If the default options METHOD=NORMAL and POOL=YES are used, then the function coefficients are in the printed output labeled Linear Discriminant Function. These linear coefficients are also stored in the OUTSTAT= data set. If the options METHOD=NORMAL and POOL=NO are used, then the resulting quadratic discriminant functions are stored in the OUTSTAT= data only.

When the option METHOD=NPAR is specified, no functions are used and therefore they cannot be displayed or output. With METHOD=NPAR, an observation is classified by determining the group for which it has the maximum density (if using R=) or the largest number of the nearest neighbors (if K=is used). For more information on the nonparametric methods, see Background in the DISCRIM chapter of the SAS/STAT User's Guide. For more on the contents of the OUTSTAT= data set, see the Output Data Sets section of the DISCRIM chapter.

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