Decision trees are useful modeling tools to help you make decisions. Decision trees offer a structure to organize options and help you understand the possible results of choosing specific options.

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Decision trees are useful for relatively small datasets that have a relatively simple underlying structure, and when the trained model must be easily interpretable, explains Dr. James McCaffrey of ...

For example, you might want to predict the sex of a person (male or female) based on their age, state where they live, income and political leaning. There are many other techniques for binary ...