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how can I test for multivariate normality with kolmogorov-smirnov test and $\chi^2$ test in R program?

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if x is your data, ks.test(mahalanobis(x,colMeans(x),var(x)),pchisq,p), but actually you should use a re-scaled beta (though chi2 is close enough in practice) – user603 Apr 5 '12 at 7:25

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