A discriminant function is a linear combination of the independent variables that makes the predicted mean for each category as different as possible.This function is of the form
$$D F = v _ { 1 } X _ { 1 } + \mathcal { V } _ { 2 } X _ { 2 } + \ldots + \mathcal { V } _ { m } X _ { m }$$

Question

A discriminant function is a linear combination of the independent variables that makes the predicted mean for each category as different as possible.This function is of the form
 $$D F = v _ { 1 } X _ { 1 } + \mathcal { V } _ { 2 } X _ { 2 } + \ldots + \mathcal { V } _ { m } X _ { m }$$

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This is the definition of a discriminant function.

A Discriminant Function Is a Linear Combination of the Independent DF=v1X1+V2X2+…+VmXmD F = v _ { 1 } X _ { 1 } + \mathcal { V } _ { 2 } X _ { 2 } + \ldots + \mathcal { V } _ { m } X _ { m }DF=v1​X1​+V2​X2​+…+Vm​Xm​

A Discriminant Function Is a Linear Combination of the Independent $D F = v _ { 1 } X _ { 1 } + \mathcal { V } _ { 2 } X _ { 2 } + \ldots + \mathcal { V } _ { m } X _ { m }$