Shapiro and Wilk's [Shapiro, S.S., Wilk, M.B., 1965. An analysis of variance test for normality (complete samples). Biometrika 52, 591-611] W-statistic was found to have competitive power performance in testing univariate normality. Generalizations of the W-statistic to the multivariate case...

Three quantile-quantile (Q-Q) plots are derived from a characterization for the multivariate normal distribution. The Q-Q plots can be easily used for detecting a possible departure from multinormality in high-dimensional data analysis. An example is illustrated to employ the plots in practice.

Based on Läuter's [Läuter, J., 1996. Exact t and F tests for analyzing studies with multiple endpoints. Biometrics 52, 964-970] exact t test for biometrical studies related to the multivariate normal mean, we develop a generalized F-test for the multivariate normal mean and extend it to...

Discrepancy measure can be utilized as a uniformity measure for comparing factorial designs. A so-called discrete discrepancy has been used to evaluate the uniformity of factorials. In this paper we give linkages among uniformity measured by the discrete discrepancy, generalized minimum...

Supersaturated designs have become increasingly popular in recent years because of their potential in saving run size and the technical novelty. In this paper, the minimum generalized aberration (MGA) criterion proposed by Ma and Fang (2001) (and another two equivalent criteria proposed by Xu...

Efficient routines for multidimensional numerical integration are provided by quasi-Monte Carlo methods. These methods are based on evaluating the integrand at a set of representative points of the integration area. A set may be called representative if it shows a low discrepancy. However, in...