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How to know if a classification tree is predicitve or not?

2 messages · Laure Maton, Uwe Ligges

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Hello,
I would like to know how to know if a classification tree is predictive or 
not ?
Is it sufficient to analyse results of cross validation?

Thanks for your help
Laure Maton
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Laure Maton wrote:

            
Depends on your interpretation of "predictive", maybe you want to look 
at stuff like sensitivity and specificity as well.

Uwe Ligges