CHAIDFOREST: Stata module to conduct random forest ensemble classification based on chi-square automated interaction detection (CHAID) as base learner

Joseph Luchman ()

Statistical Software Components from Boston College Department of Economics

Abstract: Implements random forest ensemble classifier (Breiman, 2001; Machine Learning) using the CHAID (Chi-square automated interaction detection; Kass, 1980; Applied Statistics) algorithm as the base learner. Includes a module to obtain predicted values from the random forest.

Language: Stata
Requires: Stata version 12.1 and package moremata from SSC (q.v.)
Keywords: random forest; data mining; clustering; machine learning; chi-square; decision tree; exploratory analysis; recursive partitioning; classification (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014-11-04, Revised 2015-10-16
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