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Multivariate analysis for proportional data

4 messages · Mayara Amescua, Ben Bolker, Rich Shepard +1 more

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Dear List-members,

I have a data set owing some response variables with proportional values
and independent variables of mixed effect.  How it is possible performing a
multivariate analysis of this type once the MCMCglmm package doesn't allow
for binomial family?

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Mayara Amescua
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On 14-12-24 08:24 AM, Mayara Amescua wrote:
MCMCglmm does allow for the binomial family, it's just called
family="categorical" (for binary responses) or family="multinomial2"
(for N>1)
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On Wed, 24 Dec 2014, Mayara Amescua wrote:

            
Mayara,

   If your data are proportions you should look carefully at compositional
data analysis (CoDA). There are seveal R packages for this, including
'compositions', 'robCompositions' (robust compositions), and
'zCompositions'. For documention and lerning there are the 'Lecture Notes on
Compositoinsl Data Anayis' by Pawlowsky-Glahn, V., Egozcue, J. J., and
Tolosana-Delgado, R. (available as a PDF but I don't recall the URL
off-hand); 'Analyzing Compositional Data with R' by van den Boogaart, K.G.
and Tolosana-Delgado, R.; and 'A Concise Guide to Compositional Data
Analysis' by John Aitchison, also available as a PDF.

Happy learning,

Rich
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On 25/12/14 04:05, Rich Shepard wrote:
I am of course prejudiced, but I think that in respect of compositional 
data analysis one would be well-advised to have a read of "Colours and
Cocktails:  Compositional Data Analysis.  2013 Lancaster Lecture" by
J. L. Sealy and A. H. Welsh, Aust. & N. Z. J. Statist., vol. 56, 2014,
pp. 145 -- 169.

cheers,

Rolf Turner