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What is the goal of a decision tree?
What is the goal of a decision tree?
How are continuous features handled in decision trees?
How are continuous features handled in decision trees?
What is the purpose of pruning in decision trees?
What is the purpose of pruning in decision trees?
What does bagging involve in ensemble learning?
What does bagging involve in ensemble learning?
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What is the formula for Gini Index?
What is the formula for Gini Index?
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In the Chi-Square algorithm, what does a higher value of Chi-Square indicate?
In the Chi-Square algorithm, what does a higher value of Chi-Square indicate?
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What is the formula for Entropy?
What is the formula for Entropy?
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What does the pruning process in decision trees involve?
What does the pruning process in decision trees involve?
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What is the purpose of maximum features to consider for split in decision trees?
What is the purpose of maximum features to consider for split in decision trees?
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What does a higher value of Information Gain indicate?
What does a higher value of Information Gain indicate?
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What does a higher Gini score for a split indicate?
What does a higher Gini score for a split indicate?
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In variance reduction, what does calculating variance for each node help determine?
In variance reduction, what does calculating variance for each node help determine?
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What does setting constraints on tree size, such as maximum depth, help prevent?
What does setting constraints on tree size, such as maximum depth, help prevent?
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In decision trees, what do terminal nodes represent?
In decision trees, what do terminal nodes represent?
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What is bootstrapping in the context of decision trees?
What is bootstrapping in the context of decision trees?
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What is a random forest?
What is a random forest?
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How does boosting work in supervised learning?
How does boosting work in supervised learning?
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How do decision trees predict responses?
How do decision trees predict responses?
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What distinguishes bagged decision trees from boosting?
What distinguishes bagged decision trees from boosting?
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What are CART's outputs based on the nature of the dependent variable?
What are CART's outputs based on the nature of the dependent variable?
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How do regression trees differ from classification trees?
How do regression trees differ from classification trees?
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What is minimized to fit a decision tree?
What is minimized to fit a decision tree?
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What are used to ensure interpretability and prevent overfitting in decision trees?
What are used to ensure interpretability and prevent overfitting in decision trees?
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In what context are technical indicators like volatility and momentum used as independent variables?
In what context are technical indicators like volatility and momentum used as independent variables?
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How are random forests described?
How are random forests described?
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What is the computational measure of the impurity of elements in a set used in decision trees?
What is the computational measure of the impurity of elements in a set used in decision trees?
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What is the method of limiting tree depth to reduce overfitting in decision trees?
What is the method of limiting tree depth to reduce overfitting in decision trees?
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What is the goal of creating ensembles in ensemble learning?
What is the goal of creating ensembles in ensemble learning?
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What does bagging involve in ensemble learning?
What does bagging involve in ensemble learning?
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What is the goal of pruning in decision trees?
What is the goal of pruning in decision trees?
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How are continuous features handled in decision trees?
How are continuous features handled in decision trees?
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What distinguishes bagged decision trees from boosting?
What distinguishes bagged decision trees from boosting?
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What is minimized to fit a decision tree?
What is minimized to fit a decision tree?
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In the context of decision trees, what does a higher Gini score for a split indicate?
In the context of decision trees, what does a higher Gini score for a split indicate?
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In decision trees, what do terminal nodes represent?
In decision trees, what do terminal nodes represent?
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What is the formula for Gini Index?
What is the formula for Gini Index?
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In decision trees, what is the purpose of maximum features to consider for split?
In decision trees, what is the purpose of maximum features to consider for split?
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What does a higher value of Information Gain indicate?
What does a higher value of Information Gain indicate?
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In the Chi-Square algorithm, what does a higher value of Chi-Square indicate?
In the Chi-Square algorithm, what does a higher value of Chi-Square indicate?
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What does setting constraints on tree size, such as maximum depth, help prevent?
What does setting constraints on tree size, such as maximum depth, help prevent?
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What is minimized to fit a decision tree?
What is minimized to fit a decision tree?
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What distinguishes bagged decision trees from boosting?
What distinguishes bagged decision trees from boosting?
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What are used to ensure interpretability and prevent overfitting in decision trees?
What are used to ensure interpretability and prevent overfitting in decision trees?
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How does boosting work in supervised learning?
How does boosting work in supervised learning?
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What is the formula for Gini Index used in decision trees?
What is the formula for Gini Index used in decision trees?
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What is the purpose of pruning in decision trees?
What is the purpose of pruning in decision trees?
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In decision trees, what do terminal nodes represent?
In decision trees, what do terminal nodes represent?
