Hudri, Ghemala Huriani2022-03-152022-03-152021-11wahyu sari yenihttps://repository.unri.ac.id/handle/123456789/10501Riau Province consists of 12 districts/cities where the Human Development Index (HDI) in this province continues to progress. In 2015-2019 HDI grew up to an average of 0.75%, in 2019 the highest HDI was in Pekanbaru city at 81.35 and the lowest was in Meranti Islands district at 65.93. This study aims to examine the variables that are thought to have an effect on the classification of districts/cities in Riau Province into low, medium, high and very high HDI categories using linear discriminant analysis. This study uses five variables that are thought to have an effect, this study shows that the linear discriminant function formed is significant and the level of accuracy of the linear discriminant function formed is accurate with a validation level of 91.6%.enHuman development indexdiscriminant analysislinear discriminant analysisArticle