A discriminant analysis of organizational performance variables

Abstract

Divided 98 groups participating in a gaming simulation (each group representing a company) into quartiles on the basis of their return on investment. A discriminant function analysis was utilized to test the following hypotheses: (a) that return on investment would divide the companies into the same quartiles as 12 other performance variables used in evaluating the groups and (b) that the most significant of the 12 performance variables identified by the discriminant function in Hypothesis 1 would remain constant over time. The 1st hypothesis was supported but the 2nd was not. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved)