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Linear discriminant analysis is presented as an alternative to multiple regression analysis for the study of relationships between migration counts and local weather conditions. Discriminant analysis is seen to be a useful tool for this purpose since it offers straightforward interpretations of results, and it is based on assumptions that appear to be upheld by the data.
The particular type of migration data that are considered in this paper are counts of grounded migrants at Bird Observatories, and the differences between these and the more commonly used radar counts are discussed.
The main conclusions from the work are brought together and presented in a summary section (Section 4,3).
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Darby, K.V. (1985). Migration Counts and Local Weather at British Bird Observatories — An Examination By Linear Discriminant Analysis. In: Morgan, B.J.T., North, P.M. (eds) Statistics in Ornithology. Lecture Notes in Statistics, vol 29. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-5138-5_4
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