W∗d -test: robust distance-based multivariate analysis of variance

Bashir HamidiKristin WallaceChenthamarakshan VasuAlexander V Alekseyenko

Published in: Microbiome (2019)

Our method resolves potential for confounding of location and dispersion effects in multivariate analyses by explicitly accounting for the differences in multivariate dispersion in the data tested. The methods based on [Formula: see text] have general applicability in microbiome and other 'omics data analyses.

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