https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Data-Science/Classification-with-Decision-tree-binary-variables/m-p/512231#M7490 <P>I would think you would only run into issues if the Binary Variable has one value that is really rare (ie doesn't occur very much). Otherwise decision trees handle binary variables very well.</P> Mon, 12 Nov 2018 15:48:48 GMT MelodieRush 2018-11-12T15:48:48Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Data-Science/Classification-with-Decision-tree-binary-variables/m-p/510982#M7481 <P>Is there any reason not to use binary variables in Decision tree classification models?&nbsp;</P> Wed, 07 Nov 2018 09:29:17 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Data-Science/Classification-with-Decision-tree-binary-variables/m-p/510982#M7481 sasuser381 2018-11-07T09:29:17Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Data-Science/Classification-with-Decision-tree-binary-variables/m-p/512231#M7490 <P>I would think you would only run into issues if the Binary Variable has one value that is really rare (ie doesn't occur very much). Otherwise decision trees handle binary variables very well.</P> Mon, 12 Nov 2018 15:48:48 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Data-Science/Classification-with-Decision-tree-binary-variables/m-p/512231#M7490 MelodieRush 2018-11-12T15:48:48Z