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discriminant function

noun

, Statistics.
  1. 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.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of discriminant function1

First recorded in 1935–40
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Example Sentences

Stokes, S. & Lowe, D. J. Discriminant function analysis of late Quaternary tephras from five volcanoes in New Zealand using glass shard major element chemistry.

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