Hi, actually I think you CAN use them (as predictors or response either) because, albeit in its unique way, NMDS **IS** a method to summarize a highly multidimensional phenomenon. best paolo ________________________________________ Da: r-sig-ecology-boun...@r-project.org [r-sig-ecology-boun...@r-project.org] per conto di Simone Ruzza [simone.ruzz...@gmail.com] Inviato: lunedì 10 giugno 2013 10.26 A: r-sig-ecology@r-project.org Oggetto: Re: [R-sig-eco] simple question about nmds
Apolologies, I re-phrase what I have said before: I would be interested using the site scores within a multiple regression settings, but the the scores a response rather than predictors. Best wishes, Simone On Mon, Jun 10, 2013 at 9:19 AM, Simone Ruzza <simone.ruzz...@gmail.com>wrote: > Dear list, > > apologies for the total beginner's question. I was wondering whether > one can use the site scores of an NMDS ordination to do do further > analyses as typically done for other ordination methods, e.g. use the > axis scores as predictors in a multiple regression settings. I think > it should not be possible, because the aim of NMDS is not to summarize > the major patterns of variations withing a multivariate dataset. Do > you confirm? > > thanks in advance, > > Simone > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] _______________________________________________ R-sig-ecology mailing list R-sig-ecology@r-project.org https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-ecology _______________________________________________ R-sig-ecology mailing list R-sig-ecology@r-project.org https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-ecology