manova {stats}

R Documentation

Multivariate Analysis of Variance

Description

A class for the multivariate analysis of variance.

Usage

manova(...)

Arguments

...	Arguments to be passed to aov.

Details

Class "manova" differs from class "aov" in selecting a different summary method. Function manova calls aov and then add class "manova" to the result object for each stratum.

Value

See aov and the comments in ‘Details’ here.

References

Krzanowski, W. J. (1988) Principles of Multivariate Analysis. A User's Perspective. Oxford.

Hand, D. J. and Taylor, C. C. (1987) Multivariate Analysis of Variance and Repeated Measures. Chapman and Hall.

See Also

aov, summary.manova, the latter containing more examples.

Examples

## Set orthogonal contrasts.
op <- options(contrasts = c("contr.helmert", "contr.poly"))

## Fake a 2nd response variable
npk2 <- within(npk, foo <- rnorm(24))
( npk2.aov <- manova(cbind(yield, foo) ~ block + N*P*K, npk2) )
summary(npk2.aov)

( npk2.aovE <- manova(cbind(yield, foo) ~  N*P*K + Error(block), npk2) )
summary(npk2.aovE)

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