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Discriminant Analysis
Groups 3 & 6
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Agenda
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Discriminant
#Observati
Probability Mean of Z
ons
High
Income
45
0.45
1.5
Low Income
55
0.55
0.4
Total
100
Cut-off Score
= 0.895
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Assumptions of Discriminant
Analysis
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Points to Note
Weights
are assigned to the variables to maximize the ratio of
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Discriminant Distributions
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Example
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Example (contd.)
The
personnel manager finds the standardized weights in the
equation to be
where
= Age
= Sales aptitude test score
= Mechanical ability score
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Predicted Group
Actual
Group
Successfu Unsuccess
l
ful
Successful
34
40
Unsuccessful
38
45
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Comparison
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What Next?