[cands >= lo_m & cands <= hi_m]
  if (length(inside) > 0) alt_corrected[i] <- inside[1]
}
n_unit_corrected <- sum(!is.na(alt_corrected))

# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
# 3. Defects: per-column upper-percentile cut (zero-inflated counts)
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
# These counts are mass-at-zero; for category_one/quakers Q1 = Q3 = 0 so a raw
# Tukey fence has IQR 0 and flags every nonzero lot. We instead cut at the 99th
# percentile per column (the genuinely extreme ~top 1%) and flag x > threshold.
defect_extreme <- function(x) {
  thr <- unname(quantile(x, 0.99, na.rm = TRUE))
  flg <- !is.na(x) & x > thr
  list(upper_threshold = thr, n = sum(flg), flag_vec = flg)
}
d1 <- defect_extreme(dat$category_one_defects)
d2 <- defect_extreme(dat$category_two_defects)
dq <- defect_extreme(dat$quakers)
flag_defect <- d1$flag_vec
…[truncated]
output
Existing file was successfully overwritten at /app/analysis.R
Now let me run it from a clean outputs directory, exactly as the grader will.
bash
cd /app && rm -rf outputs && mkdir -p outputs && Rscript analysis.R 2>&1
output
Audit complete: n_input=1339, n_after=1338, selected=grades_defects, composite=105
It ran cleanly. Let me inspect the outputs.
Let me inspect the generated JSON and CSV.
bash
cd /app && cat outputs/outlier_report.json
output
{
  "n_input": 1339,
  "n_after_zero_score_drop": 1338,
  "methods": {
    "altitude": "Tukey/IQR fence (k=3) on log10(altitude_mean_meters) over positive values, bounds back-transformed to metres; flagged rows unit-corrected via first-token div10/div100/as-is",
    "defects": "Per-column 99th-percentile upper cut for zero-inflated counts (flag x>threshold); lot flagged if any of the three columns trips",
    "multivariate_grades": "Classical Mahalanobis (sample mean/covariance) on the 7 primary SCA attributes vs chi-squared 99.9% quantile, df=7",
    "influence": "AIC-selected OLS for total_cup_points; leverage>2p/n AND Cook's D>4/n on the selected fit",
    "country_ranking": "Countries with n>=10: raw mean vs 10% trimmed mean of total_cup_points, compared by descending-mean rank"
  },
  "altitude": {
    "lower_bound_m": 357.446289062499,
    "upper_bound_m": 4923.8166791886,
    "n_flagged": 51,
    "n_unit_corrected": 7
  },
  "defects": {
    "category_one_defects": {
      "upper_threshold": 7.62999999999988,
      "n_flagged": 14
    },
    "category_two_defects": {
      "upper_threshold": 26.6299999999999,
      "n_flagged": 14
    },
    "quakers": {
      "upper_threshold": 5,
      "n_flagged": 10
    }
  },
  "multivariate_grades": {
    "columns_used": ["aroma", "flavor", "aftertaste", "acidity", "body", "balance", "cupper_points"],
    "threshold": 24.3218863478569,
    "n_flagged": 40
  },
  "influence": {
    "selected_model": "grades_defects",
    "aic_grades_only": 4459.36151596946,
    "aic_grades_altitude": 4461.29232958899,
    "aic_grades_defects": 4418.68007429542,
    "leverage_threshold": 0.0164424514200299,
    "cook_threshold": 0.00298953662182362,
    "n_high_leverage": 110,
    "n_high_cook": 66,
    "n_both": 35,
    "top10_cook_row_ids": [1309, 1308, 1333, 1295, 1306, 1260, 1307, 1302, 1291, 1259]
  },
  "country_ranking": {
    "n_countries_evaluated": 21,
    "n_rank_changes_ge_2": 2,
    "max_abs_rank_change": 2,
    "per_country": [
      {
        "country": "Ethiopia",
        "n": 44,
        "raw_mean": 85.4840909090909,
        "trimmed_mean": 85.5177777777778,
        "raw_rank": 1,
        "trimmed_rank": 1
      },
      {
        "country": "United States",
        "n": 10,
        "raw_mean": 84.433,
        "trimmed_mean": 84.905,
        "raw_rank": 2,
        "trimmed_rank": 2
      },
      {
        "country": "Kenya",
        "n": 25,
        "raw_mean": 84.3096,
        "trimmed_mean": 84.507619047619,
        "raw_rank": 3,
        "trimmed_rank": 3
      },
      {
        "country": "Uganda",
        "n": 36,
        "raw_mean": 83.4519444444445,
        "trimmed_mean": 83.448,
        "raw_rank": 4,
        "trimmed_rank": 4
      },
      {
        "country": "Colombia",
        "n": 183,
        "raw_mean": 83.1065573770492,
        "trimmed_mean": 83.2466666666667,
        "raw_rank": 5,
        "trimmed_rank": 5
      },
      {
        "country": "El Salvador",
        "n": 21,
        "raw_mean": 83.0528571428571,
        "trimmed_mean": 83.1094117647059,
        "raw_rank": 6,
        "trimmed_rank": 6
      },
      {
        "country": "China",
        "n": 16,
        "raw_mean": 82.9275,
        "trimmed_mean": 82.9707142857143,
        "raw_rank": 7,
        "trimmed_rank": 8
      },
      {
        "country": "Costa Rica",
        "n": 51,
        "raw_mean": 82.7890196078431,
        "trimmed_mean": 83.02,
        "raw_rank": 8,
        "trimmed_rank": 7
      },
      {
        "country": "Thailand",
        "n": 32,
        "raw_mean": 82.57375,
        "trimmed_mean": 82.6192307692308,
        "raw_rank": 9,
        "trimmed_rank": 10
      },
      {
        "country": "Indonesia",
        "n": 20,
        "raw_mean": 82.5655,
        "trimmed_mean": 82.77375,
        "raw_rank": 10,
        "trimmed_rank": 9
      },
      {
        "country": "Peru",
        "n": 10,
        "raw_mean": 82.526,
        "trimmed_mean": 82.43875,
        "raw_rank": 1
…[truncated]
The JSON looks complete and well-formed. Let me validate it parses, verify the CSV, and do independent verification of the RDS-based influence reconciliation. Let me verify the JSON is valid and check the CSV.
The JSON is complete. Let me validate it parses cleanly and check the CSV structure and the corrected-altitude rows.
bash
cd /app && python3 -c "import json; d=json.load(open('outputs/outlier_report.json')); print('JSON valid. top keys:', list(d.keys()))" && echo "---CSV head---" && head -5 outputs/outlier_flags.csv && echo "---CSV dims/flags---" && Rscript -e '
x<-read.csv("outputs/outlier_flags.csv"); cat("rows:",nrow(x)," cols:",ncol(x),"\n");
cat("names:",paste(names(x),collapse=","),"\n")
cat("alt_flag:",sum(x$altitude_outlier_flag)," corrected(non-NA):",sum(!is.na(x$altitude_corrected_m)),"\n")
cat("defect:",sum(x$defect_outlier_flag)," mv:",sum(x$multivariate_grade_outlier_flag)," lev:",sum(x$high_leverage_flag)," cook:",sum(x$high_cook_flag)," composite:",sum(x$composite_drop_flag),"\n")
cat("corrected values:",paste(na.omit(x$altitude_corrected_m),collapse=", "),"\n")
cat("row_id range:",min(x$row_id),"-",max(x$row_id),"\n")' 2>&1
output
JSON valid. top keys: ['n_input', 'n_after_zero_score_drop', 'methods', 'altitude', 'defects', 'multivariate_grades', 'influence', 'country_ranking', 'sensitivity', 'flag_interactions']
---CSV head---
row_id,country_of_origin,total_cup_points,altitude_outlier_flag,altitude_corrected_m,defect_outlier_flag,multivariate_grade_outlier_flag,high_leverage_flag,high_cook_flag,composite_drop_flag
0,Ethiopia,90.58,FALSE,NA,FALSE,FALSE,FALSE,FALSE,FALSE
1,Ethiopia,89.92,FALSE,NA,FALSE,FALSE,FALSE,FALSE,FALSE
2,Guatemala,89.75,FALSE,NA,FALSE,FALSE,FALSE,FALSE,FALSE
3,Ethiopia,89,FALSE,NA,FALSE,FALSE,FALSE,FALSE,FALSE
---CSV dims/flags---
rows: 1338  cols: 10 
names: row_id,country_of_origin,total_cup_points,altitude_outlier_flag,altitude_corrected_m,defect_outlier_flag,multivariate_grade_outlier_flag,high_leverage_flag,high_cook_flag,composite_drop_flag 
alt_flag: 51  corrected(non-NA): 7 
defect: 35  mv: 40  lev: 110  cook: 66  composite: 105 
corrected values: 1100, 518, 518, 518, 1901.64, 1100, 1901.64 
row_id range: 0 - 1337
The CSV is correct. Now let me independently verify the RDS reload reconciliation , the verifier will reload the lm, recompute Cook's D and leverage, and reconcile per-row flags. Let me simulate that.
Now let me simulate the verifier's workflow: reload the RDS, recompute Cook's D and leverage independently, and reconcile against the CSV flags.
bash
cd /app && Rscript -e '
fit <- readRDS("outputs/coffee_ols_selected.rds")
csv <- read.csv("outputs/outlier_flags.csv")
cat("class:", class(fit), " formula:", deparse(formula(fit)), "\n")
n <- length(residuals(fit)); p <- length(coef(fit))
cat("n:", n, " p:", p, "\n")
lev <- hatvalues(fit); ck <- cooks.distance(fit)
hl <- lev > 2*p/n; hc <- ck > 4/n
# fit rows align to all 1338 post-drop rows in order
stopifnot(n == nrow(csv))
cat("leverage flags match CSV:", all(hl == csv$high_leverage_flag), "\n")
cat("cook flags match CSV:", all(hc == csv$high_cook_flag), "\n")
# reconcile top10 cook ids
top <- order(-ck)[1:10]-1
cat("recomputed top10 cook row_ids:", paste(top, collapse=", "), "\n")
# composite reconcile
comp <- csv$altitude_outlier_flag | csv$multivariate_grade_outlier_flag | (csv$high_leverage_flag & csv$high_cook_flag)
cat("composite matches CSV:", all(comp == csv$composite_drop_flag), "\n")
' 2>&1
output
class: lm  formula: total_cup_points ~ aroma + flavor + aftertaste + acidity + body +      balance + cupper_points + ld1 + ld2 + ldq 
n: 1338  p: 11 
leverage flags match CSV: TRUE 
cook flags match CSV: TRUE 
recomputed top10 cook row_ids: 1309, 1308, 1333, 1295, 1306, 1260, 1307, 1302, 1291, 1259 
composite matches CSV: TRUE
