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.