Justin,
I would recommend putting age and sex-matched people in the control group,
then using a paired t-test for analysis (matching each Asperger's subject
with its control).
Hope this helps.
Doug Burman
At 12:21 PM 1/13/2006 +0000, Justin O'Brien wrote:
>Hi,
>
>We're doing a VBM study comparing a group with Asperger Syndrome and a
>control group.
>Most of the Asperger group are male in the age range 20-25, but we also
>have one female (age 25), and two males (ages 41 and 45). We can put age
>and sex matched people in the control group, but I'm concerned that these
>outliers could distort the analysis.
>
>Could anybody give some advice on this?
>
>Thanks,
>
>Justin O'Brien
>CCNI, Brunel University
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