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Table 8 Unstandardized and standardized canonical discriminant coefficient.

From: Discriminant analysis of farmers adoption of improved maize varieties in Wa Municipality, Upper West Region of Ghana

Variables

Unstandardized

Standardized

Age of farmer’s

−0.0019

−0.0187

Total farm labour

−0.0431

−0.1102

Maize experience

0.2049

0.7093

High yield

0.0278

0.0234

Availability

0.1097

0.1378

Storage/streak resistance

0.1381

0.1396

Re-propagation

−0.1134

−0.1063

Late maturity

0.0662

0.0859

Weed resistance

−0.6249

−0.4924

Grain quality

−0.1567

−0.1872

Low yield

0.4759

0.7224

Water stress resistance

0.2399

0.2889

Nutritional value

−0.0589

−0.0736

Early maturity

−0.1579

−0.1875

Fertilizer requirement

0.1227

0.1599

Information availability

0.8568

0.9445

Disease/pest resistance

−0.1497

−0.1622

Soil fertility requirement

−0.2946

−0.2917

Cost of variety

0.3677

0.3824