title: An illustration of the technique of canonical analysis.
abstract: The use of a multivariate statistical technique, canonical analysis, for the assignment of patients to diagnostic categories is presented. The classification of thyroid status using clinical findings is investigated to exemplify the application of the technique. Emphasis is placed on the stages in the data analysis that are generic in examining any set of medical data for the purpose of automatically classifying patients.
mesh_terms: D003201:Computers; D006746:Hospital Bed Capacity, 500 and over; D006801:Humans; D007753:Laboratories / Q000458:organization & administration*; D008396:Maryland; D010361:Patients / Q000145:classification; D013223:Statistics as Topic; D013959:Thyroid Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*