From: A framework for assessing 16S rRNA marker-gene survey data analysis methods using mixtures.
Assessment | Measurand | Metric | Pipelines | Rank |
---|---|---|---|---|
Qualitative | Presence/ absence | AFP | DADA2 | 3 |
 |  |  | Mothur | 1 |
 |  |  | QIIME | 1 |
 |  | Sparsity | DADA2 | 1 |
 |  |  | Mothur | 3 |
 |  |  | QIIME | 2 |
Quantitative | Relative abundance | Bias | DADA2 | 1 |
 |  |  | Mothur | 2 |
 |  |  | QIIME | 3 |
 |  | Variance | DADA2 | 1 |
 |  |  | Mothur | 1 |
 |  |  | QIIME | 1 |
 | Differential abundance | Bias | DADA2 | 3 |
 |  |  | Mothur | 1 |
 |  |  | QIIME | 1 |
 |  | Variance | DADA2 | 1 |
 |  |  | Mothur | 1 |
 |  |  | QIIME | 1 |