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Thank you for your help!
One quick follow-up question: Are the values I get by using spm_summarise
(input: con_images) average betas or how are these values called?
Best regards, Dennis

On Wed, Apr 29, 2015 at 9:46 PM, MCLAREN, Donald <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:

> For #1: I would make either a bar plot or a plot with 2 lines - where each
> line is a different level of the factor and then you have 2 points on each
> line representing the levels of the other factor. All you need is the
> individual con_ values for each of the 4 factor-level pairs. You can use
> spm_summarise to extract the con_values from the single ROI. If you have
> multiple ROIs, take a look at my peak_nii tool that has code for extracting
> data. Then plot in your favorite plotting program.
>
> For #2: If you want to plot the 4 factor-level pairs for each subject
> against a covariate, then you'd need to make a 3D graph. The simpler
> solution would be to plot the interaction contrast (input con_ images)
> against the covariate value.
>
> Best Regards, Donald McLaren
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> On Wed, Apr 29, 2015 at 2:12 PM, Dennis Dal Mas <
> [log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
>> Dear SPM experts,
>>
>> I have a significant result for an interaction contrast (interaction
>> between 4 regressors) that correlates with a covariate on second level.
>> I would like to illustrate this significant result for the covariate of
>> the interaction. More precisely, I would like to create figures for two
>> things:
>> 1.) how the interaction looks like in the significant cluster
>> 2.) I would also like to show a scatterplot for the correlation (between
>> the covariate and the interaction contrast). The correlation should show
>> how strong the significant pattern is for each participant.
>>
>> What kind of figures would you create for that and what would be the
>> optimal procedure to create them (how can I extract the relevant data for
>> the scatterplot given my scenario [interaction between 4 regressors +
>> covariate; I think I need one value for each participant that represents
>> the whole interaction])?
>>
>> Best regards
>> Dennis
>>
>>
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