Thank you so much for the clarification Terry. On Thu, Oct 8, 2015 at 6:03 PM, Therneau, Terry M., Ph.D. <thern...@mayo.edu > wrote:
> The cutpoint is on the predictor, so the interpretation is the same as it > is for any other rpart model. The subjects with predictor < cutpoint form > one group and those > cutpoint the other. The cutpoint is chosen to give > the greatest difference in "average y" between the groups. For poisson > "averge y" is an event rate. > > > On 10/08/2015 05:00 AM, r-help-requ...@r-project.org wrote: > >> I am trying to derive cutpoint/threshold with a poisson distributed >> dependent variable. I know how to interpret cutpoint with binary dependent >> variable based on direction. Can some on help me to intrepret cutpoint for >> poisson case with one independent variable with the derived threshold. >> > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.