[R] discriminant function analysis

[Chris Mcowen]

Hi, 

I did this exact thing for my masters, with intertidal fish, I just used a PCA? have you tried that? 

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On 16 Nov 2010, at 17:01, Mike Gibson <megalops31 at hotmail.com> wrote:

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> My objective is to look at differences in two species of fish from morphometric measurements.  My morphometric measurements are head length, eye diameter, snout length, and measurements from tail to each fin. I want to use discrimanant function analyis to determine if there are differences between the two species.  
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> I am familiar with R but new to discrimannt function analysis.  I want to learn how to run this analysis in R.  My internet search has not been very successful.  I did see refrence of the linear discriminant function (lda) in R but I am not sure if this is the correct function for me.  
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> Any advice and especially a reference to any examples would be greatly appreciated.  
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> Thanks.  
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