Increasing maxDepth on a Spark DecisionTreeClassifier typically:

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Increases model capacity/risk of overfitting while potentially lowering bias on training data — Deeper trees fit harder (and overfit easier). Watch validation metrics.

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Always reduces variance and increases bias

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Has no effect on capacity

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Deletes features

Increasing maxDepth on a Spark DecisionTreeClassifier typically:

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