[R] test for multivariate normality?

ctu at bigred.unl.edu
Thu, 29 May 2008 17:49:27 -0000

Yes. You could install "mvnormtest" Package and perform the
multivariate normality test. By using mshapiro.test

I wish this is helpful!

Chunhao Tu




Quoting HongSheng Liao <HLiao at odu.edu>:

>
> My stat textbook tells me that using Shapiro-Wilk test for each variable
> one by one is not equal to a  test for multivariate normality as a whole.
> Does R have a function of testing for multivariate normality?  Thanks.
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