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What is one way that ensemble methods improve the performance of decision trees?
What is one way that ensemble methods improve the performance of decision trees?
Which ensemble method involves aggregating multiple models by averaging their predictions?
Which ensemble method involves aggregating multiple models by averaging their predictions?
What does permutation importance measure in the context of feature importance?
What does permutation importance measure in the context of feature importance?
Which technique eliminates the least important features recursively to enhance the model?
Which technique eliminates the least important features recursively to enhance the model?
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In decision trees, what does a high Gini importance indicate about a feature?
In decision trees, what does a high Gini importance indicate about a feature?
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What is one goal of feature selection in the context of machine learning models?
What is one goal of feature selection in the context of machine learning models?
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What does a node in a decision tree represent?
What does a node in a decision tree represent?
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Which of the following metrics is used to evaluate classification performance?
Which of the following metrics is used to evaluate classification performance?
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In a regression task using a decision tree, what is found at the leaf node?
In a regression task using a decision tree, what is found at the leaf node?
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Which metric is used to measure the average squared difference between predicted and actual values in a regression model?
Which metric is used to measure the average squared difference between predicted and actual values in a regression model?
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What is the goal of classification in supervised learning problems?
What is the goal of classification in supervised learning problems?
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Which ensemble method combines the predictions of multiple base models for improved accuracy?
Which ensemble method combines the predictions of multiple base models for improved accuracy?
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Which metric in classification is the harmonic mean of precision and recall?
Which metric in classification is the harmonic mean of precision and recall?
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What does R-squared measure in a regression model?
What does R-squared measure in a regression model?
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Study Notes
Decision Trees
- A type of supervised learning algorithm that uses a tree-like model to classify data or predict continuous values.
- Decision trees are composed of nodes, which represent features or attributes, and edges, which represent the decision-making process.
- The tree is constructed by recursively partitioning the data into smaller subsets based on the values of the input features.
- Decision trees can be used for both classification and regression tasks.
Classification
- A type of supervised learning problem where the goal is to predict a categorical label or class.
- In a decision tree, classification is performed by traversing the tree from the root node to a leaf node, where the predicted class is determined.
- Classification metrics:
- Accuracy: proportion of correctly classified instances
- Precision: proportion of true positives among all positive predictions
- Recall: proportion of true positives among all actual positive instances
- F1-score: harmonic mean of precision and recall
Regression
- A type of supervised learning problem where the goal is to predict a continuous value or range.
- In a decision tree, regression is performed by traversing the tree from the root node to a leaf node, where the predicted value is determined.
- Regression metrics:
- Mean Squared Error (MSE): average squared difference between predicted and actual values
- Mean Absolute Error (MAE): average absolute difference between predicted and actual values
- R-squared: proportion of variance in the dependent variable that is predictable from the independent variable(s)
Ensemble Methods
- Techniques that combine the predictions of multiple base models to produce a more accurate and robust prediction model.
- Ensemble methods can be used to improve the performance of decision trees by:
- Reducing overfitting
- Increasing accuracy
- Improving robustness to outliers and noise
- Common ensemble methods:
- Bagging (Bootstrap Aggregating)
- Boosting (Gradient Boosting)
- Random Forest
Feature Importance
- A measure of the contribution of each feature to the prediction model.
- In decision trees, feature importance can be calculated using various methods, such as:
- Permutation importance: measures the decrease in model performance when a feature is randomly permuted
- Gini importance: measures the decrease in node impurity when a feature is used to split the data
- Recursive feature elimination: recursively eliminates the least important features until a specified number of features is reached
- Feature importance can be used for:
- Feature selection: selecting the most important features for the model
- Model interpretation: understanding the relationships between features and the target variable
Decision Trees
- A type of supervised learning algorithm that uses a tree-like model to classify data or predict continuous values
- Composed of nodes representing features/attributes and edges representing the decision-making process
- The tree is constructed by recursively partitioning the data into smaller subsets based on input feature values
- Can be used for both classification and regression tasks
Classification
- A type of supervised learning problem where the goal is to predict a categorical label or class
- In decision trees, classification is performed by traversing the tree from the root node to a leaf node, determining the predicted class
- Classification metrics include:
- Accuracy: proportion of correctly classified instances
- Precision: proportion of true positives among all positive predictions
- Recall: proportion of true positives among all actual positive instances
- F1-score: harmonic mean of precision and recall
Regression
- A type of supervised learning problem where the goal is to predict a continuous value or range
- In decision trees, regression is performed by traversing the tree from the root node to a leaf node, determining the predicted value
- Regression metrics include:
- Mean Squared Error (MSE): average squared difference between predicted and actual values
- Mean Absolute Error (MAE): average absolute difference between predicted and actual values
- R-squared: proportion of variance in the dependent variable predictable from independent variable(s)
Ensemble Methods
- Techniques combining multiple base model predictions to produce a more accurate and robust prediction model
- Can improve decision tree performance by reducing overfitting, increasing accuracy, and improving robustness to outliers/noise
- Common ensemble methods include:
- Bagging (Bootstrap Aggregating)
- Boosting (Gradient Boosting)
- Random Forest
Feature Importance
- A measure of the contribution of each feature to the prediction model
- Can be calculated using methods such as:
- Permutation importance: measures decrease in model performance when a feature is randomly permuted
- Gini importance: measures decrease in node impurity when a feature is used to split the data
- Recursive feature elimination: recursively eliminates least important features until a specified number is reached
- Feature importance is used for:
- Feature selection: selecting the most important features for the model
- Model interpretation: understanding relationships between features and the target variable
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Learn about decision trees, a type of supervised learning algorithm used for classification and regression tasks. Understand how they are constructed and applied.
