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Dear Marco

I'm assuming you are not counting subject as your first factor, and that you
are modelling a repeated measures design. So if the first factor is group
then you shouldn't use a  flexible factorial for this comparison. Tthis
should be done instead with a two sample t-test in which you average the con
images across your conditions (within subject) and then compare the two
groups of averaged con images. If your first factor is not group then it is
likely that the flexible factorial is more appropriate as it better models
the intrasubject variance.

Darren Gitelman, MD


On Wed, Sep 23, 2009 at 7:38 AM, Marco Sperduti <[log in to unmask]>wrote:

> Dear SPM users,
>
> I have a 2x2 factorial design. I have modelled my second level analysis
> using a full factorial and a flexible factorial design. I have different
> results, for example with the full factorial the main effect of my first
> factor is not significant while with the flexible factorial it is.
>
> Which analys can I trust more, and why?
>
> Thank's a lot,
>
> Marco
>
>