decision-trees-ds

Learning objectives

  • Explain in non technical terms how a Decision Tree splits the data
  • Describe the anatomy of a Decision Tree using technical terms
  • Explain in non technical terms purity/entropy and their role in the Decision Tree learner
  • List pros and cons of using Decision Trees
  • List types of data/problems where Decision Trees could perform better than other learners
  • Train a Decision Tree Classifier and Regressor
  • Evaluate the performance of Decision Tree models
  • Interprete the importance of the features in a Decision Tree model
  • Visualise a Decision Tree model