Successful Implementation of a Classification Tree Requires Objective Criteria for Splitting

question 166

True/False

Successful implementation of a classification tree requires objective criteria for splitting the data at each node based on a dependent variable.

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Definitions:

AVC

Average Variable Cost, the total variable cost divided by the quantity of output produced.

AFC

Average fixed cost, or the total fixed costs divided by the quantity of output produced, indicating how fixed costs per unit change with production levels.

MC

The additional cost incurred for producing one more unit of a good or service; it's synonymous with marginal cost.

Marginal Cost

is defined as the increase in total production cost that arises from producing an additional unit of a good or service.