CART® Classification

This example applies to the Healthcare Module. For more information, go to www.minitab.com/healthcare-module.

Example

In this worksheet, Readmitted is the response. The response event is Yes. Age is a continuous predictor, and Discharged To is a categorical predictor.

C1-T C2 C3-T
Readmitted Age Discharged To
No 69 Home
Yes 78 Home
No 39 Hospital
No 83 Skilled nursing

How-to

  1. From the Healthcare KPIs: Predict 30-Day Readmissions dialog box, select CART® Classification, then click OK.
  2. From the drop-down list, select Binary response.
  3. In Response, enter the column that contains the binary variable indicating whether the patient was readmitted. Binary variables are categorical variables that have two possible levels, such as pass/fail or true/false. The response is also called the Y variable.
  4. In Response event, select the value that represents a readmission.
  5. In Continuous predictors, enter the continuous variables that may explain or predict whether the patient was readmitted. The predictors are also called X variables.
  6. In Categorical predictors, enter the categorical classifications or group assignments, such as facility, that may explain or predict whether the patient was readmitted. The predictors are also called X variables.
  7. Click OK.
Tip

For more information about this analysis, click Help in the main dialog box.