Practice - Structure and Splitting
Practice Questions
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What is a decision tree?
💡 Hint: Think about how decisions are made step by step.
What does splitting refer to in decision trees?
💡 Hint: Consider how we separate data to improve decisions.
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Interactive Quizzes
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What does a decision tree utilize to minimize impurity?
💡 Hint: Think about the criteria that assist in making clear decisions.
True or False: The Gini Index is more complex to calculate than Entropy.
💡 Hint: Consider the mathematical formulas of both measures.
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Challenge Problems
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Given a dataset with features and outcomes, perform the first two splits of a decision tree. What splits would you choose based on impurity measurements?
💡 Hint: Calculate impurities for each feature and compare results.
Evaluate the effects of overfitting in a decision tree. How could you mitigate it?
💡 Hint: Think about how a verbose explanation might confuse rather than clarify.
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