[R] Box's M/likelihood ratio test for equal v-c matrices

[Liaw, Andy]

Doing RSiteSearch("Box's M test") ought to help:  There's code in 
the 3rd hit.

Andy

> From: Thomas Lotze
> 
> Hopefully a quick question:
> 
> is there a package/routine to perform Box's M (like proc 
> discrim in SAS) 
> or some other test for whether two multivariate samples (presumed 
> multivariate normal) have the same v-c matrix?  I've looked, 
> but can't 
> find it.
> 
> If not, I can certainly code it up myself (and perhaps submit it for 
> inclusion in the mvtnormtest package), but I wanted to check 
> if it exists.
> 
> Many thanks,
> Thomas Lotze
> 
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