Predictive Modeling: Classification

• Find a model for class attribute as a function of the

values of other attributes Model for predicting credit
worthiness

Class Employed
# years at
Level of Credit Yes
Tid Employed present No
Education Worthy
address
1 Yes Graduate 5 Yes
2 Yes High School 2 No No Education
3 No Undergrad 1 No
{ High school,
4 Yes High School 10 Yes Graduate
Undergrad }
10
… … … … …

Number of Number of
years years

> 3 yr < 3 yr > 7 yrs < 7 yrs

Yes No Yes No