A Discriminant Function
A) Is a Linear Combination of Independent $D F = v _ { 1 } X _ { 1 } + \mathcal { V } _ { 2 } X _ { 2 } + \ldots + \mathcal { V } _ { m } X _ { m }$

Multiple Choice

A discriminant function

A) is a linear combination of independent variables
B) can be written as $D F = v _ { 1 } X _ { 1 } + \mathcal { V } _ { 2 } X _ { 2 } + \ldots + \mathcal { V } _ { m } X _ { m }$
C) minimizes $F = \frac { S S _ { \text {between } } } { S S _ { \text {within } } }$ .
D) all of the above
E) both a and b