[R] kruskal wallis for manova?

[Thomas W Blackwell]

Nicolaas  -

I think I was too quick and didn't answer the question
you asked.

No, I do not know of a multivariate equivalent to the
(univariate) Kruskal Wallis Rank Sum test, . . .  and
it's not clear to me that there is a unique way to define
the ranks for multivariate data in the first place.

-  tom blackwell  -  u michigan medical school  -  ann arbor  -

On Fri, 21 Nov 2003, Thomas W Blackwell wrote:

> Nicolaas  -
>
> help.search("kruskal")  returns:
>
> kruskal.test(ctest)      Kruskal-Wallis Rank Sum Test
>
> This means that the function is  kruskal.test()  in the
> ctest package.  In order to run it, you must do
> library("ctest")  first.
>
> HTH  -  tom blackwell  -  u michigan medical school  -  ann arbor  -
>
> On Fri, 21 Nov 2003, Nicolaas Busscher wrote:
>
> > Hello,
> > Is there like the kruskal wallis test in relation to ANOVA (no
> > restrictions on normallity and variance homogenity) something (in R)
> > for MANOVA?
> > thanks
> >
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