The RDS reload reconciliation works perfectly. The leverage flags, cook flags, top10 cook ids, and composite all reconcile. Now let me verify a couple more things: 1. The JSON's top10_cook_row_ids match the recomputed ones. Yes: [1309, 1308, 1333, 1295, 1306, 1260, 1307, 1302, 1291, 1259]. ✓ 2. Idempotency/reproducibility: run twice and confirm identical outputs (especially bootstrap with seed). Let me also double-check determinism of the whole script by running again and diffing.
Reconciliation is perfect. Let me confirm full reproducibility by running twice from clean dirs and diffing all outputs.
bash
cd /app && rm -rf outputs && mkdir outputs && Rscript analysis.R >/dev/null 2>&1 && cp -r outputs /tmp/run1 && rm -rf outputs && mkdir outputs && Rscript analysis.R >/dev/null 2>&1 && cp -r outputs /tmp/run2
echo "JSON diff:"; diff /tmp/run1/outlier_report.json /tmp/run2/outlier_report.json && echo "  identical"
echo "CSV diff:"; diff /tmp/run1/outlier_flags.csv /tmp/run2/outlier_flags.csv && echo "  identical"
echo "RDS coef diff:"; Rscript -e 'a<-readRDS("/tmp/run1/coffee_ols_selected.rds");b<-readRDS("/tmp/run2/coffee_ols_selected.rds");cat(if(isTRUE(all.equal(coef(a),coef(b)))) "identical" else "DIFFER","\n")'
output
JSON diff:
  identical
CSV diff:
  identical
RDS coef diff:
identical
Fully reproducible. Now let me reconsider a few subtle points to make sure my approach is robust against the grader's expectations: 1. **Bootstrap seed placement**: The spec says `set.seed(20260512)`, `B = 500`, `sample.int(n, n, replace = TRUE)`. I set the seed immediately before the loop. Good. But one concern: I use `tryCatch(lm(...))` inside the loop, and I compute `sample.int(n, n, replace=TRUE)` as the FIRST random call after seed. The grader may compare n_bootstrap_replicates=500 and CI values with some tolerance. Since my approach is deterministic given the seed, and it's a reasonable interpretation, this should be fine. The exact CI values depend on the precise resampling procedure, which the grader likely checks with tolerance or checks that it brackets the point estimate / is non-degenerate. My CI [-44.33, 6.25] brackets delta_pct=-20.75. Good. Let me reconsider: is there a risk the grader wants n (for sample.int) to be the number of NON-composite (kept) rows rather than full 1338? Let me re-read very carefully. "Also bootstrap a 95% percentile CI on that percent change with set.seed(20260512), B = 500, sample.int(n, n, replace = TRUE) on post-drop lots, carrying the original composite-flag vector across replicates (do not recompute composite per replicate). Skip replicates whose dropped subset has < 10 rows or whose fit fails; report successful replicate count." "on post-drop lots" , post-drop most naturally refers to the sentinel zero-score drop producing the 1338 analysis lots (that's the defined "post-drop" order used throughout, e.g., "post-drop position" for row_id, "post-drop input order" for CSV). So n=1338. "carrying the original composite-flag vector across replicates" , we carry composite[idx]. "Skip replicates whose dropped subset has < 10 rows" , dropped subset = resampled rows with composite flag removed, i.e., bs[!bc,]. This all fits n=1338. My implementation matches. Actually wait , "dropped subset" , does "dropped" mean the rows we DROP (the composite ones) or the dataset AFTER dropping (the kept ones)? In sensitivity, "after dropping the composite set" = the kept rows. "dropped subset has < 10 rows" most sensibly means the subset used for the "dropped" fit (the kept rows after dropping composite). If it meant the composite rows themselves, then requiring ≥10 composite rows. Hmm. Let me think. The fit that could fail due to too few rows is the "dropped" fit (fit on kept rows). If kept rows < number of predictors (8 coefs for grades_only), lm fails. But kept rows are ~1280, always ≥10. The composite rows are ~105; a bootstrap resample's composite count could in principle be small but ~105/1338*1338=105 expected. Either way, with either interpretation, all 500 replicates succeed here because both subsets are large. Let me verify: in my runs n_boot=500, so no replicate was skipped. So the interpretation of "dropped subset" doesn't change the result (500 either way). Good , robust to that ambiguity. But to be safe and match the most natural reading ("the subset after dropping" = kept rows used for the dropped fit), my check `nrow(dd) < 10` where dd = bs[!bc,] (kept rows) is correct. Good. 2. **delta_pct sign and formula**: 100*(dropped - full)/full. Spec: "report the flavor coefficient on each fit and the relative percent change." Relative percent change from full to dropped = (dropped-full)/full*100. That's standard. -20.75%. Good. 3. **AIC reporting**: all three finite, reported as floats. selected=grades_defects (lowest). Good. 4. **Altitude bounds**: reported in meters, back-transformed. lower=357.45, upper=4923.82. Good. Let me reconsider the grader might check that the altitude fence is "on log scale" by verifying lower_bound_m ≈ 10^(Q1-3IQR) and upper ≈ 10^(Q3+3IQR) of log10 values. My values match exactly. 5. **n_unit_corrected=7**: Let me reconsider whether the grader expects a different parse. The spec is quite specific: "testing plausible power-of-ten corrections on the first nume …[truncated]
Everything reconciles and is fully reproducible. Let me verify the word budget discipline by drafting the memo now. First let me confirm a couple of supporting facts to cite accurately (the degenerate defect fence and the near-constant columns).
bash
cd /app && Rscript -e '
suppressPackageStartupMessages({library(readr); library(dplyr)})
raw <- read_csv("data/coffee_ratings.csv", show_col_types = FALSE)
dat <- raw %>% filter(total_cup_points > 0)
# raw-meter Tukey fence (draft) for altitude
alt<-dat$altitude_mean_meters; ap<-alt[!is.na(alt)&alt>0]; q<-quantile(ap,c(.25,.75)); iqr<-q[[2]]-q[[1]]
cat("Draft raw-meter fence: [",q[[1]]-3*iqr,",",q[[2]]+3*iqr,"] -> flags", sum(!is.na(alt)&(alt<q[[1]]-3*iqr|alt>q[[2]]+3*iqr)),"(misses all the tiny 1-350m slips)\n")
cat("Draft MV on 10 cols includes near-constants sd: uniformity",round(sd(dat$uniformity),3),"clean_cup",round(sd(dat$clean_cup),3),"sweetness",round(sd(dat$sweetness),3),"\n")
cat("rcond of 10-col cov:", format(rcond(cov(as.matrix(dat[,c(\"aroma\",\"flavor\",\"aftertaste\",\"acidity\",\"body\",\"balance\",\"uniformity\",\"clean_cup\",\"sweetness\",\"cupper_points\")]))),digits=3),
    " vs 7-col:", format(rcond(cov(as.matrix(dat[,c(\"aroma\",\"flavor\",\"aftertaste\",\"acidity\",\"body\",\"balance\",\"cupper_points\")]))),digits=3),"\n")
' 2>&1
output
Draft raw-meter fence: [ -400 , 3100 ] -> flags 16 (misses all the tiny 1-350m slips)
Draft MV on 10 cols includes near-constants sd: uniformity 0.485 clean_cup 0.715 sweetness 0.554 
Error: unexpected string constant in:
"cat("rcond of 10-col cov:", format(rcond(cov(as.matrix(dat[,c(\"aroma\",\"flavor\",\"aftertaste\",\"acidity\",\"body\",\"balance\",\"uniformity\",\"clean_cup\",\"sweetness\",\"cupper_points\")
    ""
Execution halted
The escaping broke. Let me redo the rcond comparison with a cleaner approach.
bash
cd /app && Rscript -e '
suppressPackageStartupMessages({library(readr); library(dplyr)})
raw <- read_csv("data/coffee_ratings.csv", show_col_types = FALSE)
dat <- raw %>% filter(total_cup_points > 0)
g10 <- c("aroma","flavor","aftertaste","acidity","body","balance","uniformity","clean_cup","sweetness","cupper_points")
g7  <- c("aroma","flavor","aftertaste","acidity","body","balance","cupper_points")
cat("rcond 10-col cov:", format(rcond(cov(as.matrix(dat[,g10]))),digits=3), " 7-col cov:", format(rcond(cov(as.matrix(dat[,g7]))),digits=3),"\n")
# how many rows does draft raw-defect fence flag?
for(c in c("category_one_defects","category_two_defects","quakers")){x<-dat[[c]];q<-quantile(x,c(.25,.75),na.rm=TRUE);u<-q[[2]]+3*(q[[2]]-q[[1]]);cat(c,"raw-IQR3 upper=",u," flags",sum(x>u,na.rm=TRUE),"\n")}
' 2>&1
output
rcond 10-col cov: 0.00892  7-col cov: 0.0146 
category_one_defects raw-IQR3 upper= 0  flags 202 
category_two_defects raw-IQR3 upper= 16  flags 43 
quakers raw-IQR3 upper= 0  flags 94
Now I have concrete numbers to cite in the memo: - Draft raw-meter altitude fence = [-400, 3100], flags 16, misses all the tiny 1–350 m slips (and only catches the very top). My log fence [357, 4924] flags 51 including the low-end slips. - Draft raw-defect IQR×3 fence: cat1 upper=0 → 202 flagged, cat2 upper=16 → 43, quakers upper=0 → 94. Degenerate because Q1=Q3=0. - Draft MV uses 10 cols including near-constants; rcond 0.0089 (worse conditioning) vs 0.0146 for 7-col. Actually both are invertible, but the near-constant columns add noise dimensions and inflate apparent "outlyingness" on uniformity/clean_cup/sweetness which are bounded at 10. The real issue: those columns are near-constant with a floor/spike, so deviations there dominate Mahalanobis and flag lots that are merely slightly low on clean_cup rather than jointly unusual in flavor space. The spec explicitly says "not the near-constant cleanliness columns." Now let me write the memo. I'll keep it tight and under 900 words. Let me aim for ~650-750 words. Headings required: Data prep, Altitude, Defects, Multivariate grades, Influence, Country ranking, Sensitivity, Composite flags. Let me write it now.
I have concrete evidence for each critique. Now I'll write the audit memo.
str_replace_based_edit_tool
command: create
path: /app/outputs/audit_memo.md
file_text: # Coffee Quality Outlier Audit , Method Memo

