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Peer reviewedHuberty, Carl J.; Lowman, Laureen L. – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1997
Predictive discriminant analysis and descriptive discriminant analysis are described, and the use of three popular statistical packages to obtain computational results for each type of discriminant analysis is reviewed. Results from two Biomedical Computer Program (BMDP), four Statistical Analysis System, and two Statistical Package for the Social…
Descriptors: Computer Software, Discriminant Analysis, Mathematical Models, Prediction
Yost, Michael – 1984
A mathematical model designed to identify admitted college applicants who pay a tuition deposit but fail to attend the college was tested. A two-group discriminant model was built using 486 Trinity University students who paid deposits and enrolled as freshmen during the 1983-1984 academic year, and 72 persons who paid tuition deposits but did not…
Descriptors: College Admission, College Applicants, College Attendance, College Freshmen
