Cited by 4,383Geochemistry and Geologic MappingStatistical Methods and ApplicationsAdvanced Statistical Methods and Models

The Statistical Analysis of Compositional Data

Aitchison, J.·1986·Springer eBooks

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  • Compositional information can be quantitated.

    “Just like sequence information, compositional information may be quantitated (figure 4) [94,96].”
  • Compositional data analysis is a well-studied and documented field of statistics.

    “Fortunately, compositional data analysis is a well-studied and documented field of statistics (Aitchison, 1986).”

    From The Microbiota-Gut-Brain Axis (2019) · cites this paper as Aitchison, 1986

  • Both 16S and WGS produce compositional data that contains information about ratios between parts of the whole but never contains information about absolute counting numbers.

    “Perhaps the most important point to consider when analyzing microbiome data is that both 16S and WGS produce compositional data, data that contains information about the ratios between parts of the whole, but never contains information about absolute counting numbers (Aitchison, 1986).”

    From The Microbiota-Gut-Brain Axis (2019) · cites this paper as Aitchison, 1986

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Authors
Aitchison, J.
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Aitchison, J.
Venue
Springer eBooks
Published
1986
OpenAlex
W4299542564
Cited by
4,383
References
0
Citations by year
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5.23
Type
book
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
Springer eBooks (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Artificial Intelligence › Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping
  • Physical Sciences › Mathematics › Statistics and Probability › Statistical Methods and Applications
  • Physical Sciences › Mathematics › Statistics and Probability › Advanced Statistical Methods and Models
Keywords
compositional data, log-ratio transformation, log-ratio analysis, relative abundance, multivariate analysis

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