<s>
Recursive	B-General_Concept
partitioning	I-General_Concept
is	O
a	O
statistical	O
method	O
for	O
multivariable	B-General_Concept
analysis	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
Recursive	B-General_Concept
partitioning	I-General_Concept
creates	O
a	O
decision	B-Algorithm
tree	I-Algorithm
that	O
strives	O
to	O
correctly	O
classify	O
members	O
of	O
the	O
population	O
by	O
splitting	O
it	O
into	O
sub-populations	O
based	O
on	O
several	O
dichotomous	O
independent	O
variables	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Recursive	B-General_Concept
partitioning	I-General_Concept
methods	O
have	O
been	O
developed	O
since	O
the	O
1980s	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Well	O
known	O
methods	O
of	O
recursive	B-General_Concept
partitioning	I-General_Concept
include	O
Ross	O
Quinlan	O
's	O
ID3	B-Algorithm
algorithm	I-Algorithm
and	O
its	O
successors	O
,	O
C4.5	B-Algorithm
and	O
C5.0	O
and	O
Classification	B-Algorithm
and	I-Algorithm
Regression	I-Algorithm
Trees	I-Algorithm
(	O
CART	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ensemble	B-Algorithm
learning	I-Algorithm
methods	O
such	O
as	O
Random	B-Algorithm
Forests	I-Algorithm
help	O
to	O
overcome	O
a	O
common	O
criticism	O
of	O
these	O
methods	O
–	O
their	O
vulnerability	O
to	O
overfitting	B-Error_Name
of	O
the	O
data	O
–	O
by	O
employing	O
different	O
algorithms	O
and	O
combining	O
their	O
output	O
in	O
some	O
way	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
article	O
focuses	O
on	O
recursive	B-General_Concept
partitioning	I-General_Concept
for	O
medical	O
diagnostic	O
tests	O
,	O
</s>
<s>
See	O
decision	B-Algorithm
tree	I-Algorithm
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
variation	O
is	O
'	O
Cox	O
linear	O
recursive	B-General_Concept
partitioning	I-General_Concept
 '	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Compared	O
to	O
other	O
multivariable	O
methods	O
,	O
recursive	B-General_Concept
partitioning	I-General_Concept
has	O
advantages	O
and	O
disadvantages	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
May	O
overfit	B-Error_Name
data	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Examples	O
are	O
available	O
of	O
using	O
recursive	B-General_Concept
partitioning	I-General_Concept
in	O
research	O
of	O
diagnostic	O
tests	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Goldman	O
used	O
recursive	B-General_Concept
partitioning	I-General_Concept
to	O
prioritize	O
sensitivity	O
in	O
the	O
diagnosis	O
of	O
myocardial	O
infarction	O
among	O
patients	O
with	O
chest	O
pain	O
in	O
the	O
emergency	O
room	O
.	O
</s>
