Sample lesson created for GA.

Introduction to Decision Trees

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

After this lesson, you will be able to:

• Define decision trees
• Determine when using a decision tree is an appropriate method
• Gain familiarity with Decision Trees for future learning

STUDENT PRE-WORK

Before this lesson, you should already be able to:

• Perform basic data exploration
• Explain regression, classification, over-fitting, and bias
• Use Python to build a model in scikit-learn

LESSON GUIDE

TIMING	TYPE	TOPIC
5 min	Introduction	Objectives and Overview
5 min	Practice	Pair Practice
5 min	Conclusion	Conclusion

LESSON SLIDES

Introduction to Decision Trees