# Core-metrics-results

**URL:** <https://forum.qiime2.org/t/core-metrics-results/2959>\
**Category:** User Support\
**Tags:** group-significance, beta\
**Created:** [February 9, 2018, 2:32pm UTC](https://forum.qiime2.org/t/core-metrics-results/2959 "2018-02-09T14:32:59Z")\
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**Author:** ![WAS](https://forum.qiime2.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/w/f475e1/32.png) [@WAS](https://forum.qiime2.org/u/WAS)\
**Post date:** [February 9, 2018, 2:32pm UTC](https://forum.qiime2.org/t/core-metrics-results/2959/1 "2018-02-09T14:32:59Z")

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Hello! I'm having a little metrics problem.  
I have 11 populations and 3 replicates each.  
In the "CORE METRIC RESULTS" folder, all metrics appear with n = 9.  
Should not it be n = 3 because I only have 3 repetitions? Qiime2 is creating duplicates in my reps?

 ![reps](https://forum-qiime2-org.s3.dualstack.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/original/2X/0/0db7f7d87bbfe9c95bd1b00b22ad59cea087e0b2.png)

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**Author:** ![thermokarst](https://forum.qiime2.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/8e7dd6/32.png) [@thermokarst](https://forum.qiime2.org/u/thermokarst)\
**Post date:** [February 12, 2018, 1:06pm UTC](https://forum.qiime2.org/t/core-metrics-results/2959/3 "2018-02-12T13:06:22Z")

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Hi @WAS! I am assuming you are talking about the output visualization from the [`diversity beta-group-significance`](https://docs.qiime2.org/2017.12/plugins/available/diversity/beta-group-significance/) visualizer --- check out this great thread for a bit more discussion:

> [@How to interpret beta-group-significance results (boxplots)](https://forum.qiime2.org/t/how-to-interpret-beta-group-significance-results-boxplots/2091):
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> Hi there, I was wondering if someone would be happy to explain how to interpret the output of beta-group-significance, particularly the pairwise boxplots. One thing that's really confusing me is the 'n' numbers under the boxplots (see below for example). Initially I assumed that it referred to the number of samples in that category, but that can't be possible as n=216 for 'supra' when I know there are only 24 'supra' samples and only 35 samples total in my dataset. Is 'n' the number of 'distan…

If you are asking about a different visualization, can you please post the following:

- the version of QIIME 2 you are running
- the exact command you are running (copy and paste)
- the metadata you are using (upload or copy and paste)
- the resulting visualization in question (upload or attach a screenshot)

Thanks! 🦖

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**Author:** ![system](https://forum-qiime2-org.s3.dualstack.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/original/3X/2/1/21af5fe23cb6f4579467c66a9ed94e55274ca7bd.svg) [@system](https://forum.qiime2.org/u/system)\
**Post date:** [March 15, 2018, 7:06pm UTC](https://forum.qiime2.org/t/core-metrics-results/2959/5 "2018-03-15T19:06:37Z")

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