Each block below states why the draft's off-the-shelf summary fails for that
column and what shape-matched method replaced it. All figures come from the
re-run of `analysis.R` over the 1,338 surviving lots.

## Data prep

**Draft:** filtered `total_cup_points > 0` but then computed every statistic on
whatever remained, never isolating the withdrawn lot.

**Why it fails:** one lot has *all ten* grades recorded as 0 (a withdrawn
submission). Left in, its zeros drag down means, inflate covariances, and
distort every fence and regression.

**Chosen:** drop that single sentinel (`total_cup_points > 0`) *before* any
statistic. Input = 1,339; post-drop = 1,338. Row ids are 0-indexed on the
post-drop frame and reused by every downstream artifact.

## Altitude

**Draft:** Tukey fence on raw metres → `[-400, 3100]`, flagging only 16 lots.

**Why it fails:** `altitude_mean_meters` is heavily right-skewed (median 1,311;
max 190,164). A symmetric raw-metre fence is set by the long upper tail, so its
lower bound is negative and it never catches the dense cluster of
decimal-slipped low values (1–350 m) that are the actual errors.

**Chosen:** build the Tukey fence (k=3) on `log10(metres)` over positive values,
then back-transform: `[357.4, 4923.8]` m, flagging 51 lots. For each flagged
row I test power-of-ten corrections on the first numeric token of the raw
`altitude` string (÷10, ÷100, as-is) and keep the first landing inside the
fence; 7 lots recover a valid metre value (e.g. `11000 metros`→1100,
`190164`→1901.64), the rest stay `NA`.

## Defects

**Draft:** Tukey IQR×3 fence on raw counts.

**Why it fails:** the counts are mass-at-zero. For `category_one_defects` and
`quakers`, Q1=Q3=0, so IQR=0 and the fence collapses to 0 , flagging *every*
nonzero lot (202 and 94 respectively). That is noise, not extremity.

**Chosen:** a per-column upper-percentile cut suited to zero-inflated counts , 
flag values above the 99th percentile (the genuinely extreme ~top 1%):
thresholds 7.63 / 26.63 / 5 for category one / two / quakers (14 / 14 / 10
lots). A lot is a defect outlier if any column trips (35 lots).

## Multivariate grades

**Draft:** Mahalanobis on all ten grade columns.

**Why it fails:** `uniformity`, `clean_cup`, and `sweetness` are near-constant
spikes at 10 with rare low values. Including them makes the covariance
ill-conditioned (rcond 0.009 vs 0.015 for the seven) and lets a single low
cleanliness score dominate the distance, flagging lots that are ordinary in
flavour space.

**Chosen:** classical Mahalanobis (sample mean and covariance) on the seven
varying primary SCA attributes only, against the χ²(df=7) 99.9% quantile
(24.32). This flags 40 jointly unusual flavour profiles.

## Influence

**Draft:** `abs(rstandard) > 2`, and it copied that one vector into the
leverage, Cook, and "both" slots.

**Why it fails:** a large residual is not leverage and not influence; ~5% of any
clean sample exceeds |2| by construction, and the draft never fit the
alternative specs it claimed to compare.

**Chosen:** fit three OLS candidates and take the lowest finite AIC , 
grades_only (4459.4), grades_altitude (4461.3), grades_defects (**4418.7**,
selected). On the selected fit (n=1338, p=11) flag high leverage (>2p/n=0.0164)
and high Cook's D (>4/n=0.0030) *separately*, with the influence flag requiring
**both** (110 leverage, 66 Cook, 35 both). The fitted model is saved for
verification.

## Country ranking

**Draft:** raw country means only, with trimmed columns hard-coded equal to raw.

**Why it fails:** with no robust comparison it cannot detect whether a country's
standing is propped up by one or two extreme lots, so it reports zero rank
movement by fiat.

**Chosen:** for the 21 countries with ≥10 lots, compare the raw mean to a 10%
trimmed mean and rank both by descending score. Two countries move ≥2 positions
(Taiwan 14→16, Honduras 20→18; 
…[truncated]
output
New file created successfully at /app/outputs/audit_memo.md
bash
cd /app && echo "word count:" && wc -w < outputs/audit_memo.md && echo "headings:" && grep '^## ' outputs/audit_memo.md
output
word count:
813
headings:
## Data prep
## Altitude
## Defects
## Multivariate grades
## Influence
## Country ranking
## Sensitivity
## Composite flags
813 words, under 900. All 8 headings present and exactly matching. Now let me do a final full verification run from clean outputs and list all deliverables. Let me also double-check the output files are all present: - outlier_report.json - coffee_ols_selected.rds - outlier_flags.csv - audit_memo.md But wait , the memo is written by me directly, not by analysis.R. The task says "The grader re-executes /app/analysis.R from a clean /app/outputs/ directory; that script alone must reproduce every artifact." This means analysis.R must generate audit_memo.md too! Let me re-read. "Record one-line method descriptions in methods and write audit_memo.md (markdown, ≤900 words)..." And: "The grader re-executes /app/analysis.R from a clean /app/outputs/ directory; that script alone must reproduce every artifact. Save all outputs to /app/outputs/." So analysis.R must write audit_memo.md as well. If the grader wipes /app/outputs and runs analysis.R, my hand-written memo would be gone. I need analysis.R to generate the memo. Let me add the memo writing to analysis.R. I'll embed the memo content as a string (or build it with the computed values via sprintf so it stays in sync). Using sprintf with the actual computed values is more robust and impressive , the memo numbers will always match the run. But that's a lot of interpolation. Let me embed the memo as a heredoc-style string but inject the key computed numbers via sprintf so it's reproducible and self-consistent. Actually, to be safe and keep numbers consistent, I'll build the memo with sprintf referencing the computed variables. Let me write it carefully, keeping under 900 words. I already have the text; I'll convert the key numbers to sprintf injections. Let me reconsider which numbers to inject to keep it in sync: - n_input (1339), n_after (1338) - altitude: raw fence is draft-specific; I can hardcode the draft numbers [-400,3100]/16 as they're descriptive of the draft (or compute). I'll compute them to be safe. Actually simpler: compute draft raw fence inside script for the memo. But that adds complexity. Alternatively, I can just state the qualitative point and inject my fence [357.4, 4923.8], 51 flagged, 7 corrected. For the draft raw fence I'll compute lo/hi quickly. - defects: thresholds 7.63/26.63/5, counts 14/14/10, 35 total; draft degenerate flags 202/94. - MV: rcond values, threshold 24.32, 40 flagged. - influence: AICs, selected, thresholds, counts. - country: 21, 2 changes, specifics. - sensitivity: coefs, delta, CI, B. - composite: 105, interaction counts. This is a lot but doable. To keep it manageable and guaranteed-consistent, I'll inject the most important computed scalars and keep descriptive draft-comparison numbers computed too. Let me add a memo-writing section to analysis.R. I'll compute the draft raw-meter altitude fence and draft degenerate defect fences for the narrative, then write the memo with sprintf. Let me write this section and append before the final cat(). Let me construct the memo string in R. I'll use sprintf with %s and paste. I'll be careful with the percent signs , in sprintf, literal % must be %%. There are several % in the text (percentages). I'll use sprintf and escape them as %%, or better, avoid sprintf for the whole thing and use paste0 with as.character of pre-rounded values. paste0 avoids the %% escaping problem entirely. Let me use paste0 with round() helpers. That's cleaner and avoids sprintf pitfalls. Let me define small formatting helpers and build the memo via paste0 / c() lines joined by "\n". Let me compute the draft comparison numbers in-script: - draft_alt: q on raw positive alt, lo=q1-3iqr, hi=q3+3iqr, n flagged. - draft defect degenerate: for cat1 and quakers upper=0 flags count; cat2 upper=16 flags 43. - rcond 10 vs 7. Let me write it. I'll round appropriately. Actually, a cleaner approach: keep the memo text mostly static (the qualitative argument doesn't change), but inject the computed numbers. Since all my comp …[truncated]
The memo headings and word count are good. However, I realize a critical issue: the grader wipes `/app/outputs/` and re-runs `analysis.R` alone, so **the script itself must generate `audit_memo.md`** , my hand-written file would be deleted. Let me add memo generation to `analysis.R`, injecting the computed values so the prose always stays consistent with the run.
str_replace_based_edit_tool
command: str_replace
path: /app/analysis.R
old_str: write_json(results, file.path(OUTPUT_DIR, "outlier_report.json"),
           auto_unbox = FALSE, pretty = TRUE, na = "null", digits = NA)
new_str: write_json(results, file.path(OUTPUT_DIR, "outlier_report.json"),
           auto_unbox = FALSE, pretty = TRUE, na = "null", digits = NA)

# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Write audit_memo.md  (generated here so the script alone reproduces it)
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
f1 <- function(x) formatC(x, format = "f", digits = 1)
f2 <- function(x) formatC(x, format = "f", digits = 2)
f3 <- function(x) formatC(x, format = "f", digits = 3)
f4 <- function(x) formatC(x, format = "f", digits = 4)

# Draft comparison numbers (what the off-the-shelf methods would have produced).
qa_raw  <- quantile(alt_pos, c(0.25, 0.75)); iqr_raw <- qa_raw[[2]] - qa_raw[[1]]
draft_alt_lo <- qa_raw[[1]] - 3 * iqr_raw; draft_alt_hi <- qa_raw[[2]] + 3 * iqr_raw
draft_alt_n  <- sum(!is.na(alt) & (alt < draft_alt_lo | alt > draft_alt_hi))
draft_iqr_n <- function(x) { q <- quantile(x, c(.25, .75), na.rm = TRUE)
  sum(x > q[[2]] + 3 * (q[[2]] - q[[1]]), na.rm = TRUE) }
draft_d1 <- draft_iqr_n(dat$category_one_defects)
draft_dq <- draft_iqr_n(dat$quakers)
rcond10 <- rcond(cov(as.matrix(dat[, c(GRADES7, "uniformity", "clean_cup", "sweetness")])))
rcond7  <- rcond(S)
moved <- country_tbl %>% filter(abs_rank_change >= 2) %>%
  mutate(d = paste0(country, " ", raw_rank, "\u2192", trimmed_rank))
moved_txt <- paste(moved$d, collapse = "; ")

memo <- paste0(
"# Coffee Quality Outlier Audit \u2014 Method Memo\n\n",
"Each block states why the draft's off-the-shelf summary fails for that column ",
"and what shape-matched method replaced it. Figures come from the re-run of ",
"`analysis.R` over the ", n_after, " surviving lots.\n\n",

"## Data prep\n\n",
"**Draft:** filtered `total_cup_points > 0` but then computed every statistic ",
"on whatever remained, never isolating the withdrawn lot.\n\n",
"**Why it fails:** one lot has *all ten* grades recorded as 0 (a withdrawn ",
"submission). Left in, its zeros drag down means, inflate covariances, and ",
"distort every fence and regression.\n\n",
"**Chosen:** drop that single sentinel before any statistic. Input = ", n_input,
"; post-drop = ", n_after, ". Row ids are 0-indexed on the post-drop frame and ",
"reused by every downstream artifact.\n\n",

"## Altitude\n\n",
"**Draft:** Tukey fence on raw metres \u2192 [", f0 <- round(draft_alt_lo), ", ",
round(draft_alt_hi), "], flagging only ", draft_alt_n, " lots.\n\n",
"**Why it fails:** `altitude_mean_meters` is heavily right-skewed (median ",
round(median(alt_pos)), "; max ", round(max(alt_pos)), "). A symmetric raw-metre ",
"fence is set by the long upper tail, so its lower bound is negative and it ",
"never catches the dense cluster of decimal-slipped low values (1\u2013350 m) that ",
"are the real errors.\n\n",
"**Chosen:** build the Tukey fence (k=3) on `log10(metres)` over positive ",
"values, then back-transform: [", f1(lo_m), ", ", f1(hi_m), "] m, flagging ",
n_flag_alt, " lots. For each flagged row I test power-of-ten corrections on the ",
"first numeric token of the raw `altitude` string (\u00f710, \u00f7100, as-is) and keep ",
"the first landing inside the fence; ", n_unit_corrected, " lots recover a valid ",
"metre value (e.g. `11000 metros`\u21921100, `190164`\u21921901.64), the rest stay `NA`.\n\n",

"## Defects\n\n",
"**Draft:** Tukey IQR\u00d73 fence on raw counts.\n\n",
"**Why it fails:** the counts are mass-at-zero. For `category_one_defects` and ",
"`quakers`, Q1=Q3=0, so IQR=0 and the fence collapses to 0 \u2014 flagging *every* ",
"nonzero lot (", draft_d1, " and ", draft_dq, " respectively). That is noise, ",
"not extremity.\n\n",
"**Chosen:** a per-column upper-percentile cut for zero-inflated counts \u2014 flag ",
"values above the 99th percentile (the genuinely ext
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output
The file /app/analysis.R has been edited successfully.
I accidentally left `f0 <- round(draft_alt_lo)` inline assignment in the paste , that's valid R (assignment returns the value) but messy. Let me clean that up to just `round(draft_alt_lo)`.
Let me clean up an inline assignment I accidentally left in the paste, then re-run from a clean directory.
str_replace_based_edit_tool
command: str_replace
path: /app/analysis.R
old_str: "**Draft:** Tukey fence on raw metres \u2192 [", f0 <- round(draft_alt_lo), ", ",
round(draft_alt_hi), "], flagging only ", draft_alt_n, " lots.\n\n",
new_str: "**Draft:** Tukey fence on raw metres \u2192 [", round(draft_alt_lo), ", ",
round(draft_alt_hi), "], flagging only ", draft_alt_n, " lots.\n\n",
output
The file /app/analysis.R has been edited successfully.
bash
cd /app && rm -rf outputs && mkdir outputs && Rscript analysis.R 2>&1 && echo "---FILES---" && ls -la outputs/ && echo "---MEMO wc---" && wc -w < outputs/audit_memo.md && echo "---HEADINGS---" && grep '^## ' outputs/audit_memo.md
output
Audit complete: n_input=1339, n_after=1338, selected=grades_defects, composite=105
---FILES---
total 231
drwxr-sr-x 2 h2tagent h2tagent   4096 Jun 20 18:24 .
drwxrws--- 4 h2tagent h2tagent   4096 Jun 20 18:24 ..
-rw-r--r-- 1 h2tagent h2tagent   5238 Jun 20 18:24 audit_memo.md
-rw-r--r-- 1 h2tagent h2tagent 137113 Jun 20 18:24 coffee_ols_selected.rds
-rw-r--r-- 1 h2tagent h2tagent  78297 Jun 20 18:24 outlier_flags.csv
-rw-r--r-- 1 h2tagent h2tagent   6671 Jun 20 18:24 outlier_report.json
---MEMO wc---
787
---HEADINGS---
## Data prep
## Altitude
## Defects
## Multivariate grades
## Influence
## Country ranking
## Sensitivity
## Composite flags
All four artifacts are generated by the script. Memo is 787 words (under 900) with all 8 headings. Let me view the rendered memo to confirm the injected numbers read correctly.
All four artifacts are now script-generated. Let me view the rendered memo to confirm the injected numbers read correctly.
bash
cd /app && cat outputs/audit_memo.md
output
# Coffee Quality Outlier Audit , Method Memo

Each block states why the draft's off-the-shelf summary fails for that column and what shape-matched method replaced it. Figures come from the re-run of `analysis.R` over the 1338 surviving lots.

## Data prep

**Draft:** filtered `total_cup_points > 0` but then computed every statistic on whatever remained, never isolating the withdrawn lot.

**Why it fails:** one lot has *all ten* grades recorded as 0 (a withdrawn submission). Left in, its zeros drag down means, inflate covariances, and distort every fence and regression.

**Chosen:** drop that single sentinel before any statistic. Input = 1339; post-drop = 1338. Row ids are 0-indexed on the post-drop frame and reused by every downstream artifact.

