Beta Diversity
Measures the dissimilarity between different groups of samples. This analysis uses the vegdist measure from the R 'vegan' package here
Used For
Measuring the dissimilarity between different sample groups
Visualization Parameters
Taxonomic Level
The taxonomic level to aggregate the OTUs at. The OTUs will be grouped together (by summing the OTU values) at the selected taxonomic level before the analysis is applied.
Categorical Variable
Create comparative sample groups based on categorical variables uploaded in the metadata file.
Optionally create a categorical variable from a quantitative variable by using the Quantile Range feature on the Projects home page.
Color Variable
Choose a categorical variable to color the points in the boxplots.
For instance, you might want to divide the boxplots by their disease classification and color the points by their sampling location to identify any locality bias.
Strata
Indicate which metadata should be used as the strata variable. Strata is required for PERMANOVA for nested experiment studies (to control the groups that should be permuted). See here for more info
Diversity Type
The beta diversity index measure to use as described in the R 'Vegan' package here
Statistical Test
PERMANOVA and ANOVA is automatically calculated.
Interactive Elements
Hover over each point to determine its sample ID and its value
Additional Features
Save Snapshot: Save the visualization to the experiment notebook
Download: Downloads the visualization as a PNG file
Share: Creates a shareable link that allows you to share the visualization with others
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