I highly recommend a book by Craig A. Mertler and Rachel A. Vannatta:

Advanced and Multivariate Statistical Methods, 3rd ed.
Practical Application and Interpretation
ISBN:1884585590

It contains thorough and straightforward explanations on methods such as logistic regression, discriminant analysis, factor analysis, multiple regression, and multivariate ANOVA.

In addition, it thoroughly and completely covers how to do each method in SPSS and how to interpret and report the results from a practical viewpoint.

http://www.pyrczak.com/titles/browseall/amm.htm

Hello. I am in a multivariate stats course, and am having difficulty. I am first interested in knowing if you can assist with understanding discriminate function (we are lost :) ). If so, then I'll ask a detailed question about the project I recently submitted - I didn't address weights, among other things.

I am a SAS user.

Thanks!
Sophia