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ERIC Number: EJ249406
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1981
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What You See May Not Be What You Think You Get: Discriminant Analysis in Statistical Packages.
Gondek, Paul C.
Educational and Psychological Measurement, v41 n2 p267-81 Sum 1981
This paper discusses considerations in the unwary use of packaged discriminant analysis procedures including: the differences between the "group classification function" and the textbook classification function in both form and use, classification table confusions and their alleviation, and the hazards of stepping procedures. (Author/BW)
Descriptors: Computer Programs, Data Processing, Discriminant Analysis, Multivariate Analysis
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Biomedical Computer Programs; Statistical Package for the Social Sciences