discriminant function

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meaningsoffunction

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function
noun
uk
/ˈfʌŋk.ʃən/us
/ˈfʌŋk.ʃən/
the natural purpose (of something) or the duty (of ...
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It is a type ofdiscriminantfunction.
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Thus, covariates were not included in thediscriminantfunctionanalysis.
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Discriminantfunctionanalysis was used to accomplish this goal.
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The seconddiscriminantfunctionwas not statistically significant.
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Discriminantfunctionanalysis was used to test this relation.
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This point was confirmed bydiscriminantfunctionanalysis.
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These scores were first entered into separatediscriminantfunctionanalyses for the different variables, and the generated canonical discriminant function coefficients were used to classify participants into groups.
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Thus, gender was included as a covariate in thediscriminantfunctionanalysis.
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In the exploratory study, the target measures were analyzed usingdiscriminantfunctionanalyses.
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Accordingly, separatediscriminantfunctionanalyses were performed for boys and girls.
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Discriminantfunctionanalysis was carried out on whole rock measurements of the abundances of 36 elements.
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The resultantdiscriminantfunctionscore is then compared with the section point.
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A canonicaldiscriminantfunctionappears to be the best means of separating these species.
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The next analyses attempted to predict group membership usingdiscriminantfunctionanalysis.
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The results ofdiscriminantfunctionanalysis with backwards elimination of variables are as follows.
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Evaluation of the group centroids of thediscriminantfunctionled to the following conclusions.
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Consequently, community-level analyses, particularlydiscriminantfunctionanalyses, were the most revealing.
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Discriminantfunctionanalyses revealed that the symptomatic, externalizing, and disliked patterns were systematically related to victimization.
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Separate directdiscriminantfunctionanalyses were performed using maternal or paternal variables as predictors of membership in the two groups.
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A stepwisediscriminantfunctionanalysis was applied to identify those symptom scales that allow maximum separation of the two groups.
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The analysis indicates that there was a statistically significant association between this variable and thediscriminantfunction.
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However, as cluster anddiscriminantfunctionanalyses demonstrated, not all victimized children experienced the same set of effects.
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All of the remainingdiscriminantfunctionanalyses predicted differences between the clinical group and the normal group as a whole.
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Thediscriminantfunctionanalyses have also pointed to experiences that place individuals on developmental trajectories to psychopathological dissociation.
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