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Classification with Decision tree - binary variables

Posted 11-07-2018 04:29 AM (1138 views)

Is there any reason not to use binary variables in Decision tree classification models? 

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MelodieRush
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Re: Classification with Decision tree - binary variables

Posted 11-12-2018 10:48 AM (1053 views)  |   In reply to sasuser381

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.

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