The Weights for Determining the Discriminant Functions Are Determined by

question 44

Multiple Choice

The weights for determining the discriminant functions are determined by .

• A) assessing the number of outliers that are present in each group
• B) calculating the distance between the two closest observations in each group
• C) measuring the closeness between predictor values of each set
• D) maximizing the between-group variance relative to the within-group variance

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