Recursive Partitioning - Advantages and Disadvantages

Advantages and Disadvantages

Compared to other multivariable methods, recursive partitioning has advantages and disadvantages.

  • Advantages are:
    • Generates clinically more intuitive models that do not require the user to perform calculations.
    • Allows varying prioritizing of missclassifications in order to create a decision rule that has more sensitivity or specificity.
    • May be more accurate.
  • Disadvantages are:
    • Does not work well for continuous variables
    • May overfit data.

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