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David,

If you are using a F contrast you also need to include the design.fsf to
tell randomise about the F contrast.  Let us know if it still isn't flying.

-Tom

On Fri, Feb 29, 2008 at 12:27 AM, David Kideckel <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:

> Hi. Thanks for the reply. I have read those posts and now I am unclear as
> to which files I should be including in the randomise TFCE
> option. I have included only 1 F contrast with all 3 groups (I assume this
> is what I want based on Tom's post). I have included the design.mat and
> design.con files as well. Is this correct, or should I be including
> different files?
> Thanks.
> David
>
> On 2/28/08, Gwenaëlle DOUAUD <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> >
> > Hi David,
> >
> > yes the number of rows should equal the number of
> > subjects you have in your 3 groups. For the F test
> > using randomise, please look at Tom emails from the
> > 22nd of Februrary on this exact subject.
> >
> > Hope this helps,
> > Gwenaëlle
> >
> >
> > --- David Kideckel <[log in to unmask]> a écrit
> > :
> >
> > > HI Tim,
> > >
> > > One more thing. Will the number of inputs be equal
> > > to the number of subjects
> > > I have?
> > > David
> > >
> > > On 2/28/08, David Kideckel
> > > <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Hi Tim. I am trying to set up the design matrix
> > > and am getting errors. I
> > > > am trying to compare 3 groups (as described
> > > above), and this is the info I
> > > > have included in the design matrix:
> > > > 3 EV'S with 6
> > > > inputs: the first 2 inputs  are 1 0 0, the second
> > > two are 0 1 0, and the final 2 are 0 0 1 (as per
> > > your email above).
> > > >
> > > > The contrasts include 3 contrsats and 1 F-test.
> > > The first contrast is 1 -1 0, the second contrast is
> > > 1 0 -1, and the third is  0 1 -1 (as per your email
> > > above). All 3 C's are checked with yellow in the
> > > Glm_gui, but the F's are not.
> > > > Can you please tell me why it isn't working. The
> > > error message when I
> > > > click View Design
> > > > is: "problem with processing the model: F-test 1
> > > isn't valid - each included contrast cannot be a
> > > linear combination of the others. child process
> > > exited abnormally"
> > > >
> > > > I look forward to hearing from you.
> > > >
> > > > David
> > > >
> > > > Right. Can I set up each TBSS script (ie TBSS1...
> > > >
> > > > On Jan 30, 2008 12:39 PM, Tim Behrens
> > > <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > Hi
> > > > > On 30 Jan 2008, at 17:32, David Kideckel wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > Thank you for the response. How exactly do I do
> > > this. Do I have to run
> > > > > all TBSS preprocessing steps before this though,
> > > and place all subjects' FA
> > > > > maps into the original file folder?
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > Yes
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > Once I get to the design matrix, can I set up a
> > > script that will allow
> > > > > me to do this 3 group comparison with a cluster
> > > threshold of 3?
> > > > > Cheers.
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > What question do you want to ask of your three
> > > groups?
> > > > > The simplest one you can ask is where are there
> > > any differences between
> > > > > any of the groups.
> > > > > For this, you design matrix looks like
> > > > > 1 0 0
> > > > > 1 0 0
> > > > > ...
> > > > > 0 1 0
> > > > > 0 1 0
> > > > > ...
> > > > > 0 0 1
> > > > > 0 0 1
> > > > >
> > > > > your contrast looks like
> > > > >
> > > > > 1 -1 0
> > > > > 1 0 -1
> > > > > 0 1 -1
> > > > >
> > > > > and then you compute an F-statistic across all
> > > three contrasts.
> > > > >
> > > > > You can then use randomise with whatever
> > > F-threshold you want using -F
> > > > >
> > > > > Cheers
> > > > >
> > > > > T
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > David
> > > > >
> > > > > On Jan 30, 2008 12:26 PM, Tim Behrens
> > > <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > > You can set up a GLM with an EV for each
> > > group, and test any
> > > > > > comparison you like with the contrast matrix -
> > > all in one TBSS run.
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > T
> > > > > > On 30 Jan 2008, at 17:21, David Kideckel
> > > wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > > Dear FSLers,
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Can one compare 3 groups in TBSS all at
> > > once, or is it a
> > > > > > > requirement of TBSS to make three separate
> > > comparisons, essentially
> > > > > > > running three separate TBSS analyses to
> > > obtain all possible
> > > > > > > comparisons, i.e., CON vs EXP1, CON vs EXP2,
> > > and EXP1 vs EXP2.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Thank you.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > David Kideckel
> > > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > >
> > >
> >
> >
> >
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Thomas Nichols, PhD
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GlaxoSmithKline Clinical Imaging Centre

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