Dear All, I wonder if there are routines in R to perform any test to discarding variables from a function to discriminate between two multinormal populations (such as e.g. Rao test , 1973, explained in Mardia Kent and Bibby 1979, pag. 323). Many thanks in advance, Elena ********************************************** Elena Stanghellini Dipartimento di Scienze Statistiche Via A. Pascoli - C.P. 1315 Succ. 1 06100 Perugia (Italy) Tel +39 075 5855229 or 5855242 Fax +39 075 5855950 email: elena.stanghellini at stat.unipg.it home page: stat.unipg.it/DSS/html/elena.html