Re: [R] Checking a large data set for normality

2013-09-25 Thread David Winsemius
On Sep 25, 2013, at 5:55 AM, steric wrote: It was just a question to see if it was possible on a large data set. I wasn't looking for a flame war. New strategy is simply new strategy. Half of my time spent on R is trying to find a better way. If you say why you want to do a global test wit

Re: [R] Checking a large data set for normality

2013-09-25 Thread Rolf Turner
On 09/25/13 16:10, David Winsemius wrote: There is quite a bit of misinformation about the "need for normality", some of it presented by Six Sigma "experts" or even by college professors who should know better. One might even say that if you don't know how to check for normality then there i

Re: [R] Checking a large data set for normality

2013-09-25 Thread steric
It was just a question to see if it was possible on a large data set. I wasn't looking for a flame war. New strategy is simply new strategy. Half of my time spent on R is trying to find a better way. -- View this message in context: http://r.789695.n4.nabble.com/Checking-a-large-data-set-for-no

Re: [R] Checking a large data set for normality

2013-09-24 Thread David Winsemius
On Sep 24, 2013, at 11:44 AM, steric wrote: Hello, I have a large data set that includes many soil parameters (i.e. pH, calcium levels, enzyme activity, etc) Does anyone have any input as to the easiest way to check a large data set for normality? Is there an R function/ package that can

Re: [R] Checking a large data set for normality

2013-09-24 Thread Simon Zehnder
Check the Jarque-Bera Test for univariate testing (http://hosho.ees.hokudai.ac.jp/~kubo/Rdoc/library/tseries/html/jarque.bera.test.html) and Mardia's test for multivariate testing (http://www.inside-r.org/packages/cran/MVN/docs/mardia.test). On Sep 24, 2013, at 6:44 PM, steric wrote: > Hello

[R] Checking a large data set for normality

2013-09-24 Thread steric
Hello, I have a large data set that includes many soil parameters (i.e. pH, calcium levels, enzyme activity, etc) Does anyone have any input as to the easiest way to check a large data set for normality? Is there an R function/package that can do this all at once? Thank you in advance, -- Vi