Classification Trees for Decision Making in the Social Services with Application to Welfare Recidivism

This article introduces classification trees as aviable alternative for classification modeling with social service data. As an empirical application of tree-based methods, the performance of a classification tree is com pared to logistic regression in the identification of recidivistic welfare case...

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Published in:	Journal of social service research Vol. 27; no. 3; pp. 23 - 40
Main Authors:	Roback, Paul J., Welch, Shawn M.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	St. Louis, MO Taylor & Francis Group 01-01-2001 Haworth Press
Subjects:	CART Claimants Classification classification tree Decision making Evaluation prediction Recidivism Social problems and social policy. Social work Social services departments Social Work Sociology USA Welfare benefits Welfare Services Welfarerecidivism United States Of America Decision Making Comparison Social work Classification Prediction Recidivism Social welfare Tree Identification Statistical Model New Method Social Service
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