st.html">dcov.test</a></code> for
 the description and documentation and also see the references below.</p>
<p><code>indep.test</code> with <code>method = "mvI"</code>
 computes the coefficient \(\mathcal I_n\) and performs a nonparametric
 \(\mathcal E\)-test of independence. The arguments are passed to
 <code>mvI.test</code>. The
 <code>index</code> argument is ignored (<code>index = 1</code> is applied).
 See the help topic <code><a href="mvI.test.html">mvI.test</a></code> and also
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