Using a tree diagram is simple once you assign the appropriate values to each node. Chance nodes, representing a possible outcome, must be assigned a probability. Decision nodes ask a question and ...

Lessons on language families are often illustrated with a simple tree diagram that has all the information but lacks imagination. There’s no reason linguistics has to be so visually uninspiring.

Decision trees are a common-sense technique to find the best solutions to problems with uncertainty. Should you take an umbrella to work today? To find out, construct a simple decision-tree diagram.