Re: [R] random forest varimp

2008-04-04 Thread Liaw, Andy
Please see the "Details" section of ?importance in the package. Andy From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Friends, > I have noticed that many publications that use RF report > variable importance as > a function of mean decrease in accuracy rather than mean > decrease in gini. Am I > correct that the

[R] random forest varimp

2008-04-04 Thread helen . mills
Friends, I have noticed that many publications that use RF report variable importance as a function of mean decrease in accuracy rather than mean decrease in gini. Am I correct that the mean decrease in accuracy is just the mean decrease in gini divided by 100? Thanks, Helen Mills Poulos Yale Scho