Optimizing decision trees for the analysis of world englishes and sociolinguistic data
Auteur :
Buschfeld, Sarah / Weihs, Claus
Éditeur :
Cambridge University Press
ISBN :
9781009470315
Date de publication :
23 avr. 2026
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
This Element introduces PrInDT, a decision-tree method for modeling extra- and intralinguistic variables in World Englishes. It balances interpretability and accuracy, handles unbalanced classes, supports classification and regression, and analyzes multiple variables, with examples from England, Singapore, and St. Martin.