Dear morphometrics, I have two questions about applying MANOVA on shape data:
1. MANOVA assumes the data to be normal distributed. What is the best way to test normal distribution of multivariate shape data? And what is the best (free) software for this issue (is this embedded in PAST)?
2. The differences between my groups are very distinct in the CVA. I want to test whether these differences are statistically significant, too. As my sample size only slightly exceeds the degrees of freedom, I want to apply the MANOVA onto the CVs (i.e. decrease in the number of dependent variables). Is this possible or is it redundant?
Best regards Patrick Arnold -- Patrick Arnold, M.Sc. Institut für Spezielle Zoologie und Evolutionsbiologie mit Phyletischem Museum Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena Germany ---------------------------------------------------------------- This message was sent through https://webmail.uni-jena.de -- MORPHMET may be accessed via its webpage at http://www.morphometrics.org To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected].
