Some existing nonparametric two-sample tests for equality of multivariate distributions perform unsatisfactorily when the two sample sizes are unbalanced. In particular, the power of these tests tends ...

The notion of Bahadur efficiency is used to compare multivariate linear hypothesis tests based on six criteria: (1) Roy's largest root, (2) the likelihood ratio test, (3) the Lawley-Hotelling trace, ...

MANOVA is a statistical test that extends the scope of the more commonly used ANOVA, that allows differences between three or more independent groups of explanatory (independent or predictor) ...