The arcsine is asinine: the analysis of proportions in ecology.

By David I. Warton, Francis K. C. Hui. Ecology, 2011

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Subfields: Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Statistics and Probability

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Vector analysis of ecoenzyme activities reveal constraints on coupled C, N and P dynamics (2016, background): “However, Warton and Hui (2011) argue that logit transformations have statistical advantages over arcsine transformations, i.e., ln(p/[1 p]), where p is the proportion of interest.”
Temperature-mediated habitat use and selection by a heat-sensitive northern ungulate (2012, background): “Proportion of locations in each habitat was logit transformed (Warton & Hui 2011).”
A study on the effects of unbalanced data when fitting logistic regression models in ecology (2018, methodology): “Furthermore, we want to remark that we are not pursuing to assess different alternative statistical models for unbalanced data (e.g. as in, Warton and Hui, 2011; Hastie and Fithian, 2013).”
Two‐current choice flumes for testing avoidance and preference in aquatic animals (2017, methodology): “Alternatively, if the response variable is formatted as a proportion or percentage (e.g. proportion of each minute spent in the cue), it will likely be appropriate in most cases to logit transform the response variable for use in modelling (see Warton & Hui 2011).”
Fragmentation and patch size shape genetic structure of brook trout populations (2013, methodology): “We used a logit transformation (ln[p/(1 − p)]) for the FE proportion (Warton and Hui 2011).”
Assembly history alters alpha and beta diversity, exotic–native proportions and functioning of restored prairie plant communities (2012, background): “Proportion of exotics was logit-transformed (log(p+ɛ/1-p+ɛ), where p is proportion of exotics, and ɛ is the lowest nonzero proportion, to improve normality prior to analysis (Warton & Hui 2011).”
Global assessment of limitation to symbiotic nitrogen fixation by phosphorus availability in terrestrial ecosystems using a meta‐analysis approach (2013, methodology): “The normalized values were transformed with the logit function suitable for proportions comprised between 0 and 1 [Warton and Hui, 2011]:”
Global patterns of specialization and coexistence in bird assemblages (2012, methodology): “However, after performing a logit transformation (Warton & Hui, 2011) skew was substantially reduced (Fig.”
The fourth‐corner solution – using predictive models to understand how species traits interact with the environment (2014, methodology): “For presence/absence data, one possible approach would be to use logistic regression (Warton & Hui 2011).”
From traits to life‐history strategies: Deconstructing fish community composition across European seas (2017, methodology): “The life history strategies 229 proportion were logit transformed prior to the analysis to normalize the data and then fitted as the 230 response variable with a Gaussian (Normal) error distribution (Warton & Hui 2011).”
Invasions: the trail behind, the path ahead, and a test of a disturbing idea (2012, neutral): “Moles et al . relative to the binomial ( Warton & Hui 2011 ) .”
An inventory of invasive alien species in China (2012, methodology): “To test if the final germination percentage (logit transformed according to Warton and Hui 2011) differs between the accessions and temperature treatments, we used a linear mixed model with populations nested in ranges as random effect (package nlme, version 3.1-103; Pinheiro et al. 2012).”
Plant apparency, an overlooked driver of associational resistance to insect herbivory (2013, methodology): “A logit transformation was applied to proportion data (% LAR), to satisfy the assumptions of statistical tests (Warton & Hui 2010).”