Hi,
I have data on the bacterial compositions of skin swabs of 900 patients. I want to know if there is a difference in bacterial composition between males and females. I have stumbled upon compositional analysis but I don't know if it is the right way to do it and I don't know how to do it. Can any of you help me?
I have data that look like this:
female data set
sex sample count percent
1 CNS 511 63%
1 Gram-negative rods 63 8%
1 Gram-positive rods 63 8%
1 Micrococcus 127 16%
1 Other Gram-postive cocci 37 5%
1 Staphylococci 8 1%
male data set
2 CNS 447 68%
2 Gram-negative rods 33 5%
2 Gram-positive rods 54 8%
2 Micrococcus 98 15%
2 Other Gram-positive cocci 18 3%
2 Staphylococci 5 1%
Hi,
just to maybe get things going: Can you specify what your desired outcome would be?
I have no idea of compositional analysis. My data-management-based approach would be to merge the datasets and just compare the male vs, female values with simple if statements or something.
Let me know if you need a code example for that should you need one.
Best,
Nico
Hi,
just to maybe get things going: Can you specify what your desired outcome would be?
I have no idea of compositional analysis. My data-management-based approach would be to merge the datasets and just compare the male vs, female values with simple if statements or something.
Let me know if you need a code example for that should you need one.
Best,
Nico
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