7M – Stepwise Discriminant Analysis

Stepwise Discriminant Analysis using BMDP Statistical Software Program 7M

This popular program performs discriminant analysis between two or more groups by computing linear classification functions in a stepwise manner.

• Stepwise linear classification functions
• Built-in cross-validation procedure
• User-specified contrasts to guide selection of variables
• Jackknife validation procedure
• Multivariate test statistics (Wilk’s lambda, Pillai’s trace, Hotelling-Lawley trace, Roy’s maximum root)
• Posterior probabilities and Mahalanobis’ distance of each case from group means
• Standardized canonical variable coefficients
• Average squared canonical correlation
• Plot of canonical variables
• Ability to re-specify many analysis options interactively
• View Program BMDP Program 7M Manual Chapter