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This score is the criterion <strong>for</strong> classification. If a<br />

value yielded by the discriminant function <strong>for</strong> the independent<br />

variables associated with a given commodity is above the<br />

critical value of the discriminant, the commodity is<br />

classified in one population; if below, it is classified<br />

in the other population. The decision rule is to<br />

minimize the cost of misclassifications. In the present<br />

study the P r (X) was chosen which minimized the squared<br />

A<br />

error of tonnage misclassified.<br />

When there are only two regions of classification,<br />

discriminant analysis is equivalent to a linear probability<br />

model. 5 Our model in Chapter III will thus be simplified<br />

by using this equivalence. The linear regression was carried<br />

out with the result shown in Table<br />

5 Dwight Blood and C.F. Baker, "Some Problems in Linear<br />

Discrimination", Journal of Farm Economics, XL, (November,<br />

1958), pp.. 674-683.<br />

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