DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS, A PROCEDURE FROM MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS, WAS UTILIZED IN A STUDY AND FOLLOW-UP OF 179 MATHEMATICS STUDENT TEACHERS. DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS HAD ENOUGH POWER TO DISTINGUISH THE DIFFERENT PATTERNS OF CHARACTERISTICS OF FOUR GROUPS (SUCCESSFUL, UNSUCCESSFUL, EMPLOYED BY SCHOOL DISTRICTS BUT NOT TEACHING MATHEMATICS, AND THOSE WHO HAD LEFT TEACHING) AT THE ONE PERCENT LEVEL OF SIGNIFICANCE. (AUTHOR)