DISCRIMINANT
Dependant variable: categorical
Independent variable: metric
Structure correlations or discriminant loadings
Calculation of the discriminant function
Relative importance of predictors: ambiguous
Interpretation: scattergram and territorial map
Means and standard deviations for groups
Inference: determination of significance
Number of functions possible: minimum (G – 1, k)
Association: canonical correlation
Number 1 function has highest eigen value
Testing for validity: classification analysis
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