An approach to measure distance between compositional diet estimates containing essential zeros
| dc.contributor.author | Stewart, Connie | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2023-03-02T23:44:21Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2023-03-02T23:44:21Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2016 | |
| dc.description.abstract | For many applications involving compositional data, it is necessary to establish a valid measure of distance, yet when essential zeros are present traditional distance measures are problematic. In quantitative fatty acid signature analysis (QFASA), compositional diet estimates are produced that often contain many zeros. In order to test for a difference in diet between two populations of predators using the QFASA diet estimates, a legitimate measure of distance for use in the test statistic is necessary. Since ecologists using QFASA must first select the potential species of prey in the predator's diet, the chosen measure of distance should be such that the distance between samples does not decrease as the number of species considered increases, a property known in general as subcompositional coherence. In this paper we compare three measures of distance for compositional data capable of handling zeros, but not satisfying some of the well-accepted principles of compositional data analysis. For compositional diet estimates, the most relevant of these is the property of subcompositionally coherence and we show that this property may be approximately satisfied. Based on the results of a simulation study and an application to real-life QFASA diet estimates of grey seals, we recommend the chi-square measure of distance. | |
| dc.description.copyright | Copyright © 2019 Taylor & Francis Group. This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis Group in the Journal of Applied Statistics on 05/05/2016, available online: https://doi.org/10.1080/02664763.2016.1193846 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://unbscholar.lib.unb.ca/handle/1882/22405 | |
| dc.identifier.url | https://doi.org/10.1080/02664763.2016.1193846 | |
| dc.publisher | Taylor & Francis | |
| dc.relation.hasversion | 10.1080/02664763.2016.1193846 | |
| dc.rights | http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2 | |
| dc.subject.discipline | Mathematics and Statistics | |
| dc.title | An approach to measure distance between compositional diet estimates containing essential zeros | |
| dc.type | journal article | |
| oaire.citation.issue | 7 | |
| oaire.citation.title | Journal of Applied Statistics | |
| oaire.citation.volume | 44 |
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