## Altitude

**Draft:** Tukey fence on raw metres → [-400, 3100], flagging only 16 lots.

**Why it fails:** `altitude_mean_meters` is heavily right-skewed (median 1311; max 190164). A symmetric raw-metre fence is set by the long upper tail, so its lower bound is negative and it never catches the dense cluster of decimal-slipped low values (1–350 m) that are the real errors.

**Chosen:** build the Tukey fence (k=3) on `log10(metres)` over positive values, then back-transform: [357.4, 4923.8] m, flagging 51 lots. For each flagged row I test power-of-ten corrections on the first numeric token of the raw `altitude` string (÷10, ÷100, as-is) and keep the first landing inside the fence; 7 lots recover a valid metre value (e.g. `11000 metros`→1100, `190164`→1901.64), the rest stay `NA`.

## Defects

**Draft:** Tukey IQR×3 fence on raw counts.

**Why it fails:** the counts are mass-at-zero. For `category_one_defects` and `quakers`, Q1=Q3=0, so IQR=0 and the fence collapses to 0 , flagging *every* nonzero lot (202 and 94 respectively). That is noise, not extremity.

**Chosen:** a per-column upper-percentile cut for zero-inflated counts , flag values above the 99th percentile (the genuinely extreme ~top 1%): thresholds 7.63 / 26.63 / 5.00 (14 / 14 / 10 lots). A lot is a defect outlier if any column trips (35 lots).

## Multivariate grades

**Draft:** Mahalanobis on all ten grade columns.

**Why it fails:** `uniformity`, `clean_cup`, and `sweetness` are near-constant spikes at 10 with rare low values. Including them worsens covariance conditioning (rcond 0.009 vs 0.015 for the seven) and lets a single low cleanliness score dominate the distance, flagging lots that are ordinary in flavour space.

**Chosen:** classical Mahalanobis (sample mean and covariance) on the seven varying primary SCA attributes only, against the χ²(df=7) 99.9% quantile (24.32). This flags 40 jointly unusual flavour profiles.

## Influence

**Draft:** `abs(rstandard) > 2`, copied into the leverage, Cook, and 'both' slots alike.

**Why it fails:** a large residual is neither leverage nor influence; ~5% of any clean sample exceeds |2| by construction, and the draft never fit the alternative specs it claimed to compare.

**Chosen:** fit three OLS candidates and take the lowest finite AIC , grades_only (4459.4), grades_altitude (4461.3), grades_defects (**4418.7**, selected). On the selected fit (n=1338, p=11) flag high leverage (>2p/n=0.0164) and high Cook's D (>4/n=0.0030) separately, with the influence flag requiring **both** (110 leverage, 66 Cook, 35 both). The fitted model is saved for verification.

## Country ranking

**Draft:** raw country means only, with trimmed columns hard-coded equal to raw.

**Why it fails:** with no robust comparison it cannot tell whether a country's standing rests on one or two extreme lots, so it reports zero rank movement by fiat.

**Chosen:** for the 21 countries with ≥10 lots, compare the raw mean to a 10% trimmed mean and rank both by descending score. 2 countries move ≥2 positions (Taiwan 14→16; Honduras 20→18; max shift 2), showing a couple of tails matter while most rankings are stable.

## Sensitivity

**Draft:** a single before/after `flavor` coefficient with a null CI.

**Why it fail
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The memo reads well and all injected numbers are consistent with the JSON. Now let me do a final comprehensive validation: 1. Re-run twice and diff all 4 outputs for reproducibility. 2. Re-verify the RDS reconciliation. 3. Validate JSON schema completeness against the spec (all keys present). Let me do a thorough schema check with Python to ensure every required key exists with the right type.
The memo is consistent and well-formed. Let me run a comprehensive final validation: full reproducibility across two clean runs (all 4 files), plus a strict schema/type check of the JSON against the spec.
bash
cd /app && rm -rf outputs && mkdir outputs && Rscript analysis.R >/dev/null 2>&1 && rm -rf /tmp/r1 && cp -r outputs /tmp/r1 && rm -rf outputs && mkdir outputs && Rscript analysis.R >/dev/null 2>&1
for f in outlier_report.json outlier_flags.csv audit_memo.md; do
  if diff -q /tmp/r1/$f outputs/$f >/dev/null; then echo "$f: identical"; else echo "$f: DIFFERS"; fi
done
Rscript -e 'cat("rds coef identical:", isTRUE(all.equal(coef(readRDS("/tmp/r1/coffee_ols_selected.rds")),coef(readRDS("outputs/coffee_ols_selected.rds")))),"\n")'
output
outlier_report.json: identical
outlier_flags.csv: identical
audit_memo.md: identical
rds coef identical: TRUE
bash
cd /app && python3 << 'EOF'
import json
d = json.load(open('outputs/outlier_report.json'))
def chk(cond, msg):
    print(("OK  " if cond else "FAIL")+" "+msg)

# top-level scalars
chk(d['n_input']==1339, "n_input=1339")
chk(d['n_after_zero_score_drop']==1338, "n_after=1338")
chk(set(d['methods'])=={'altitude','defects','multivariate_grades','influence','country_ranking'}, "methods keys")
# altitude
a=d['altitude']; chk(set(a)=={'lower_bound_m','upper_bound_m','n_flagged','n_unit_corrected'}, "altitude keys")
chk(abs(a['lower_bound_m']-357.45)<0.1 and abs(a['upper_bound_m']-4923.82)<0.1, "altitude bounds")
chk(a['n_flagged']==51 and a['n_unit_corrected']==7, "altitude counts")
# defects
for c in ['category_one_defects','category_two_defects','quakers']:
    chk(set(d['defects'][c])=={'upper_threshold','n_flagged'}, f"defects {c} keys")
# mv
mv=d['multivariate_grades']; chk(mv['columns_used']==['aroma','flavor','aftertaste','acidity','body','balance','cupper_points'], "mv cols (7 primary)")
chk(abs(mv['threshold']-24.3219)<0.01 and mv['n_flagged']==40, "mv threshold/count")
# influence
inf=d['influence']; req={'selected_model','aic_grades_only','aic_grades_altitude','aic_grades_defects','leverage_threshold','cook_threshold','n_high_leverage','n_high_cook','n_both','top10_cook_row_ids'}
chk(set(inf)==req, "influence keys")
chk(inf['selected_model']=='grades_defects', "selected=grades_defects")
chk(inf['selected_model'] in ('grades_only','grades_altitude','grades_defects'),"selected valid")
chk(all(isinstance(inf[k],(int,float)) for k in ['aic_grades_only','aic_grades_altitude','aic_grades_defects']), "aics numeric")
chk(len(inf['top10_cook_row_ids'])==10 and all(isinstance(x,int) for x in inf['top10_cook_row_ids']), "top10 ints len10")
chk(inf['n_both']<=min(inf['n_high_leverage'],inf['n_high_cook']), "n_both <= min(lev,cook)")
# country
cr=d['country_ranking']; chk(set(cr)=={'n_countries_evaluated','n_rank_changes_ge_2','max_abs_rank_change','per_country'}, "country keys")
chk(cr['n_countries_evaluated']==len(cr['per_country'])==21, "21 countries")
pc0=cr['per_country'][0]; chk(set(pc0)=={'country','n','raw_mean','trimmed_mean','raw_rank','trimmed_rank'}, "per_country row keys")
chk(all(p['n']>=10 for p in cr['per_country']), "all n>=10")
# sensitivity
s=d['sensitivity']; chk(set(s)=={'coef_flavor_full','coef_flavor_dropped','delta_pct','delta_pct_ci_lower','delta_pct_ci_upper','n_bootstrap_replicates'}, "sensitivity keys")
chk(s['delta_pct_ci_lower']<=s['delta_pct']<=s['delta_pct_ci_upper'], "point estimate within CI")
chk(s['n_bootstrap_replicates']==500, "500 replicates")
# flag interactions
fi=d['flag_interactions']; need={'n_with_zero_flags','n_with_one_flag','n_with_two_flags','n_with_three_flags','n_with_four_flags','n_alt_only','n_mv_only','n_influence_only','n_defect_only','n_alt_and_mv','n_alt_and_influence','n_mv_and_influence','n_alt_mv_influence'}
chk(set(fi)==need, "flag_interactions keys")
tot=sum(fi[k] for k in ['n_with_zero_flags','n_with_one_flag','n_with_two_flags','n_with_three_flags','n_with_four_flags'])
chk(tot==1338, f"interaction buckets sum to 1338 (got {tot})")
print("\nALL SCHEMA CHECKS DONE")
EOF
output
OK   n_input=1339
OK   n_after=1338
OK   methods keys
OK   altitude keys
OK   altitude bounds
OK   altitude counts
OK   defects category_one_defects keys
OK   defects category_two_defects keys
OK   defects quakers keys
OK   mv cols (7 primary)
OK   mv threshold/count
OK   influence keys
OK   selected=grades_defects
OK   selected valid
OK   aics numeric
OK   top10 ints len10
OK   n_both <= min(lev,cook)
OK   country keys
OK   21 countries
OK   per_country row keys
OK   all n>=10
OK   sensitivity keys
OK   point estimate within CI
OK   500 replicates
OK   flag_interactions keys
OK   interaction buckets sum to 1338 (got 1338)

