Purpose To build a decision tree for patients suspected of having prostate cancer using classification and regression tree (CART) analysis. Patients and Methods Data were uniformly collected on 1,433 ...

The second approach involved using Salford Systems' Classification and Regression Tree (CART) software. 21,22 CART analysis is a nonparametric technique ideally suited to identify patterns or ...

Decision tree Decision trees (DTs) are a non-parametric supervised learning method used for both classification and regression.

Missing data are a major hindrance to statistical analysis because standard methods require the missing values to be imputed first. AMELIA and MICE fiare two popular imputation methods, but their ...

Background Cognitive appraisal of quality of life (QOL) differs across individuals in ways that explain otherwise paradoxical findings, such as similar QOL ratings among individuals in highly ...