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ArticleJournal of machine learning research : JMLR2022

Tree-Values: Selective Inference for Regression Trees.

Anna C Neufeld, Lucy L Gao, Daniela M Witten

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Article in Journal of machine learning research : JMLR, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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  3. Inferring independent sets of Gaussian variables after thresholding correlations.Journal of the American Statistical Association · 2025
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  4. Controlling the False Split Rate in Tree-Based Aggregation.Journal of the American Statistical Association · 2025
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Anna C NeufeldDepartment of Statistics, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA.
Lucy L GaoDepartment of Statistics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, V6T 1Z4, Canada.
Daniela M WittenDepartments of Statistics and Biostatistics, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA.

Funding

A Modeling Framework for Multi-View Data, with Applications to the Pioneer 100 Study and Protein Interaction NetworksR01GM123993 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON · PI BIEN, JACOB, WITTEN, DANIELA · 2017 to 2020
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NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM123993
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We consider conducting inference on the output of the Classification and Regression Tree (CART) (Breiman et al., 1984) algorithm. A naive approach to inference that does not account for the fact that the tree was estimated from the data will not achieve standard guarantees, such as Type 1 error rate control and nominal coverage. Thus, we propose a selective inference framework for conducting inference on a fitted CART tree. In a nutshell, we condition on the fact that the tree was estimated from the data. We propose a test for the difference in the mean response between a pair of terminal nodes that controls the selective Type 1 error rate, and a confidence interval for the mean response within a single terminal node that attains the nominal selective coverage. Efficient algorithms for computing the necessary conditioning sets are provided. We apply these methods in simulation and to a dataset involving the association between portion control interventions and caloric intake.

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CARThypothesis testingpost-selection inferenceRegression treesselective inference

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PMID38481523
PMCPMC10933572

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