mantel.randtest {ade4}R Documentation

Mantel test (correlation between two distance matrices (in C).)

Description

Performs a Mantel test between two distance matrices.

Usage

mantel.randtest(m1, m2, nrepet = 999)

Arguments

m1 an object of class 'dist'
m2 an object of class 'dist'
nrepet the number of permutations

Value

an object of class 'randtest' (randomization tests)

References

Mantel, N. (1967) The detection of disease clustering and a generalized regression approach. Cancer Research, 27, 209–220.

Examples

data(yanomama)
gen <- quasieuclid(as.dist(yanomama$gen))
geo <- quasieuclid(as.dist(yanomama$geo))
plot(r1 <- mantel.randtest(geo,gen), main = "Mantel's test")
r1

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