S5E17 Classification and Regression Trees with Yi Feng
Quantitude
English - February 27, 2024 05:00 - 50 minutes - 34.9 MB - ★★★★★ - 181 ratingsSocial Sciences Science Natural Sciences quantitative statistics research methods science education psychology social sciences methodology scientific method data Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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In this week's episode Greg and Patrick are honored to visit with Yi Feng, a quantitative methodologist at UCLA, as she helps them understand classification and regression tree analysis. She describes the various ways in which these models can be used, and how these can serve to inform both prediction and explanation. Along the way they also discuss looking pensive, drunken 3-way interactions, Stephen Hawking, parlor tricks, Cartman, validation, dragon boats, anxiety, spam filters, hair loss, audio visualizations, overused tree analogies, rainbows & unicorns, rain in Los Angeles, and Moneyball.
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