[R-sig-eco] 2-way adonis (PERMANOVA) incl interaction - how to test for main effects?

Marcelino De La Cruz Rot m@rcelino@del@cruz @ending from urjc@e@
Wed Oct 24 10:58:44 CEST 2018


El 24/10/2018 a las 10:29, Ellen Pape escribió:
> Hello,
>
>     Yes, but is there no way of testing for the main effects and
>
>     > interaction simultaneously?
>     In general, this is "not allowed", to say it with your words.
>
> OK, but this is done in general ANOVAs, no? test for interaction and 
> main effects simultaneously (and then if you have a sign interaction 
> term, you cannot interpret the tests for the main effects) - at least 
> that is how I was taught how to do this (but maybe this is wrong?)

You are completely right. Maybe I  misunderstood you as, in my opinion, 
the tests is for the interaction only (even with the main effects 
included in the model), not "for the  main effects and the interaction 
simultaneously".

>
> FYI - package "RVAideMemoire" does indeed contain a function to 
> perform type II adonis tests ("adonis.II"), but no type III tests..

Interesting. But this is  the same as adonis2(formula, by="margin"), 
isn't it?

Cheers,

Marcelino


>
> best wishes to all,
> Ellen
> On Tue, 16 Oct 2018 at 12:24, Marcelino De La Cruz Rot 
> <marcelino.delacruz using urjc.es <mailto:marcelino.delacruz using urjc.es>> wrote:
>
>     El 16/10/2018 a las 12:09, Ellen Pape escribió:
>     > Hi,
>     >
>     > Yes, but is there no way of testing for the main effects and
>     > interaction simultaneously?
>
>     In general, this is "not allowed", to say it with your words.
>
>     >
>     > I also thought of first testing the interaction:
>     > adonis2(speciesdataset~ A *** B, by="margin") , and then - if the
>     > interaction is not significant- testing for the main effects by
>     > adonis2(speciesdataset~ A *+* B, by="margin") . Is this "allowed"?
>
>     This is analogous to, e.g., an ANCOVA, isn't it? Therefore it makes
>     quite sense.
>
>
>     >
>     > Thanks,
>     > Ellen
>     >
>     > On Tue, 16 Oct 2018 at 12:01, Marcelino De La Cruz Rot
>     > <marcelino.delacruz using urjc.es <mailto:marcelino.delacruz using urjc.es>
>     <mailto:marcelino.delacruz using urjc.es
>     <mailto:marcelino.delacruz using urjc.es>>> wrote:
>     >
>     >     El 16/10/2018 a las 11:51, Ellen Pape escribió:
>     >     > Hi all,
>     >     >
>     >     Maybe adonis2(speciesdataset~ A + B, by="margin") ?
>     >
>     >
>     >
>     >     > I don't know whether this is the correct mailing group to
>     >     address this
>     >     > question:
>     >     >
>     >     > I would like to perform a 2-way permanova analysis in R (using
>     >     adonis in
>     >     > vegan). By default you are performing sequential tests
>     >     (by="terms"), so
>     >     > when you have 2 or more factors, the order of these
>     factors matter.
>     >     > However, since I wanted to circumvent this, I chose for
>     the option
>     >     > by="margin" (adonis2(speciesdataset~A*B, by="margin")) but
>     then
>     >     only the
>     >     > effect of the interaction is tested. On the "help page" of
>     >     anova. cca it
>     >     > says: "if you select by="margin" -> the current function only
>     >     evaluates
>     >     > marginal terms. It will, for instance, ignore main effects
>     that are
>     >     > included in interaction terms."
>     >     >
>     >     >
>     >     > My question now is: can I somehow get the main effects tested
>     >     anyhow, when
>     >     > the interaction term is not significant?
>     >     >
>     >     > Thanks,
>     >     > Ellen
>     >     >
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>     >     Depto. de Biología y Geología
>     >     Física y Química Inorgánica
>     >     Universidad Rey Juan Carlos
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>     Depto. de Biología y Geología
>     Física y Química Inorgánica
>     Universidad Rey Juan Carlos
>     Móstoles España
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Marcelino de la Cruz Rot
Depto. de Biología y Geología
Física y Química Inorgánica
Universidad Rey Juan Carlos
Móstoles España



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