[R] Multivariate Transformations

[stephen sefick]

It depends on what you are after.  I am by no means a wunderkind when
it comes to transformation, but in the package vegan type
?wisconsin
and that should give you a start,  but if you know what
transformations you would like to preform then apply should do what
you need with whatever transformation you are trying to use.

Stephen Sefick

On Wed, May 27, 2009 at 5:26 AM, Hollix <Holger.steinmetz at web.de> wrote:
>
> Hello folks,
>
> many multivariate anayses (e.g., structural equation modeling) require
> multivariate normal distributions.
> Real data, however, most often significantly depart from the multinormal
> distribution. Some researchers (e.g., Yuan et al., 2000) have proposed a
> multivariate transformation of the variables.
>
> Can you tell me, if and how such a transformation can be handeled in R?
>
> Thanks in advance.
> With best regards
> Holger
>
>
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> Yuan, K.-H., Chan, W., & Bentler, P. M. (2000). Robust transformation with
> applications to structural equation modeling. British Journal of
> Mathematical and Statistical Psychology, 53, 31–50.
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