Which of the Following Statements Is True Concerning Multiple Discriminant

question 18

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements is true concerning multiple discriminant analysis distance measures?

• A)A data point should fall nearest the centroid of the group to which it belongs.
• B)A pure distance measure ignores data variance which can influence classification accuracy.
• C)Mahalanobis distance measure accounts for differences in covariance between independent variables.
• D)All of these are true.

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