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regression tree

regression tree noun: a data-analysis method that recursively partitions data into sets each of which are simply modeled using regression methods.

Noun

regression tree (plural regression trees)

  1. (data mining) A data-analysis method that recursively partitions data into sets each of which are simply modeled using regression methods.
    • Because statisticians use the term regression for the process of computing an expression that predicts a numeric quantity, decision trees with averaged numeric values at the leaves are called regression trees.2000, Ivan H. Witten, Eibe Frank, Data Mining, page 70
  2. A classification and regression tree.

Forms of regression tree

pluralregression trees

Questions about regression tree

What does regression tree mean?
Regression tree means a data-analysis method that recursively partitions data into sets each of which are simply modeled using regression methods.
What part of speech is regression tree?
Regression tree is a noun.
What is the plural of regression tree?
The plural of regression tree is regression trees.

Words near regression tree in the dictionary

  1. regressing
  2. regression
  3. regression testing
  4. regression to the mean
  5. regression toward the mean
  6. regression tree
  7. regression trees
  8. regressional
  9. regressionary
  10. regressionism
  11. regressionist

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