Data transformation definitions

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Examples of metagenomic data transformation methods[edit | edit source]

Lloréns-Rico, V., Vieira-Silva, S., Gonçalves, P.J. et al. Benchmarking microbiome transformations favors experimental quantitative approaches to address compositionality and sampling depth biases. Nat Commun 12, 3562 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-23821-6
Method Transformation
Raw sequencing data Relative
Relative abundance Relative
Relative microbiome profiling Relative
Arcsine square root Relative
Centered log ratio Compositional
Absolute count scaling Quantitative