의사결정나무법을 이용한 병인(病因)분류에 관한 연구 = A Study of Pathogenesis Classification using Decision Tree Method

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Background : In spite of the predominant of the theory of Pathogenesis, the method of Pathogenesis classification is depending on the doctor`s clinical trials because od the lack of the objective test criteria. Methods and Results : This study is trying to improve the objectiveness of classification using a new statistical method, decision tree. Decision tree method -a classification technique in the statistical analysis- was used to analyze the result of pathogenesis questionnaire instead of using discriminant analysis. As a result, 10 among 38 pathogenesis questionnaire was selected as important questions and 12 terminal nodes was built to classify the pathogenesis. Conclusions : Using only 10 questions shown in the result of decision tree, we can classify and interpret the pathogenesis easily and effectively.