Step 5: View the Custom Demographics Model

After you have built the custom demographics model, you view the model using the Model Viewer.

  1. In Models, right-click the Demographics1 predictor model, and then click View Model.

  2. In the Model Viewer, double-click the Age node.

  3. In the Decision Tree for Age window, note the following:

    Decision Tree for Age

  • Age is a single leaf.

  • Occupation is not predicting age because the distribution for the Age property is currently being incorrectly guessed as "model as binary".

    The flag model as binary indicates that the only important distinction to be made about a property is whether it is present or missing. Often, transactional properties are modeled as binary (for example, products purchased are modeled as binary when it matters only to know if a product was purchased or not), whereas demographic properties should usually not be set that way.

You set the correct distribution for the Age property in Step 6: Configure Prediction Parameters.

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