Running the Analysis

  1. To run the discriminant analysis, from the menus choose:

    Analyze > Classify > Discriminant...

    Figure 1. Discriminant Analysis main dialog
    Discriminant Analysis dialog with default selected as grouping variable and ed=1 selected as the selection variable.
  2. Select Previously defaulted as the grouping variable.
  3. Select Years with current employer, Years at current address, Debt to income ratio (x100), and Credit card debt in thousands as the independent variables.
  4. Select validate as the selection variable.
  5. Select Previously defaulted and click Define Range.
    Figure 2. Define Range dialog
    Discriminant Analysis, Define Range dialog
  6. Type 0 as the minimum.
  7. Type 1 as the maximum.
  8. Click Continue.
  9. Select validate and click Value in the Discriminant Analysis dialog.
    Figure 3. Set Value dialog
    Set Value dialog
  10. Type 1 as the value for selection variable.
  11. Click Continue.
  12. Click Statistics in the Discriminant Analysis dialog.
    Figure 4. Statistics dialog
    Discriminant Analysis, Statistics dialog
  13. Select Means, Univariate ANOVAs, and Box's M in the Descriptives group.
  14. Select Fisher's and Unstandardized in the Function Coefficients group.
  15. Select Within-groups correlation in the Matrices group.
  16. Click Continue.
  17. Click Classify in the Discriminant Analysis dialog.
    Figure 5. Classification dialog
    Discriminant Analysis, Classification dialog
  18. Select Summary table and Leave-one-out classification.
  19. Click Continue.
  20. Click Save in the Discriminant Analysis dialog.
    Figure 6. Save dialog
    Discriminant Analysis, Save dialog
  21. Select Predicted group membership and Probabilities of group membership.
  22. Click Continue.
  23. Click OK in the Discriminant Analysis dialog.

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