Figure 2.

Standardized function coefficients of the model

Note. Standardized Discriminant Coefficients of the final discriminant function that separates out the Female cancer group (n = 236) from the Control group (n= 232). Standardized Discriminant Coefficients are the equivalent of beta weights in regression. Good predictors tend to have large values of the Standardized Discriminant Coefficients. In particular valid predictors (named Adequate Variables) are variables showing a Standardized Discriminant Coefficient higher than |.30|. In the present model Adequate Variables are: Cumulative Effect of Recent Life Events, Anxiety scale HADS, Depression Scale HADS, and Cumulative Effect of Early Life Events (here Grey Columns represent the Standardized Discriminant Coefficients of the Adequate Variables in the model).