GDA - Methods for Specifying Designs

Statistica General Discriminant Analysis (GDA) (as well as General Linear Models (GLM), Generalized Linear/Nonlinear Models (GLZ), General Regression Models (GRM), General Partial Least Squares Models (PLS), and ANOVA/MANOVA) provides three alternate methods for specifying designs for the predictor variables or effects: via the Analysis Wizard, the Quick Specs dialog boxes, and the Analysis Syntax Editor. The Analysis Wizard and Analysis Syntax Editor user interfaces are only available when General discriminant analysis is selected as the Type of analysis from the General Discriminant Analysis (GDA) Models Startup Panel - Quick tab. Refer also to the Introductory Overview for details concerning analyses in GDA that involve categorical and/or continuous predictor effects, in an ANOVA-like design.

Analysis Wizards. The simplest method for specifying designs is via the Analysis Wizard. If you select this Specification method from the General Discriminant Analysis (GDA) Models Startup Panel - Quick tab, Statistica will guide you through a series of dialog boxes for specifying the desired type of design for the predictor variables (or effects). This user interface is only available when General discriminant analysis is selected as the Type of analysis from the General Discriminant Analysis (GDA) Models Startup Panel - Quick tab.