A new statistic in the one-way multivariate analysis of variance (Q2266548)

In the multivariate one-way analysis of variance a test statistic based solely on the rank orders of the data is proposed. In the two group case the statistic simplifies to a test of \textit{M. L. Puri} and \textit{P. K. Sen} [Nonparametric methods in multivariate analysis. (1971; Zbl 0237.62033)]. Monte Carlo simulation techniques are used to evaluate the performance of the test statistic under various distributions. This evaluation includes the simulated significance levels and power functions. By the nature of the proposed test it is evident that the new procedure is easier to implement than other existing rank based tests.