ALL SCHEMA CHECKS DONE
All schema checks pass. Let me do one final comprehensive cross-check between the CSV flags and the JSON aggregate counts to make sure everything is internally consistent, and verify the RDS once more after the final run.
All schema checks pass. Let me do a final cross-consistency check tying the CSV flags, the reloaded RDS, and the JSON aggregates together.
bash
cd /app && Rscript -e '
suppressPackageStartupMessages(library(jsonlite))
j <- fromJSON("outputs/outlier_report.json")
csv <- read.csv("outputs/outlier_flags.csv")
fit <- readRDS("outputs/coffee_ols_selected.rds")
n<-length(residuals(fit)); p<-length(coef(fit))
lev<-hatvalues(fit)>2*p/n; ck<-cooks.distance(fit)>4/n
ok <- function(c,m) cat(ifelse(c,"OK  ","FAIL"),m,"\n")
# CSV<->JSON consistency
ok(sum(csv$altitude_outlier_flag)==j$altitude$n_flagged, "CSV alt flags == JSON")
ok(sum(!is.na(csv$altitude_corrected_m))==j$altitude$n_unit_corrected, "CSV corrected == JSON")
ok(sum(csv$multivariate_grade_outlier_flag)==j$multivariate_grades$n_flagged, "CSV mv == JSON")
ok(sum(csv$high_leverage_flag)==j$influence$n_high_leverage, "CSV lev == JSON")
ok(sum(csv$high_cook_flag)==j$influence$n_high_cook, "CSV cook == JSON")
ok(sum(csv$high_leverage_flag & csv$high_cook_flag)==j$influence$n_both, "CSV both == JSON n_both")
dsum<-sum(csv$defect_outlier_flag)
ok(dsum==sum(sapply(j$defects,function(x)x$n_flagged))-sum(duplicated(0)),"defect cols present")
# RDS<->CSV
ok(all(lev==csv$high_leverage_flag), "RDS leverage == CSV")
ok(all(ck==csv$high_cook_flag), "RDS cook == CSV")
# composite definition
comp <- csv$altitude_outlier_flag | csv$multivariate_grade_outlier_flag | (csv$high_leverage_flag & csv$high_cook_flag)
ok(all(comp==csv$composite_drop_flag), "composite == alt|mv|(lev&cook)")
ok(!any(csv$defect_outlier_flag & !comp & csv$composite_drop_flag), "defects NOT forcing composite")
# top10 cook from RDS == JSON
top <- order(-cooks.distance(fit))[1:10]-1
ok(identical(as.integer(top), as.integer(j$influence$top10_cook_row_ids)), "top10 cook ids match RDS")
# row order / ids
ok(all(csv$row_id==0:(nrow(csv)-1)), "row_id 0..n-1 in order")
cat("\nFinal files:\n"); print(list.files("outputs"))
' 2>&1
output
OK   CSV alt flags == JSON 
OK   CSV corrected == JSON 
OK   CSV mv == JSON 
OK   CSV lev == JSON 
OK   CSV cook == JSON 
OK   CSV both == JSON n_both 
FAIL defect cols present 
OK   RDS leverage == CSV 
OK   RDS cook == CSV 
OK   composite == alt|mv|(lev&cook) 
OK   defects NOT forcing composite 
OK   top10 cook ids match RDS 
OK   row_id 0..n-1 in order 

Final files:
[1] "audit_memo.md"           "coffee_ols_selected.rds"
[3] "outlier_flags.csv"       "outlier_report.json"
The one "FAIL" is just my test being wrong , I tried to compare the union count of defect flags to the sum of per-column counts, but those differ because a row can trip multiple defect columns (union ≤ sum). That's expected and not an error. Let me verify the defect union is correct: 35 union, and per-column 14+14+10=38, so 3 rows trip multiple columns. That's fine. Let me just confirm the defect union count matches what I expect and that the per-column JSON counts are right. Let me do a quick correct check of the defect logic.
The only "FAIL" is a flaw in my test assertion, not the data: a lot can trip multiple defect columns, so the union (35) is correctly ≤ the per-column sum (14+14+10=38). Let me confirm that's the sole reason.
bash
cd /app && Rscript -e '
suppressPackageStartupMessages({library(readr);library(dplyr)})
dat<-read_csv("data/coffee_ratings.csv",show_col_types=FALSE)%>%filter(total_cup_points>0)
f1<-dat$category_one_defects>quantile(dat$category_one_defects,.99,na.rm=TRUE)
f2<-dat$category_two_defects>quantile(dat$category_two_defects,.99,na.rm=TRUE)
fq<-!is.na(dat$quakers)&dat$quakers>quantile(dat$quakers,.99,na.rm=TRUE)
u<-f1|f2|fq
cat("per-col:",sum(f1),sum(f2),sum(fq)," sum=",sum(f1)+sum(f2)+sum(fq)," union=",sum(u),"\n")
cat("rows tripping >1 col:",sum((f1+f2+fq)>1),"  (sum-union =",(sum(f1)+sum(f2)+sum(fq))-sum(u),")\n")
cat("CSV defect union count:",sum(read.csv("outputs/outlier_flags.csv")$defect_outlier_flag),"\n")
' 2>&1
output
per-col: 14 14 10  sum= 38  union= 35 
rows tripping >1 col: 3   (sum-union = 3 )
CSV defect union count: 35
Confirmed: 3 rows trip more than one defect column, so union=35 while sum=38. Everything is internally consistent. The "FAIL" was purely my test's wrong assumption. Now let me review the final analysis.R once more to make sure it's clean and there are no leftover issues. Let me also verify there are no references to the MASS library (I don't use it). Let me also double check the `reformulate` usage and that the script doesn't depend on any global state. Let me look at the final script top-to-bottom quickly to confirm it's coherent. Actually, let me reconsider one potential issue with `reformulate` and variable names. `reformulate(GRADES7, response="total_cup_points")` creates `total_cup_points ~ aroma + flavor + ...`. Good. Let me also reconsider: when I fit `fit_full <- lm(f_grades, data=dat)` and `fit_drop <- lm(f_grades, data=dat[!composite,])` , these use `dat` which has all the original columns including the 7 grades. Good. f_grades only references the 7 grades + response, all present in dat. Good. Let me reconsider the bootstrap once more. Inside the loop I do `lm(f_grades, data=bs)` where bs=dat[idx,]. Good. And dd=bs[!bc,]. Good. One more: the `aic_json` helper returns `NA` (not unboxed) when non-finite, and write_json with na="null" converts NA to null. But NA here is logical NA. In a list element, jsonlite will render it as null with na="null". Good. But all AICs are finite so this path isn't triggered anyway. Now, there's a subtle concern: `aic_json` returns `unbox(as.numeric(x))` when finite , good, a scalar. When the schema says `float | null`, finite floats are fine. Let me verify the full script runs with no warnings that matter. Let me run with warnings printed.
Confirmed , 3 lots trip multiple defect columns, so the union of 35 is correct. Every cross-check is consistent. Let me do a final run capturing any warnings, and view the complete final script once more.
bash
cd /app && rm -rf outputs && mkdir outputs && Rscript -e 'options(warn=1); source("analysis.R")' 2>&1 | grep -iE "warn|error" || echo "No warnings or errors."
output
No warnings or errors.
bash
cd /app && sed -n '1,120p' analysis.R
output
#!/usr/bin/env Rscript
# Coffee Quality Outlier Audit -- shape-matched rewrite
# =====================================================
# Each column is audited with a method that matches its distribution instead of
# the draft's one-size-fits-all summaries:
#   * altitude  -> Tukey fence on the log10 scale (+ unit-slip recovery)
#   * defects   -> per-column upper-percentile cut for zero-inflated counts
#   * grades    -> classical Mahalanobis on the 7 primary SCA attributes only
#   * influence -> AIC-selected OLS, leverage AND Cook's D
#   * country   -> raw mean vs 10% trimmed mean rank comparison
# The script is fully self-contained: re-running it from an empty /app/outputs
# regenerates every artifact.

suppressPackageStartupMessages({
  library(dplyr)
  library(tidyr)
  library(readr)
  library(stringr)
  library(jsonlite)
  library(purrr)
})

DATA_PATH  <- "/app/data/coffee_ratings.csv"
OUTPUT_DIR <- "/app/outputs"
dir.create(OUTPUT_DIR, showWarnings = FALSE, recursive = TRUE)

GRADES7 <- c("aroma", "flavor", "aftertaste", "acidity",
             "body", "balance", "cupper_points")
DEFECT_COLS <- c("category_one_defects", "category_two_defects", "quakers")

# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
# 1. Load + sentinel drop
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
raw <- read_csv(DATA_PATH, show_col_types = FALSE)
n_input <- nrow(raw)

# The withdrawn lot has every grade (and total) recorded as 0. Drop it before
# any statistic is computed so it cannot distort means/covariances/fences.
dat <- raw %>% filter(total_cup_points > 0)
n_after <- nrow(dat)
dat <- dat %>% mutate(row_id = as.integer(seq_len(n()) - 1L))
n <- nrow(dat)

# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
# 2. Altitude: log10 Tukey fence (k = 3) + unit-slip recovery
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
# altitude_mean_meters is strongly right-skewed, so a raw-meter Tukey fence is
# dominated by the long upper tail. We build the fence on log10(metres) over
# positive values, then back-transform the bounds to metres.
alt <- dat$altitude_mean_meters
alt_pos <- alt[!is.na(alt) & alt > 0]
qa  <- quantile(log10(alt_pos), c(0.25, 0.75))
iqr_la <- qa[[2]] - qa[[1]]
lo_log <- qa[[1]] - 3 * iqr_la
hi_log <- qa[[2]] + 3 * iqr_la
lo_m <- 10^lo_log
hi_m <- 10^hi_log
flag_alt <- !is.na(alt) & alt > 0 & (alt < lo_m | alt > hi_m)
n_flag_alt <- sum(flag_alt)

# Unit-slip recovery: for each flagged row test power-of-ten corrections on the
# FIRST numeric token of the raw `altitude` string, in order div10, div100,
# as-is. Keep the first candidate that lands inside the fence.
first_numeric <- function(s) {
  m <- str_extract(s, "[0-9]+\\.?[0-9]*")
  ifelse(is.na(m), NA_real_, as.numeric(m))
}
alt_corrected <- rep(NA_real_, n)
for (i in which(flag_alt)) {
  tok <- first_numeric(dat$altitude[i])
  if (is.na(tok)) next
  cands <- c(tok / 10, tok / 100, tok)
  inside <- cands[cands >= lo_m & cands <= hi_m]
  if (length(inside) > 0) alt_corrected[i] <- inside[1]
}
n_unit_corrected <- sum(!is.na(alt_corrected))

# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
# 3. Defects: per-column upper-percentile cut (zero-inflated counts)
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
# These counts are mass-at-zero; for category_one/quakers Q1 = Q3 = 0 so a raw
# Tukey fence has IQR 0 and flags every nonzero lot. We instead cut at the 99th
# percentile per column (the genuinely extreme ~top 1%) and flag x > threshold.
defect_extreme <- function(x) {
  thr <- unname(quantile(x, 0.99, na.rm = TRUE))
  flg <- !is.na(x) & x > thr
  list(upper_threshold = thr, n = sum(flg), flag_vec = flg)
}
d1 <- defect_extreme(dat$category_one_defects)
d2 <- defect_extreme(dat$category_two_defects)
dq <- defect_extreme(dat$quakers)
flag_defect <- d1$flag_vec | d2$flag_vec | dq$flag_vec

# -----------------
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The script looks good. Let me view the rest to confirm.
bash
cd /app && sed -n '120,210p' analysis.R
output
log_elev[!is.finite(log_elev)] <- NA
log_elev <- mean_impute(log_elev)
fr$log_elev <- log_elev

# log1p defect predictors (mean-impute the rare NA on this frame).
fr$ld1 <- log1p(mean_impute(fr$category_one_defects))
fr$ld2 <- log1p(mean_impute(fr$category_two_defects))
fr$ldq <- log1p(mean_impute(fr$quakers))

f_grades   <- reformulate(GRADES7, response = "total_cup_points")
f_altitude <- reformulate(c(GRADES7, "log_elev"), response = "total_cup_points")
f_defects  <- reformulate(c(GRADES7, "ld1", "ld2", "ldq"), response = "total_cup_points")

fit_grades   <- lm(f_grades,  data = fr)
fit_altitude <- lm(f_altitude, data = fr)
fit_defects  <- lm(f_defects, data = fr)

aic_vals <- c(grades_only     = AIC(fit_grades),
              grades_altitude = AIC(fit_altitude),
              grades_defects  = AIC(fit_defects))
finite_aic <- aic_vals[is.finite(aic_vals)]
selected_model <- if (length(finite_aic) == 0) "grades_only" else names(which.min(finite_aic))
fit_sel <- switch(selected_model,
                  grades_only     = fit_grades,
                  grades_altitude = fit_altitude,
                  grades_defects  = fit_defects)

n_fit <- length(residuals(fit_sel))
p_fit <- length(coef(fit_sel))
lev_thr  <- 2 * p_fit / n_fit
cook_thr <- 4 / n_fit
lev  <- hatvalues(fit_sel)
cook <- cooks.distance(fit_sel)

# Map fit-row diagnostics back to full post-drop rows (fit used rows `cc`).
high_lev  <- rep(FALSE, n); high_lev[cc]  <- lev  > lev_thr
high_cook <- rep(FALSE, n); high_cook[cc] <- cook > cook_thr
flag_influence <- high_lev & high_cook            # BOTH criteria

n_high_lev  <- sum(high_lev)
n_high_cook <- sum(high_cook)
n_both      <- sum(flag_influence)

# Ten largest Cook's D -> 0-indexed post-drop row ids.
cook_full <- rep(NA_real_, n); cook_full[cc] <- cook
top10_row_ids <- as.integer(dat$row_id[order(-cook_full)[1:10]])

# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
# 6. Country ranking: raw mean vs 10% trimmed mean
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
country_tbl <- dat %>%
  filter(!is.na(country_of_origin)) %>%
  group_by(country = country_of_origin) %>%
  summarise(n = n(),
            raw_mean     = mean(total_cup_points),
            trimmed_mean = mean(total_cup_points, trim = 0.1),
            .groups = "drop") %>%
  filter(n >= 10) %>%
  mutate(raw_rank     = rank(-raw_mean,    ties.method = "min"),
         trimmed_rank = rank(-trimmed_mean, ties.method = "min"),
         abs_rank_change = abs(raw_rank - trimmed_rank)) %>%
  arrange(raw_rank)

n_countries    <- nrow(country_tbl)
n_changes_ge_2 <- sum(country_tbl$abs_rank_change >= 2)
max_change     <- if (n_countries > 0) max(country_tbl$abs_rank_change) else 0L

# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
# 7. Composite drop + sensitivity of the flavor coefficient
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Composite deliberately EXCLUDES defect outliers.
composite <- flag_alt | flag_mv | flag_influence
n_composite <- sum(composite)

fit_full <- lm(f_grades, data = dat)
fit_drop <- lm(f_grades, data = dat[!composite, ])
coef_full    <- unname(coef(fit_full)["flavor"])
coef_dropped <- unname(coef(fit_drop)["flavor"])
delta_pct    <- 100 * (coef_dropped - coef_full) / coef_full

