ABSTRACT

In Chapters 10 and 11, we give attention to the fourth, and final, group of advanced/multivariate

statistical techniques. Recall from Chapter 2 that the techniques presented in these chapters have as their

primary purpose the prediction of group membership-sometimes referred to as classification-for indi-

viduals in the sample. This is accomplished by identifying specific IVs that serve as the best predictors of

membership in a particular group, as defined by the DV. In this chapter, we present discussion of discrimi-

nant analysis, which seeks to identify a combination of IVs, measured at the interval level, that best predicts

membership in a particular group, as measured by a categorical DV.