How do I load support values for a phylogeny in R?

Bootstrapping: to use or not to?

Hello, I would need help w.r.t deciding on an approach. I sent out a survey and about 2000 of 15000 recipients completed the survey. Doubts have been raised on accepting the results based on...

15 February 2021 5,585 13 View

Does the phylogenetic tree making tool IQTREE use evolutionary placement algorithm?

For my master thesis I am conducting a phylogenetic research and for this I'm using tools like MEGA, IQTREE, FigTree, etc to make a phylogenetic tree. I wanted to know if IQTREE integrates the...

14 February 2021 1,541 2 View

How to obtain confidence intervals in Amos?

Dear all, I would like to know your opinion on the following issue I am struggling with. I am estimating a multigroup model with several factors all correlated among them (they represent...

04 February 2021 1,381 4 View

Is there an alternative to PGLS that considers phylogenetic signal when calculating the estimated value?

I have been working on a study trying to estimate body mass in mammals using a skeletal proxy in R. My dataset has high phylogenetic signal (Pagel's Lambda = 0.9) and I am interested in removing...

26 January 2021 6,997 3 View

Question regarding investigation of the nature of bacteria: whether it can cause human diseases or not?

Hi all, Considering that one has the whole genome sequence (annotated) of a bacterium and wants to know if it has the potential to cause human diseases, what steps would you recommend...

26 January 2021 8,732 3 View

SmartPLS: What should I do if discriminant validity HTMT>0.90?

Dear researchers, I have HTMT larger than 0.9, and I have read the article by Henseler et al (2015) :A new criterion for assessing discriminant validity in variance-based structural equation...

19 January 2021 2,622 4 View

How to test assumptions for mediation analysis (Hayes)?

I would like to do a mediation analysis as described by Hayes. I am wondering if I need to test for the same assumptions as in regression. I would usually exclude outliers and extreme values, test...

12 January 2021 4,646 4 View

Are phylogenetic independent contrasts still used in biology?

I have a regression equation in which I am curious if the amount of scatter around the regression line is driven by phylogeny. I know there is a lot of phylogenetic signal because Pascal's lambda...

22 December 2020 937 1 View

How can i perform bootstrap values in R on a dendrogram generated with mixed data (factors and numbers)?

Hello; I have made a dendrogram with mixed data (numbers, ordered factors and factors) using gower distance (daisy function in R) and cluster analysis with ward.D2 (hclust function in R) for a...

10 December 2020 3,950 2 View

How to analyse a variable with dimensions as moderator and its interpretation?

Hell Expert(s), I am considering a variable that has a further 5 sub-variables (dimensions). Concerning this, how should I check moderation for such kind of variable? Am I supposed to consider...

05 December 2020 2,890 10 View