Hi, give a look to the package:
mvnormtest Normality test for multivariate variables http://www.biometrics.mtu.edu/CRAN/src/contrib/Descriptions/mvnormtest.html it includes a multivariate extention of Shapiro test. I believe in statistical literature, I read somewhere, exists a multivariate extension of KS test. It assumes that the sum of squared single normal variables is distributed accordig a chi square with a certain number of df. KS test is used to test if this is true or not. Regards Vito Yulei He wrote: Hi, there. I have two questions about the diagnostics in multivarite statistics. 1. Is there any diagnostics tool to check if a multivariate sample is from multivariate normal distribution? If there is one, is there any function doing it in R? 2. Is there any function of testing if two multivariate distribution are same, i.e. the multivariate extension of Kolomogrov-Smirnov test? Thanks for your help. Yulei ===== Diventare costruttori di soluzioni Became solutions' constructors "The business of the statistician is to catalyze the scientific learning process." George E. P. Box Top 10 reasons to become a Statistician 1. Deviation is considered normal 2. We feel complete and sufficient 3. We are 'mean' lovers 4. Statisticians do it discretely and continuously 5. We are right 95% of the time 6. We can legally comment on someone's posterior distribution 7. We may not be normal, but we are transformable 8. We never have to say we are certain 9. We are honestly significantly different 10. No one wants our jobs Visitate il portale http://www.modugno.it/ e in particolare la sezione su Palese http://www.modugno.it/archivio/palese/ ______________________________________________ R-help@stat.math.ethz.ch mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide! http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html