https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Visual-Analytics/How-to-interpret-the-changes-in-the-decision-tree-for-subgroups/m-p/494619#M11083 <P>I was examining if gender predicts the target using decision tree in SAS VA. Gender did not appear in the resulted tree and in the variable importance chart. However, if I run the same tree for each gender subgroup (i.e., one for male and one for female), the predictors in the resulted tree&nbsp; were different for male and female. How do we&nbsp;interpret this? Does gender matter or not?</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>Thanks,&nbsp;</P> Tue, 11 Sep 2018 19:40:22 GMT epark21 2018-09-11T19:40:22Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Visual-Analytics/How-to-interpret-the-changes-in-the-decision-tree-for-subgroups/m-p/494619#M11083 <P>I was examining if gender predicts the target using decision tree in SAS VA. Gender did not appear in the resulted tree and in the variable importance chart. However, if I run the same tree for each gender subgroup (i.e., one for male and one for female), the predictors in the resulted tree&nbsp; were different for male and female. How do we&nbsp;interpret this? Does gender matter or not?</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>Thanks,&nbsp;</P> Tue, 11 Sep 2018 19:40:22 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Visual-Analytics/How-to-interpret-the-changes-in-the-decision-tree-for-subgroups/m-p/494619#M11083 epark21 2018-09-11T19:40:22Z