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Re:A first look at my microbiome by colevscode on Thursday April 03, 2014 @12:28PM (#7523924)
OP: Thanks, removed the word "significant". I can't make any claims about the results yet. The donor sample is coming in soon so I will be able to make that comparison.
Re:A first look at my microbiome by computer on Thursday April 03, 2014 @12:41PM (#7524014)
You need to know standard deviations: the standard error of the measuring device (from Biome), the standard deviation within a subject (i.e. between measurements on different places, different times in one person) and between subjects.

Until you know those, you will be unable to conclude anything from these numbers.

Re:A first look at my microbiome by colevscode on Thursday April 03, 2014 @02:58PM (#7525162)
I pulled all the language that attempted to draw conclusions. I had removed the entire article but I received several emails from people who weren't interested in my results, just wanted to know what I did.