Zero problems with compositional data of physical behaviors: a comparison of three zero replacement methods.
Charlotte Lund RasmussenJavier Palarea-AlbaladejoMelker Staffan JohanssonPatrick CrowleyMatthew Leigh StevensNidhi GuptaKristina KarstadAndreas HoltermannPublished in: The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity (2020)
Given our findings, we encourage the use of replacement methods that preserve the relative structure of physical behavior data, as achieved by the multiplicative and lrEM replacements, and to avoid simple replacement. Moreover, we do not recommend replacing zeros with values higher than the lowest observed value for a behavior.