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We introduce the basic ideas associated with recursive partitioning in the context of a specific scientific question: Which pregnant women are most at risk of preterm deliveries? Particular emphasis is placed on the interaction between scientific judgment by investigators and the production of informative intermediate-stage computer output that facilitates the generation of the most sensible recursive partitioning trees.
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Zhang, H., Singer, B. (1999). A Practical Guide to Tree Construction. In: Recursive Partitioning in the Health Sciences. Statistics for Biology and Health. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-3027-2_2
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