Not sure what the issue is here. If I click on the link I provided, I go right to the USGS page where instructions for downloading the software are provided.
Brian Brian S. Cade, PhD U. S. Geological Survey Fort Collins Science Center 2150 Centre Ave., Bldg. C Fort Collins, CO 80526-8818 email: ca...@usgs.gov <brian_c...@usgs.gov> tel: 970 226-9326 On Sat, May 30, 2015 at 3:11 PM, David Winsemius <dwinsem...@comcast.net> wrote: > > On May 29, 2015, at 10:02 AM, Cade, Brian wrote: > > > Wensui: There are the multi-response permutation procedures (MRPP) that > > readily test the omnibus hypothesis of no distributional differences > among > > multiple samples for univariate or multivariate responses. There also > are > > empirical coverage tests that test a similar hypothesis among multiple > > samples but only for univariate responses. Both are included in the USGS > > Blossom package for R linked here: > > https://www.fort.usgs.gov/products/23735 (not yet distributed via CRAN). > > I did not find a link to an actual package at that page nor on any of the > others to which it linked. > > > The MRPP may also be available in other R packages on CRAN (vegan ?). > > There is an mrpp function in pkg:vegan although its help page description > made me think it depended (at least in its default mode) on the > squared-deviations from means. I'd suggest using CRAN Task View: Robust > Statistical Methods (Maintainer: Martin Maechler) for searching for > alternative methods. > > -- > David. > > > > > > Brian > > > > Brian S. Cade, PhD > > > > U. S. Geological Survey > > Fort Collins Science Center > > 2150 Centre Ave., Bldg. C > > Fort Collins, CO 80526-8818 > > > > email: ca...@usgs.gov <brian_c...@usgs.gov> > > tel: 970 226-9326 > > > > > > On Fri, May 29, 2015 at 10:31 AM, Wensui Liu <liuwen...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > >> Good morning, All > >> I have a stat question not specifically related to the the programming > >> language. > >> To compare distributional consistency / discrepancy between two > >> samples, we usually use kolmogorov-smirnov test, which is implemented > >> in R with ks.test() or in SAS with "pro npar1way edf". > >> I am wondering if there is any alternative to KS test that could be > >> generalized to K-samples. > >> > >> Thanks and have a nice weekend. > >> > >> wensui > > > > > David Winsemius > Alameda, CA, USA > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.