# Kruskal-Wallis test of alpha diversity

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**Created:** [December 14, 2017, 3:10am UTC](https://forum.qiime2.org/t/kruskal-wallis-test-of-alpha-diversity/2211 "2017-12-14T03:10:55Z")
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### Author: ![Mehrbod\_Estaki](https://forum.qiime2.org/user_avatar/forum.qiime2.org/mehrbod_estaki/32/4001_2.png) [@Mehrbod\_Estaki](https://forum.qiime2.org/u/Mehrbod_Estaki)
#### Post date: [December 15, 2017, 9:49pm UTC](https://forum.qiime2.org/t/kruskal-wallis-test-of-alpha-diversity/2211/9 "2017-12-15T21:49:40Z")

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Just an additional question on this topic. What is the q-value shown in the alpha diversity pairwise comparison table (as produced in the output from above). Is this an adjusted P value? If so, what type of adjustment method have been used? This would be good to know for reporting in a paper.

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