# discriminantnode properties #

![Discriminant node icon](https://dataplatform.cloud.ibm.com/docs/content/wsd/nodes/scripting_guide/clementine/images/discriminantnodeicon.png)Discriminant analysis makes more stringent assumptions than logistic regression, but can be a valuable alternative or supplement to a logistic regression analysis when those assumptions are met\.

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discriminantnode properties  

Table 1\. discriminantnode properties

| `discriminantnode` Properties     | Values                                                                                            | Property description                                                                                                                                                                      |
| --------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `target`                          | *field*                                                                                           | Discriminant models require a single target field and one or more input fields\. Weight and frequency fields aren't used\. See [Common modeling node properties](https://dataplatform.cloud.ibm.com/docs/content/wsd/nodes/scripting_guide/clementine/modelingnodeslots_common.html#modelingnodeslots_common) for more information\. |
| `method`                          | `Enter`  <br>`Stepwise`                                                                           |                                                                                                                                                                                           |
| `mode`                            | `Simple`  <br>`Expert`                                                                            |                                                                                                                                                                                           |
| `prior_probabilities`             | `AllEqual`  <br>`ComputeFromSizes`                                                                |                                                                                                                                                                                           |
| `covariance_matrix`               | `WithinGroups`  <br>`SeparateGroups`                                                              |                                                                                                                                                                                           |
| `means`                           | *flag*                                                                                            | Statistics options in the node properties under Expert Options\.                                                                                                                          |
| `univariate_anovas`               | *flag*                                                                                            |                                                                                                                                                                                           |
| `box_m`                           | *flag*                                                                                            |                                                                                                                                                                                           |
| `within_group_covariance`         | *flag*                                                                                            |                                                                                                                                                                                           |
| `within_groups_correlation`       | *flag*                                                                                            |                                                                                                                                                                                           |
| `separate_groups_covariance`      | *flag*                                                                                            |                                                                                                                                                                                           |
| `total_covariance`                | *flag*                                                                                            |                                                                                                                                                                                           |
| `fishers`                         | *flag*                                                                                            |                                                                                                                                                                                           |
| `unstandardized`                  | *flag*                                                                                            |                                                                                                                                                                                           |
| `casewise_results`                | *flag*                                                                                            | Classification options in the node properties under Expert Options\.                                                                                                                      |
| `limit_to_first`                  | *number*                                                                                          | Default value is 10\.                                                                                                                                                                     |
| `summary_table`                   | *flag*                                                                                            |                                                                                                                                                                                           |
| `leave_one_classification`        | *flag*                                                                                            |                                                                                                                                                                                           |
| `separate_groups_covariance`      | *flag*                                                                                            | Matrices option  Separate\-groups covariance\.                                                                                                                                            |
| `territorial_map`                 | *flag*                                                                                            |                                                                                                                                                                                           |
| `combined_groups`                 | *flag*                                                                                            | Plot option  Combined\-groups\.                                                                                                                                                           |
| `separate_groups`                 | *flag*                                                                                            | Plot option  Separate\-groups\.                                                                                                                                                           |
| `summary_of_steps`                | *flag*                                                                                            |                                                                                                                                                                                           |
| `F_pairwise`                      | *flag*                                                                                            |                                                                                                                                                                                           |
| `stepwise_method```               | `WilksLambda`  <br>`UnexplainedVariance`  <br>`MahalanobisDistance`  <br>`SmallestF`  <br>`RaosV` |                                                                                                                                                                                           |
| `V_to_enter`                      | *number*                                                                                          |                                                                                                                                                                                           |
| `criteria`                        | `UseValue`  <br>`UseProbability`                                                                  |                                                                                                                                                                                           |
| `F_value_entry`                   | *number*                                                                                          | Default value is 3\.84\.                                                                                                                                                                  |
| `F_value_removal`                 | *number*                                                                                          | Default value is 2\.71\.                                                                                                                                                                  |
| `probability_entry`               | *number*                                                                                          | Default value is 0\.05\.                                                                                                                                                                  |
| `probability_removal`             | *number*                                                                                          | Default value is 0\.10\.                                                                                                                                                                  |
| `calculate_variable_importance`   | *flag*                                                                                            |                                                                                                                                                                                           |
| `calculate_raw_propensities`      | *flag*                                                                                            |                                                                                                                                                                                           |
| `calculate_adjusted_propensities` | *flag*                                                                                            |                                                                                                                                                                                           |
| `adjusted_propensity_partition`   | `Test`  <br>`Validation`                                                                          |                                                                                                                                                                                           |

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