Hi Emily, it is just performing a two "group" analysis, where one of your groups only has a single subject. There is nothing wrong with what you did, it all comes down to what conclusion you are trying to draw from it. I think it is ok for a case report. doug
Emily Rogalski wrote: > Using q dec we have run a single patient versus a group of healthy > control subjects (n=20ish) and found significant differences even > after FDR correction. > > Could you describe the process qdec uses to compute these differences? > Is it legitimate to report these single subject maps? > Practically this is very useful for case reports but Im concerned > about violating statistical rules. > > Thanks! > -- > Emily J Rogalski, PhD > Assistant Research Professor > Northwestern University > Cognitive Neurology and Alzheimer's Disease Center (CNADC) > 320 E Superior Street > Searle Building 11th Floor > Chicago, IL 60611 > 312-503-1155 phone > 312-908-8789 fax > erogal...@gmail.com <mailto:erogal...@gmail.com> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Freesurfer mailing list > Freesurfer@nmr.mgh.harvard.edu > https://mail.nmr.mgh.harvard.edu/mailman/listinfo/freesurfer -- Douglas N. Greve, Ph.D. MGH-NMR Center gr...@nmr.mgh.harvard.edu Phone Number: 617-724-2358 Fax: 617-726-7422 Bugs: surfer.nmr.mgh.harvard.edu/fswiki/BugReporting FileDrop: www.nmr.mgh.harvard.edu/facility/filedrop/index.html _______________________________________________ Freesurfer mailing list Freesurfer@nmr.mgh.harvard.edu https://mail.nmr.mgh.harvard.edu/mailman/listinfo/freesurfer The information in this e-mail is intended only for the person to whom it is addressed. If you believe this e-mail was sent to you in error and the e-mail contains patient information, please contact the Partners Compliance HelpLine at http://www.partners.org/complianceline . If the e-mail was sent to you in error but does not contain patient information, please contact the sender and properly dispose of the e-mail.