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Mantel test for comparing two matrices

2 messages · Houcemeddine Othman, Sarah Goslee

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Hi,

A Mantel test doesn't test significant differences between matrices.
It tests for significant correlations between dissimilarities. If your
hypothesis is best expressed in terms of distances, then using the
Mantel test is appropriate.

As for size, 2000 by 2000 is not unmanageable, even if those are raw
data rather than distances already.

Sarah
On Mon, Mar 18, 2013 at 6:23 PM, Houcemeddine Othman <houcemoo at gmail.com> wrote:
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Sarah Goslee
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