DS 101: Using Decision Trees With Python

Janaki Viswanathan
The Startup
Published in
7 min readJul 21, 2020

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We are often faced with a choice where we have to make a decision to go one way or another. Just like Robert Frost did, we choose one based on our judgment, experience, urgency, cost, etc. What if we could use data analysis techniques to determine the best road to take? This will help us make an informed decision and the journey to make the decision becomes a learning experience. This is where a decision tree comes in handy for analyzing situations where multiple factors and variables are to be considered before making a decision. In this article, I will explain in a simple manner what…

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Janaki Viswanathan
The Startup

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