Date:         Sat, 18 Nov 2000 06:00:41 GMT
Reply-To:     "Andrew H. Karp" <sfbay0001@AOL.COMNOSPAM>
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From:         "Andrew H. Karp" <sfbay0001@AOL.COMNOSPAM>
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Subject:      Re: SAS code for discriminant analysis
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>
>Toni Zhang wrote:
>>
>> I have a project of Discriminant Function Analysis to find items that
>> predict group membership to the best possible accuracy for segmentation
>> research.
>>
>> I know the process it to get each respondent’s probability score of
>> membership into each of the, say 11 segments. There are 6 predict variables
>> that used, they are Q1-Q6.  Afterwards, I need to multiply the response on
>> each item by the coefficients and sum all of the scores and add the
>> constant. I then need to compare the  11 scores within each respondent. The
>> respondent is placed in the segment that has the biggest score.
>>
>> I wonder if there is a good SAS code do this all at once. If there is not,
>> what should I do to save the first SAS output and then do the calculation
>> and then compare the 11 scores. If you have created and like some beautiful
>> SAS code, please share with me if you don’t mind.
>
>Seems to me that PROC DISCRIM does exactly this.

Yes, that is my understanding as well


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