Using classification and regression trees (CART) to support worker decision making

Social Work Research

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 19-29

  Johnson, Michelle A ^a   Brown, C Hendricks ^b   Wells, Susan J ^c  

^a Child Welfare Services Branch   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Child protective services; Classification and regression trees; Decision making; Decision trees; Screening

Indexed keywords

EID: 0040081941     PISSN: 10705309     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/swr/26.1.19     Document Type: Article

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