FORTRAN IV Program for Canonical Variates Analysis for CDC 3600 Computer

Abstract

This FORTRAN IV program for canonical variates for a maximum of 30 variables performs several functions: (1) basic statistics for each sample are computed and the covariance matrices tested for homogeneity; (2) the generalized determinantal equation is solved and eigenvalues tested for significance; (3) the mean vectors are tested in a one-way multivariate analysis of variance for significant difference; and (4) the first two elements of the transformed mean vectors and transformed observations are plotted.

Application of the program is illustrated by two examples: observations on Upper Cretaceous echinoids from England and matrix input data from an anthropomorphic problem.