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Example 60.1: Performing a Stepwise Discriminant Analysis

The iris data published by Fisher (1936) have been widely used for examples in discriminant analysis and cluster analysis. The sepal length, sepal width, petal length, and petal width are measured in millimeters on fifty iris specimens from each of three species: Iris setosa, I. versicolor, and I. virginica.

   proc format;
      value specname
         1='Setosa    '
         2='Versicolor'
         3='Virginica ';
   data iris;
      title 'Fisher (1936) Iris Data';
      input SepalLength SepalWidth PetalLength PetalWidth 
            Species @@;
      format Species specname.;
      label SepalLength='Sepal Length in mm.'
            SepalWidth ='Sepal Width in mm.'
            PetalLength='Petal Length in mm.'
            PetalWidth ='Petal Width in mm.';
      datalines;
   50 33 14 02 1 64 28 56 22 3 65 28 46 15 2 67 31 56 24 3
   63 28 51 15 3 46 34 14 03 1 69 31 51 23 3 62 22 45 15 2
   59 32 48 18 2 46 36 10 02 1 61 30 46 14 2 60 27 51 16 2
   65 30 52 20 3 56 25 39 11 2 65 30 55 18 3 58 27 51 19 3
   68 32 59 23 3 51 33 17 05 1 57 28 45 13 2 62 34 54 23 3
   77 38 67 22 3 63 33 47 16 2 67 33 57 25 3 76 30 66 21 3
   49 25 45 17 3 55 35 13 02 1 67 30 52 23 3 70 32 47 14 2
   64 32 45 15 2 61 28 40 13 2 48 31 16 02 1 59 30 51 18 3
   55 24 38 11 2 63 25 50 19 3 64 32 53 23 3 52 34 14 02 1
   49 36 14 01 1 54 30 45 15 2 79 38 64 20 3 44 32 13 02 1
   67 33 57 21 3 50 35 16 06 1 58 26 40 12 2 44 30 13 02 1
   77 28 67 20 3 63 27 49 18 3 47 32 16 02 1 55 26 44 12 2
   50 23 33 10 2 72 32 60 18 3 48 30 14 03 1 51 38 16 02 1
   61 30 49 18 3 48 34 19 02 1 50 30 16 02 1 50 32 12 02 1
   61 26 56 14 3 64 28 56 21 3 43 30 11 01 1 58 40 12 02 1
   51 38 19 04 1 67 31 44 14 2 62 28 48 18 3 49 30 14 02 1
   51 35 14 02 1 56 30 45 15 2 58 27 41 10 2 50 34 16 04 1
   46 32 14 02 1 60 29 45 15 2 57 26 35 10 2 57 44 15 04 1
   50 36 14 02 1 77 30 61 23 3 63 34 56 24 3 58 27 51 19 3
   57 29 42 13 2 72 30 58 16 3 54 34 15 04 1 52 41 15 01 1
   71 30 59 21 3 64 31 55 18 3 60 30 48 18 3 63 29 56 18 3
   49 24 33 10 2 56 27 42 13 2 57 30 42 12 2 55 42 14 02 1
   49 31 15 02 1 77 26 69 23 3 60 22 50 15 3 54 39 17 04 1
   66 29 46 13 2 52 27 39 14 2 60 34 45 16 2 50 34 15 02 1
   44 29 14 02 1 50 20 35 10 2 55 24 37 10 2 58 27 39 12 2
   47 32 13 02 1 46 31 15 02 1 69 32 57 23 3 62 29 43 13 2
   74 28 61 19 3 59 30 42 15 2 51 34 15 02 1 50 35 13 03 1
   56 28 49 20 3 60 22 40 10 2 73 29 63 18 3 67 25 58 18 3
   49 31 15 01 1 67 31 47 15 2 63 23 44 13 2 54 37 15 02 1
   56 30 41 13 2 63 25 49 15 2 61 28 47 12 2 64 29 43 13 2
   51 25 30 11 2 57 28 41 13 2 65 30 58 22 3 69 31 54 21 3
   54 39 13 04 1 51 35 14 03 1 72 36 61 25 3 65 32 51 20 3
   61 29 47 14 2 56 29 36 13 2 69 31 49 15 2 64 27 53 19 3
   68 30 55 21 3 55 25 40 13 2 48 34 16 02 1 48 30 14 01 1
   45 23 13 03 1 57 25 50 20 3 57 38 17 03 1 51 38 15 03 1
   55 23 40 13 2 66 30 44 14 2 68 28 48 14 2 54 34 17 02 1
   51 37 15 04 1 52 35 15 02 1 58 28 51 24 3 67 30 50 17 2
   63 33 60 25 3 53 37 15 02 1
   ;

A stepwise discriminant analysis is performed using stepwise selection.

In the PROC STEPDISC statement, the BSSCP and TSSCP options display the between-class SSCP matrix and the total-sample corrected SSCP matrix. By default, the significance level of an F test from an analysis of covariance is used as the selection criterion. The variable under consideration is the dependent variable, and the variables already chosen act as covariates. The following SAS statements produce Output 60.1.1 through Output 60.1.8:

   proc stepdisc data=iris bsscp tsscp;
      class Species;
      var SepalLength SepalWidth PetalLength PetalWidth;
   run;

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