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Hello Matthew,

The scans are alphabetically titled as:

End_subjectA
End_subjectB
End_subjectC
End_subjectD
Pre_subjectA
Pre_subjectB
Pre_subjectC
Pre_subjectD

which I believe matches my design matrix.

You are right, randomise is still executing but with no further output for
hours!

Chris

On Fri, Sep 24, 2010 at 5:50 AM, Matthew Webster <[log in to unmask]>wrote:

> Hello,
>            This error usually comes from a problem with the design ( such
> as mismatch between it and the data ). Can you check that the order of the
> scans in your input data matches the order specified in the design? Also is
> the randomise process actually terminating after the "integral steps"
> message or is it still executing ( it should continue the integration,
> although no further output will be written to the screen )?
>
> Many Regards
>
> Matthew
>
>
> Hello friends of FSL,
>
> I am trying to run a pairwise analysis of effect over an intervention,
> using 4 subjects, each with one scan before intervention and one scan after
> intervention. However, randomise is quitting after 5 permutations with the
> "large number of integral steps" error below. This is FSL 4.1.6.  Is there
> an error in my design matrix? (Made with Glm). It is only a problem with
> using the --T2 option.
>
> Thank you,
> Chris Chapman
> University of Michigan Medical School
> -----
> randomise options: -i all_FA_skeletonised -o TBSS_PAIRWISE -d pairwise.mat
> -t pairwise.con -m mean_FA_skeleton_mask --T2 -V --debug
> Loading Data:
> Data loaded
> Confounds detected.
> Subject | Design | group | label
> 1.000000 1.000000 1.000000 1.000000
> 2.000000 1.000000 1.000000 1.000000
> 3.000000 1.000000 1.000000 1.000000
> 4.000000 1.000000 1.000000 1.000000
> 5.000000 -1.000000 1.000000 2.000000
> 6.000000 -1.000000 1.000000 2.000000
> 7.000000 -1.000000 1.000000 2.000000
> 8.000000 -1.000000 1.000000 2.000000
>
> 70 permutations required for exhaustive test of t-test 1
> Input Design:
> 1.000000 -1.000000 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000
> 1.000000 0.000000 -1.000000 0.000000 0.000000
> 1.000000 0.000000 0.000000 -1.000000 0.000000
> 1.000000 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000 -1.000000
> -1.000000 -1.000000 -0.000000 -0.000000 -0.000000
> -1.000000 -0.000000 -1.000000 -0.000000 -0.000000
> -1.000000 -0.000000 -0.000000 -1.000000 -0.000000
> -1.000000 -0.000000 -0.000000 -0.000000 -1.000000
>
> Input Contrast:
> 1.000000 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000
>
> Contrast rank: 1
> Dof: 3 original dof: 3
> Doing all 70 unique permutations
> Starting permutation 1 (Unpermuted data)
> statistic Maximum: 49.67
> Starting permutation 2
> statistic Maximum: 1.73205
> Starting permutation 3
> statistic Maximum: 28.6022
> Starting permutation 4
> statistic Maximum: 2.99991
> Starting permutation 5
> statistic Maximum: 9.41493e+14
> Warning: tfce has detected a large number of integral steps. This operation
> may require a great deal of time to complete.
>
> -----
>
> view pairwise.mat
> /NumWaves       5
> /NumPoints      8
> /PPheights              2.000000e+00    1.000000e+00    1.000000e+00
>  1.000000e+00    1.000000e+00
>
> /Matrix
> 1.000000e+00    1.000000e+00    0.000000e+00    0.000000e+00
>  0.000000e+00
> 1.000000e+00    0.000000e+00    1.000000e+00    0.000000e+00
>  0.000000e+00
> 1.000000e+00    0.000000e+00    0.000000e+00    1.000000e+00
>  0.000000e+00
> 1.000000e+00    0.000000e+00    0.000000e+00    0.000000e+00
>  1.000000e+00
> -1.000000e+00   1.000000e+00    0.000000e+00    0.000000e+00
>  0.000000e+00
> -1.000000e+00   0.000000e+00    1.000000e+00    0.000000e+00
>  0.000000e+00
> -1.000000e+00   0.000000e+00    0.000000e+00    1.000000e+00
>  0.000000e+00
> -1.000000e+00   0.000000e+00    0.000000e+00    0.000000e+00
>  1.000000e+00
>
> -----
>
> view pairwise.con
> /ContrastName1   "A > B"
>  /ContrastName2   "B > A"
> /NumWaves       5
> /NumContrasts   2
> /PPheights              2.000000e+00    2.000000e+00
> /RequiredEffect         124.604 124.604
>
> /Matrix
> 1.000000e+00 0.000000e+00 0.000000e+00 0.000000e+00 0.000000e+00
> -1.000000e+00 0.000000e+00 0.000000e+00 0.000000e+00 0.000000e+00
>
>
> --
> Christopher H. Chapman
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