On Sun, Apr 19, 2015 at 10:05 AM, Gilles Louppe <g.lou...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Luca,
>
> If you want to find all relevant features, I would recommend using
> ExtraTreesClassifier with max_features=1 and limited depth in order to avoid
> this kind of bias due to estimation errors. E.g., try with max_depth=3 to 5
> or using max_leaf_nodes.
>
> Hope this helps,
> Gilles
>
>
>
> On 19 April 2015 at 14:30, Luca Puggini <lucapug...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Hi all,
>> I am using random forest and extra trees importance.
>> I am wondering if there is any method to dial with correlated variables.
>>
>> Suppose for example the R party package.
>> In page 30 of the documentation
>> http://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/party/party.pdf a measure of
>> 'conditional importance' is described.
>>
>> If I run importance with the ensamble methods in sklearn I get that
>> shoesize is a relevant predictor for reading skills.

In my family, shoesize is a perfect predictor for reading skills for 3
out of 5 observations.

Josef


>>
>> Is there any way to avoid that?
>>
>> Thanks a lot!
>>
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