Re: [R] rpart cutpoint interpretation

2015-10-08 Thread Kishor Tappita
Thank you so much for the clarification Terry. On Thu, Oct 8, 2015 at 6:03 PM, Therneau, Terry M., Ph.D. wrote: > The cutpoint is on the predictor, so the interpretation is the same as it > is for any other rpart model. The subjects with predictor < cutpoint form > one group and those > cutpoin

Re: [R] rpart cutpoint interpretation

2015-10-08 Thread Therneau, Terry M., Ph.D.
The cutpoint is on the predictor, so the interpretation is the same as it is for any other rpart model. The subjects with predictor < cutpoint form one group and those > cutpoint the other. The cutpoint is chosen to give the greatest difference in "average y" between the groups. For poisson "

[R] rpart cutpoint interpretation

2015-10-07 Thread Kishor Tappita
Hi All, I am trying to derive cutpoint/threshold with a poisson distributed dependent variable. I know how to interpret cutpoint with binary dependent variable based on direction. Can some on help me to intrepret cutpoint for poisson case with one independent variable with the derived threshold.