Hello Jared.

> 
> I think it will be difficult (for me, at least) to provide a general method 
> for testing sampling across all multivariate distributions.  I imagine it can 
> be done, but I would prefer for now just to make it an abstract  method and 
> expect the writers of future multivariate distribution classes to provide 
> ways to verify their sampling works.  I am new here, though, so that may not 
> be your preference.  I do think a general statistical test such as TestUtils 
> Chi-Squared as applied in RealDistributionAbstractTest may be difficult to 
> apply in general to all multivariate distributions.
> 
> Unless someone has a better idea, I would suggest that for the time being 
> multivariate sampling unit tests be implemented in their own classes, and the 
> base class method remain abstract.

Since you didn't get help from this list about that issue, you are
absolutely entitled to leave it as is.


Thanks for the contribution,
Gilles

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