The goal of a binary classification problem is to predict an output value that can be one of just two possible discrete values, such as "male" or "female." This article is the first in a series of ...

A binary classification problem is one where the goal is to predict the value of a variable where there are only two possibilities. For example, you might want to predict the sex of a person (male or ...

The variables center, treatment, sex, and baseline (baseline respiratory status) are classification variables with two levels. The variable age (age at time of entry into the study) is a continuous ...