TARGETRESPONSE Subcommand (TREE command)

The TARGETRESPONSE subcommand displays a description of the attributes of each terminal node and the percentage of cases in that node with the specified target value. The output includes a table of percentages and cumulative percentages of the target value in each terminal node and a chart of cumulative response rates.

The TARGETRESPONSE subcommand is only executed under the following conditions:

  • The subcommand must be explicitly specified. There is no default setting.
  • The target variable must be nominal or ordinal.
  • Target values must be specified on the DEPCATEGORIES subcommand. See the topic DEPCATEGORIES Subcommand (TREE command) for more information.

The results are sorted in descending order of percentages. The table can be color-coded based on a specified cumulative minimum percentage, with rows at or above the minimum colored green and rows below the minimum colored red. The minimum value is also displayed as a reference line on the chart. If more than one target value is specified, a separate table and chart are displayed for each target value.

You must specify one of the following alternatives:

RATE=NONE. No minimum percentage. The table is not color-coded, and there is no reference line on the chart.

RATE=value. Use the specified percentage value as the minimum. The value must be greater than 0 and less than 100.

Special Considerations

  • The terminal node attributes displayed in the table represent a general description. They are not a substitute for precise rules. See the topic RULES Subcommand (TREE command) for more information.
  • For the CHAID and Exhaustive CHAID methods, the attributes displayed in the table do not include any missing data conditions, and terminal nodes that represent the missing categories of a predictor are not included in the output. See the topic MISSING Subcommand (TREE command) for more information.
  • For the CRT and QUEST methods, surrogate values are not included in the list of attribute conditions. See the topic METHOD Subcommand (TREE command) for more information.