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Le Blanc, Louis A.; Rucks, Conway T. – International Journal of Educational Advancement, 2009
A large sample of 33,000 university alumni records were cluster-analyzed to generate six groups relatively unique in their respective attribute values. The attributes used to cluster the former students included average gift to the university's foundation and to the alumni association for the same institution. Cluster detection is useful in this…
Descriptors: Alumni, Marketing, Discriminant Analysis, Alumni Associations
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Taylor, Dianne L.; Tucker, Mary L. – Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development, 1995
Describes two invariance tests, the jackknife procedure and Procrustean rotation, and applies them in a discriminant analysis for this heuristic study. Invariance testing helps to prevent overemphasis on findings of statistical significance and overgeneralization of a research result, and thus is gaining favor as an indicator of result importance.…
Descriptors: Analysis of Variance, Concurrent Validity, Discriminant Analysis, Heuristics