Simple example: # Classification Tree with rpart
library(rpart) # grow tree fit <- rpart(Kyphosis ~ Age + Number + Start, method="class", data=kyphosis) Now I would like to know how can I measure the "importance" of each of my three explanatory variables (Age, Number, Start) in the model? If this was a regression model, I could have looked at p values from the "anova" F test (between lm models with and without the variable). But what is the equivalence of using "anova" on lm to an rpart object ? Any pointers, insights and references to this question will be helpful. Thanks, Tal ----------------Contact Details:------------------------------------------------------- Contact me: tal.gal...@gmail.com | 972-52-7275845 Read me: www.talgalili.com (Hebrew) | www.biostatistics.co.il (Hebrew) | www.r-statistics.com (English) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [[alternative HTML version deleted]] ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.