title: Classification and discrimination for data analysis in pharmacology.
abstract: Classification and discrimination are described as methods of inference and decision-making in pharmacological data analysis. Principal components and multiple discriminant analysis are applied to animal and human spectra of the neuroleptics. A preliminary step is required to separate differences in potency from the spectral information.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003201:Computers; D003657:Decision Making; D004192:Discrimination, Psychological; D004353:Drug Evaluation, Preclinical / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D010600:Pharmacology; D051381:Rats; D013223:Statistics as Topic / Q000379:methods*; D014149:Tranquilizing Agents / Q000145:classification*
chemical_list: D014149:Tranquilizing Agents