discriminant function

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Definitions of discriminant function words

noun discriminant function a linear function of measurements of different properties of an object or event that is used to assign the object or event to one population or another (discriminant analysis) 1
noun discriminant function (mathematics) function used to predict a categorical dependent variable by one or more continuous or binary independent variables. 0

before 1935

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First recorded in 1935-40

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