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o Discriminant analysis a technique for analyzing
data when dependent variable is categorical and
independent variables are interval in nature.
o It is a procedure for the determination of the group
to which an individual belongs, based on the
characteristics of the individual.
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o his table presents the distribution of observations into the
three brands. We can see number of observations falling
into six groups.

o his is the table we requested in the of means that we

requested in the Discriminant Analysis: Statistic dialogue
box. It gives the means and SD for each of our IVs broken
down by category membership.
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o For example, in this case we can see that while the overall
mean price was 11.73, the individual who were reconvicted
had a mean price of only 11.60 compared to a mean of 12.20
and 11.40 for those who were not reconvicted.
o In this group statistic analysis, we are using the default
weight of 1 for each observation in the dataset, so the
weighted number of observations in each group is equal to
the unweighted number of observations in each group.
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o hese coefficient can be used to calculate the discriminant
score for given case. his score is calculated in the same
manner as a predictor value from a linear regression, using
the standardized coefficients and the standardized
variables.
o he standard discriminant function coefficient in the table
serve the same purpose as beta weights in multiple
regression: they indicate the relative importance of the
independent variables in predicting the dependent.
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 At last we can say through discriminant analysis we
can get the group statistic and standardized
conological discriminant function coefficient.
 Conological functions are used to discriminant
between pairs of categories, or groups, for each
possible independent contrast, a discriminant
function is calculated that best discriminant
between the categories.