pairwise.glh: Pairwise multivariate tests between levels of a factor

In mvMORPH: Multivariate Comparative Tools for Fitting Evolutionary Models to Morphometric Data

Pairwise multivariate tests between levels of a factor

Description

Performs pairwise multivariate tests (e.g. "Pillai") on levels of a factor in a model fitted by the mvgls or mvols function. This is achieved by evaluating all the pairwise contrasts using generalized linear hypothesis tests (see also ?manova.gls).

Usage

pairwise.glh(object, term=1, test=c("Pillai", "Wilks", "Hotelling-Lawley", "Roy"),
            adjust="holm", nperm=1000L, ...)
  

Arguments

object	A model fit obtained by the mvgls or mvols function.
term	The factor term in the "object" model fit on which the pairwise tests should be evaluated.
test	The multivariate test statistic to compute - "Wilks", "Pillai", "Hotelling-Lawley", or "Roy"
adjust	The multiple comparison adjustment. See ?p.adjust.
nperm	The number of permutations used for building the null distribution of the chosen statistic. Permutation is the only available approach for high-dimensional PL models, but either permutations or parametric tests can be used with maximum likelihood (method "LL" in mvgls and mvols)
...	Further arguments to be passed through. (e.g., nbcores=2L to provide the number of cores used for parallel calculus; parametric=FALSE to obtain permutation instead of parametric tests for maximum likelihood fit; verbose=TRUE to display a progress bar during permutations; rhs=0 the "right-hand-side" vector for general linear hypothesis testing. See details)

Details

pairwise.glh allows performing multivariate tests (e.g. Pillai's, Wilks, Hotelling-Lawley and Roy largest root) on generalized least squares (GLS) linear model (objects of class "mvgls") fit by either maximum likelihood (method="LL") or penalized likelihood (method="PL-LOO") using the mvgls or mvols function.

General Linear Hypothesis of the form:

\bold{LB=O}

is used internally with an L matrix specifying linear combinations ("contrasts") of the model coefficients (B) for each pairwise comparisons. The right-hand-side matrix O is a constant matrix (of zeros by default) that can be provided through the argument rhs (to test specific values for instance).

Permutations on high-dimensional datasets is time consuming. You can use the option nbcores to parallelize the computations over several cores using forking in UNIX platforms (default is nbcores=1L). Estimated time to completion is displayed when verbose=TRUE.

Value

An object of class 'pairs.mvgls' which is usually printed. It contains a list including the following components:

test	the multivariate test statistic used
L	the contrasts used for all the pairwise tests
stat	the statistic calculated for each pairwise comparisons
pvalue	the p-values calculated for each pairwise comparisons
adjust	the adjusted (for multiple comparisons) p-values calculated for each pairwise comparisons

Note

For PL methods, only the "RidgeArch" penalty is allowed for now. Due to corrections for multiple comparisons, one should ensure that the number of permutations is large enough.

Author(s)

J. Clavel

References

Clavel, J., Aristide, L., Morlon, H., 2019. A Penalized Likelihood framework for high-dimensional phylogenetic comparative methods and an application to new-world monkeys brain evolution. Systematic Biology 68(1): 93-116.

Clavel, J., Morlon, H. 2020. Reliable phylogenetic regressions for multivariate comparative data: illustration with the MANOVA and application to the effect of diet on mandible morphology in phyllostomid bats. Systematic Biology 69(5): 927-943.

See Also

mvgls, mvols, pairwise.contrasts, manova.gls

Examples

data("phyllostomid")

# model fit with mandible~"grp2"
fit <- mvgls(mandible~grp2, data=phyllostomid, phyllostomid$tree, model="lambda", method="PL") 

# pairwise tests 
pairwise.glh(fit, term="grp2", test="Pillai", adjust="holm", nperm=1000, verbose=TRUE)

# fit the model by ML (p<n) and use parametric tests
fitb <- mvgls(mandible[,1:5]~grp2, data=phyllostomid, 
              phyllostomid$tree, model="lambda", method="LL") 
pairwise.glh(fitb, term="grp2", test="Pillai", adjust="holm", verbose=TRUE)

# use permutations on ML fit
pairwise.glh(fitb, term="grp2", test="Pillai", adjust="holm", nperm=1000,  parametric=FALSE)

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