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A2 References
Akaike (1973) Akaike H. 1973. ‘Information theory as an extension of the maximum l...
Transforming (overall)
Transformation is usually applied to all the entries in an assemblage matrix of counts, biomass, ...
Standardising species
Pre-treatment>Standardise can also be used to standardise the matrix on the variables axis, e.g. ...
Stats to worksheet
Several of the routines in PRIMER 7 also incorporate a check box for sending summary statistics u...
Selection in resemblance matrices
Looking ahead to Section 5, when the active window is a (triangular) resemblance matrix, selectio...
Selecting by ‘most important’
There are, however, three other selection methods under Select>Variables that are specific to sel...
Selecting variables
Any of the options for selecting samples are also available for selecting variables, e.g. selecti...
Selecting by number and non-missing
It may sometimes be easier to use the sample numbers, here Select>Samples>•Sample numbers> 1,2,5,...
Multiple selections
It is important to note the effect of this second selection on WA fish diets %vol; it produces a ...
Selecting by factor levels
The highlighting route to selection can be bypassed altogether using the other options on the Sel...
Selecting & deselecting highlights
When all except columns A9, B3 and B4 are highlighted, take Select>Highlighted. Alternatively, ri...
Summary Statistics
File>Open>Filename: WA fish diets %vol, and examine the factors sheet with Edit>Factors. The samp...
Highlight and select
There are many cases in which analyses of different subsets of the samples or species are require...
Variable information (aggregation files)
However, the full range of hierarchical indicators represented by a Linnaean classification (whi...
Indicators in selection
Selection by indicator levels is demonstrated by Select>Variables>(•Indicator levels)>(Indicator ...
Creating indicators on variables
Indicator is the term PRIMER uses for a factor defined on the variables not on the samples. It is...
Factors in *.xls(x) or *.txt files
As noted in Section 1, factors can be created as part of the Excel or text files which are the us...
Factor keys
A further button on the Edit>Factors dialog box is Key, which you could examine with the factors ...
Combining factors (e.g. to average)
With the Tasmania nematodes sheet active, open the Factors dialog with Edit>Factors. Combining fa...
Multiple sessions and recent workspaces
As a further example of Fill>Value to quickly set up a factor of group levels you might like to r...