Re: [R] partial mantel tests "Ecodist"

2009-05-08 Thread ddepew
Thanks Sarah, Looking again at #2, I see your point. As for the standardization, I didn't see it mentioned in the JSS paper, but I'll have another look. Assuming a significant r is returned, I guess I would need to look at the raw data to infer the type of relationship (+ or -). -- David De

Re: [R] partial mantel tests "Ecodist"

2009-05-08 Thread Sarah Goslee
Hi David, On Fri, May 8, 2009 at 10:27 AM, wrote: > My questions are as follows; > > 1) can "raw" data be used to construct the dissimilarity matricies? or > should they be standardized? different variables have different measurment > scales, my inclination is to standardize, but I don't know i

[R] partial mantel tests "Ecodist"

2009-05-08 Thread ddepew
Hi all, I'm searching for a little clarification on partial mantel tests (ecodist package) I've a distance matrix (x,y), and several others containing environmental/chemical variables. Based on the help file, and the package instructions I've managed to implement the tests as; var1 ~ en