discriminant function

American

noun

Statistics.

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.

Etymology

Origin of discriminant function

First recorded in 1935–40

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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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