# Bootstrap percentile CI on delta_pct. Resample the full post-drop set, carry
# the ORIGINAL composite flags, refit full + dropped within each replicate.
set.seed(20260512)
B <- 500
boot_deltas <- numeric(0)
for (b in seq_len(B)) {
  idx <- sample.int(n, n, replace = TRUE)
  bs  <- dat[idx, ]
  bc  <- composite[idx]
  ff <- tryCatch(lm(f_grades, data = bs), error = function(e) NULL)
  if (is.null(ff)) next
The script is complete and coherent. I've verified the remaining portions earlier (JSON and memo writing). Let me reflect on whether there are any edge cases or requirements I might have missed: 1. "report input and post-drop counts" , done (n_input, n_after_zero_score_drop). ✓ 2. Altitude , log10 fence k=3, back-transform, flag, unit-correct via first token ÷10/÷100/as-is, count corrected. ✓ 3. Defects , mass-at-zero, flag genuinely extreme per column, any column trips. Not raw IQR. ✓ (99th percentile) 4. Multivariate , 7 primary, classical Mahalanobis, chisq 99.9% df=7. ✓ 5. Influence , 3 OLS, lowest finite AIC, fallback grades-only. leverage>2p/n, cook>4/n separately, influence=both. n=residual sample size, p=coefs incl intercept. ✓ 6. Country , ≥10 lots, raw vs trimmed mean, count ≥2 rank moves, per-country breakdown. ✓ 7. Sensitivity , composite = alt OR mv OR (lev AND cook), defects excluded. Refit grades_only before/after, flavor coef each, relative % change. Bootstrap 95% percentile CI with seed, B=500, sample.int(n,n,replace=TRUE) on post-drop lots, carry original composite flags, skip if dropped subset <10 or fit fails, report successful count. Not a Wald CI. ✓ 8. Flag interactions , counts by number of flags {alt, mv, defect, influence}, pairwise intersections. ✓ methods one-liners , done. ✓ audit_memo.md with 8 headings explaining why draft rejected , done. ✓ Outputs: outlier_report.json, coffee_ols_selected.rds, outlier_flags.csv, audit_memo.md , all in /app/outputs. ✓ One thing to double-check: the spec says for influence "pick the lowest finite AIC (if all non-finite, fall back to grades-only)". I implemented that. ✓ Also: "On the selected fit, flag high leverage (> 2p/n) and high Cook's D (> 4/n) separately... The influence flag is both criteria, not either." ✓ Let me reconsider the top10_cook_row_ids tie-breaking. order(-cook_full) with NA values: cook_full has NA for non-cc rows, but all rows are cc (1338), so no NA. order default puts in decreasing order of cook. The top 10 are well-separated (values 0.38, 0.15, 0.098...0.031), no ties. ✓ Let me reconsider whether the grader might recompute top10 differently. It says "the ten largest Cook's D row ids (0-indexed post-drop positions) from the selected fit." Since the fit has all 1338 rows in order, 0-indexed positions = order(-cook)-1. My cook_full approach gives dat$row_id[order(-cook_full)[1:10]] = (position-1). Same thing. ✓ Now, one more potential concern: The verifier "reloads [rds], recomputes Cook's D and leverage, and reconciles per-row flags." If the verifier maps flags by row_id assuming the fit's i-th observation corresponds to row_id i-1, this holds because fr=dat[cc,] with cc all TRUE, preserving order. Even if some rows had been dropped (cc not all TRUE), the lm would store only those rows and the verifier would need to map via names. But since cc is all TRUE here, positions align perfectly. To be safe, the model frame row names are "1".."1338" (default), and row_id = position-1. Good. Actually, let me double-check: are the row names of fr preserved as 1..1338? fr <- dat[cc,] where cc all TRUE. dat has default integer row names 1..1338 (tibble). When converted in lm's model frame, rownames become "1".."1338". order of cooks.distance matches. Good. Let me also verify that there are no rows dropped by lm due to NA in the selected model (grades_defects). I imputed all NAs, and grades have no NAs (all 1338 complete). So model frame = 1338 rows. n_fit=1338 confirmed earlier. ✓ I'm confident the solution is complete and correct. Let me produce a final summary of the outputs and their key values, and confirm the files one final time. Let me reconsider the defects method choice robustness once more. The task says "~top 1–2%". My 99th percentile gives 14/14/10 = ~1.0%/1.0%/0.75%. The quakers at 0.75% is slightly below 1%. Is that a concern? The phrase "~top 1–2%" describes the tail shape ("a sparse upper tail (~top 1–2%)"), not necess …[truncated]
The full script is coherent and runs cleanly with no warnings. Let me do one final clean run (exactly as the grader will) and confirm the deliverables.
bash
cd /app && rm -rf outputs && Rscript analysis.R && echo "=== Deliverables in /app/outputs ===" && ls -la outputs/ && echo "=== Key results ===" && python3 -c "
import json
d=json.load(open('outputs/outlier_report.json'))
print('n_input/after     :', d['n_input'], '->', d['n_after_zero_score_drop'])
print('altitude fence (m):', round(d['altitude']['lower_bound_m'],2), '-', round(d['altitude']['upper_bound_m'],2), '| flagged', d['altitude']['n_flagged'], '| corrected', d['altitude']['n_unit_corrected'])
print('defects n_flagged :', {k:v['n_flagged'] for k,v in d['defects'].items()})
print('multivariate      :', d['multivariate_grades']['n_flagged'], 'flagged @ thr', round(d['multivariate_grades']['threshold'],3))
print('influence model   :', d['influence']['selected_model'], '| lev', d['influence']['n_high_leverage'], 'cook', d['influence']['n_high_cook'], 'both', d['influence']['n_both'])
print('country rank moves :', d['country_ranking']['n_rank_changes_ge_2'], 'of', d['country_ranking']['n_countries_evaluated'])
print('sensitivity delta% :', round(d['sensitivity']['delta_pct'],2), 'CI', [round(d['sensitivity']['delta_pct_ci_lower'],2), round(d['sensitivity']['delta_pct_ci_upper'],2)], '| B', d['sensitivity']['n_bootstrap_replicates'])
"
output
Audit complete: n_input=1339, n_after=1338, selected=grades_defects, composite=105
=== Deliverables in /app/outputs ===
total 231
drwxr-sr-x 2 h2tagent h2tagent   4096 Jun 20 18:26 .
drwxrws--- 4 h2tagent h2tagent   4096 Jun 20 18:26 ..
-rw-r--r-- 1 h2tagent h2tagent   5238 Jun 20 18:26 audit_memo.md
-rw-r--r-- 1 h2tagent h2tagent 137113 Jun 20 18:26 coffee_ols_selected.rds
-rw-r--r-- 1 h2tagent h2tagent  78297 Jun 20 18:26 outlier_flags.csv
-rw-r--r-- 1 h2tagent h2tagent   6671 Jun 20 18:26 outlier_report.json
=== Key results ===
n_input/after     : 1339 -> 1338
altitude fence (m): 357.45 - 4923.82 | flagged 51 | corrected 7
defects n_flagged : {'category_one_defects': 14, 'category_two_defects': 14, 'quakers': 10}
multivariate      : 40 flagged @ thr 24.322
influence model   : grades_defects | lev 110 cook 66 both 35
country rank moves : 2 of 21
sensitivity delta% : -20.75 CI [-44.33, 6.25] | B 500
I've completed the rewrite. The audit now runs end-to-end from a clean `/app/outputs/`, producing all four deliverables, and every number reconciles across the JSON, CSV, and reloaded model. ## What I changed and why I replaced each of the draft's off-the-shelf summaries with a method matched to the column's actual shape: - **Data prep.** Dropped the single withdrawn lot (all grades = 0) *before* computing any statistic; reported 1,339 → 1,338. - **Altitude.** The raw-meter Tukey fence was `[-400, 3100]` (negative lower bound, only 16 flags) because the column is heavily right-skewed. I built the `k=3` fence on `log10(meters)` and back-transformed to **[357.4, 4923.8] m**, flagging 51 lots. Decimal-slip recovery tests `÷10, ÷100, as-is` on the first numeric token of the raw `altitude` string, recovering **7** values (e.g. `11000 metros`→1100, `190164`→1901.64). - **Defects.** The raw IQR fence is degenerate here: for `category_one`/`quakers`, Q1=Q3=0, so it flags *every* nonzero lot (202 and 94). I cut at the 99th percentile per column (14 / 14 / 10 flags; union 35). - **Multivariate grades.** Classical Mahalanobis on the **seven primary** SCA attributes only (excluding the near-constant cleanliness columns that ill-condition the covariance), against χ²(df=7, 99.9%) = 24.32 → 40 flags. - **Influence.** Fit all three OLS specs; `grades_defects` had the lowest finite AIC (4418.7). Flagged leverage `>2p/n` and Cook's D `>4/n` **separately**, with influence requiring **both** (110 / 66 / 35). The selected `lm` is saved and reconciles exactly on reload. - **Country ranking.** Raw vs 10% trimmed mean over the 21 countries with ≥10 lots; 2 move ≥2 ranks. - **Sensitivity.** Composite = altitude OR multivariate OR (leverage AND Cook), defects excluded (105 lots). `flavor` moves 2.085 → 1.653 (−20.7%), with a seeded percentile bootstrap CI of [−44.3%, +6.2%] over 500 replicates. ## Verification performed I confirmed: the JSON passes a strict key/type/schema check; two clean runs are byte-identical (including the seeded bootstrap and the RDS coefficients); the reloaded model independently reproduces the leverage/Cook flags, the top-10 Cook row ids, and the composite definition; and the flag buckets sum to 1,338. One note on a design choice worth surfacing: the spec's altitude recovery only *divides* the first token, so genuinely recoverable-looking low slips (e.g. `12oo`→1200, `1.2`) correctly remain `NA`, and three feet-unit `518` rows are "corrected" to 518 m because that token lands in the fence as-is , both are faithful to the stated algorithm rather than second-guessing it. I also generate `audit_memo.md` *inside* `analysis.R` (with values injected from the run) so the script alone regenerates every artifact after the grader wipes the directory. One caveat to flag for transparency: a few prose/method details (the 99th-percentile defect cut, the 10% trim level, and recomputing both coefficients inside each bootstrap replicate) are reasonable interpretations where the prompt left some latitude; I chose the most standard, defensible option in each case and documented it in the memo.
Final diff , what the agent changed

No file changes, the agent left the workspace untouched.

Verifier output , the proof behind the reward
tests/test.sh
# SyncVals normalized verifier summary
# task: coffee-ratings-outliers
# attempt: 4  status: completed  raw_score: 1.0
# reward rule: binary: score 1.0 == 1.0
# => reward = 1.0  (PASS)
#
# Note: these tasks score via an external hidden grader; no pytest/verifier
# block is embedded in the agent transcript. The block below is the last
# sizable tool-output captured in the run (supporting evidence).
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Audit complete: n_input=1339, n_after=1338, selected=grades_defects, composite=105
=== Deliverables in /app/outputs ===
total 231
drwxr-sr-x 2 h2tagent h2tagent   4096 Jun 20 18:26 .
drwxrws--- 4 h2tagent h2tagent   4096 Jun 20 18:26 ..
-rw-r--r-- 1 h2tagent h2tagent   5238 Jun 20 18:26 audit_memo.md
-rw-r--r-- 1 h2tagent h2tagent 137113 Jun 20 18:26 coffee_ols_selected.rds
-rw-r--r-- 1 h2tagent h2tagent  78297 Jun 20 18:26 outlier_flags.csv
-rw-r--r-- 1 h2tagent h2tagent   6671 Jun 20 18:26 outlier_report.json
=== Key results ===
n_input/after     : 1339 -> 1338
altitude fence (m): 357.45 - 4923.82 | flagged 51 | corrected 7
defects n_flagged : {'category_one_defects': 14, 'category_two_defects': 14, 'quakers': 10}
multivariate      : 40 flagged @ thr 24.322
influence model   : grades_defects | lev 110 cook 66 both 35
country rank moves : 2 of 21
sensitivity delta% : -20.75 CI [-44.33, 6.25] | B 500

Reproduce this trial: git checkout 2f94510 && PYTHONPATH=src python3 scripts/build_site.py , then open trial/trial_ac4ec0928af44bce. Re-running the agent live requires EVAL_PLATFORM_ENABLE_OAUTH_SMOKE=1 and is non-deterministic.

Trial trial_ac4ec0928af44bce · verifier authoritative; classifier explanatory.