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What does a higher value of Chi-Square indicate in the Chi-Square algorithm?
What does a higher value of Chi-Square indicate in the Chi-Square algorithm?
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What distinguishes bagged decision trees from boosting in ensemble learning?
What distinguishes bagged decision trees from boosting in ensemble learning?
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What is minimized to fit a decision tree?
What is minimized to fit a decision tree?
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What is the computational measure of the impurity of elements in a set used in decision trees?
What is the computational measure of the impurity of elements in a set used in decision trees?
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What is the goal of creating ensembles in ensemble learning?
What is the goal of creating ensembles in ensemble learning?
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What does a higher value of Information Gain indicate?
What does a higher value of Information Gain indicate?
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How are continuous features handled in decision trees?
How are continuous features handled in decision trees?
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What distinguishes regression trees from classification trees?
What distinguishes regression trees from classification trees?
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What distinguishes bagged decision trees from boosting?
What distinguishes bagged decision trees from boosting?
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What is the purpose of maximum depth, node size, and pruning in decision trees?
What is the purpose of maximum depth, node size, and pruning in decision trees?
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How are technical indicators like volatility and momentum used as independent variables?
How are technical indicators like volatility and momentum used as independent variables?
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What is minimized to fit a decision tree?
What is minimized to fit a decision tree?
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What does setting constraints on tree size, such as maximum depth, help prevent?
What does setting constraints on tree size, such as maximum depth, help prevent?
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What is bootstrapping in the context of decision trees?
What is bootstrapping in the context of decision trees?
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How do regression trees differ from classification trees?
How do regression trees differ from classification trees?
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What does a higher Gini score for a split indicate?
What does a higher Gini score for a split indicate?
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What are CART's outputs based on the nature of the dependent variable?
What are CART's outputs based on the nature of the dependent variable?
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What is a random forest?
What is a random forest?
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Study Notes
Decision Trees, Bagged and Boosted Decision Trees in Supervised Learning
- Bootstrapping involves sampling with replacement, where some data is left out of each tree in the sample.
- A bag of decision trees using subspace sampling is known as a random forest.
- Boosting aggregates weak learners to form a strong predictor by adding new trees that minimize the error of previous learners.
- Decision trees predict responses by following decisions in the tree from the root to a leaf node, using branching conditions and trained weights.
- Bagged decision trees consist of independently trained trees on bootstrapped data, while boosting adds weak learners iteratively.
- Decision trees are formed by rules based on variables in the data set, with splitting stopping when no further gain can be made or pre-set stopping rules are met.
- CART produces classification or regression trees, depending on the dependent variable's nature.
- Classification trees represent class labels on leaves and conjunctions of features on branches, while regression trees predict continuous values.
- A loss function is minimized to fit a decision tree, choosing the best variable and splitting value among all possibilities.
- Criteria like maximum depth, node size, and pruning are used to ensure interpretability and prevent overfitting in decision trees.
- Technical indicators like volatility, short-term and long-term momentum, short-term reversal, and autocorrelation regime are used as independent variables in a financial market context.
- Random forests are ensembles of random trees, like bootstrapping with decision trees using randomly selected features.
Decision Trees, Bagged and Boosted Decision Trees in Supervised Learning
- Bootstrapping involves sampling with replacement, where some data is left out of each tree in the sample.
- A bag of decision trees using subspace sampling is known as a random forest.
- Boosting aggregates weak learners to form a strong predictor by adding new trees that minimize the error of previous learners.
- Decision trees predict responses by following decisions in the tree from the root to a leaf node, using branching conditions and trained weights.
- Bagged decision trees consist of independently trained trees on bootstrapped data, while boosting adds weak learners iteratively.
- Decision trees are formed by rules based on variables in the data set, with splitting stopping when no further gain can be made or pre-set stopping rules are met.
- CART produces classification or regression trees, depending on the dependent variable's nature.
- Classification trees represent class labels on leaves and conjunctions of features on branches, while regression trees predict continuous values.
- A loss function is minimized to fit a decision tree, choosing the best variable and splitting value among all possibilities.
- Criteria like maximum depth, node size, and pruning are used to ensure interpretability and prevent overfitting in decision trees.
- Technical indicators like volatility, short-term and long-term momentum, short-term reversal, and autocorrelation regime are used as independent variables in a financial market context.
- Random forests are ensembles of random trees, like bootstrapping with decision trees using randomly selected features.
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Test your knowledge on decision trees, pruning, ensemble learning, bagging, random forest, and boosting with this quiz. Learn about the flowchart-like structure of decision trees and how they are used in supervised learning algorithms.