Permadisp for diversity plugin?

Developer Discussion
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I realize Im super late with this for the April release, so it's probably a discussion for the next incarnation. (Although depending on the complexity, I might be able to put in a PR!) However, recently, i've been using the permadisp in scikit-bio (or betadisp in vegan) function to test dispersion in parallel with my permanova or adonis. It's a nice compliment, since dispersion in one of the groups can drive differences in beta diversity (sometimes greater than the between sample difference) and/or reflect community instability.

Would there be interest in adding this functionality to the diversity plugin now or in the near future in getting these into QIIME 2?

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Thanks for the suggestion @jwdebelius! beta-group-significance already has a permdisp method option (this was recently added) — is that what you are looking for?

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Thanks! Thats perfect. I guess I didn't read the documentation closely enough this time!