Impurity Index

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Definition

Impurity Index is any measure used in the assessment of how an attribute is distributed among a binary classification class.

Examples

There are various examples: The entropy index, the Gini impurity index etc.

Usage

In the construction of Decision Tree models
In Coarse Classification

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