e/Discriminant function analysis

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has gloss	eng: Discriminant function analysis is a statistical analysis to predict a categorical dependent variable by one or more continuous or binary independent variables. It is statistically the opposite of an ANOVA or MANOVA, which is used to predict one (ANOVA) or multiple (MANOVA) continuous dependent variables by one or more indepedent categorical variables. It is useful in determining whether a set of variables is effective in predicting category membership.
lexicalization	eng: Discriminant function analysis
instance of	e/Multivariate statistics