Normality Test

[Imran]

Dear
i am working on panel data. i apply mtvtest for normality, after apply this test the result show as below

Test for multivariate normality

Doornik-Hansen chi2(18) =72355.938 Prob>chi2 = 0.0000

so what this result indicate. is it indicate the normality?

[Carlo Lazzaro]

Imran (please, see FAQ #6 on how to re-registering according to the preferred standards of this forum. Thanks): in fact, the DH test rejects the null hypothesis of multivariate normality of your data.
For more details on this topic, a good place to start is -help mvtest- and related entry in Stata 13.1 .pdf manual.