So sorry for all the beginner questions. One more. 

Then what is the point of running the Monte Carlo simulation with a 
cluster-forming threshold of p<0.01 or any other threshold for that matter if I 
already know what the clusterwise threshold min should be? 

Natasha 



> On Jan 28, 2014, at 12:43 PM, Douglas N Greve <gr...@nmr.mgh.harvard.edu> 
> wrote:
> 
> 
> Yes
> 
> 
>> On 01/28/2014 03:35 PM, Natasha Haris wrote:
>> So then how does one determine what should go into the Threshold min box? 
>> (If it's usually p<0.05 should the clusterwise corrected Threshold min be 
>> 1.3?)
>> 
>> Natasha
>> 
>> 
>> On Tue, Jan 28, 2014 at 12:30 PM, Douglas N Greve <gr...@nmr.mgh.harvard.edu 
>> <mailto:gr...@nmr.mgh.harvard.edu>> wrote:
>> 
>> 
>>    On 01/28/2014 03:26 PM, Natasha Haris wrote:
>> 
>>        Oops sorry!
>> 
>>        I guess my question then is, after running the monte carlo
>>        simulation with this cluster-forming threshold (p<0.01), is
>>        there a specific corrected (clusterwise) threshold I can/am
>>        supposed to place in the Threshold min box? Or are these two
>>        not related in any way.
>> 
>>    They are not related. The clusterwise threshold is what you would
>>    use when you go to convince a reviewer that the effect is
>>    significant. Usually, this is .05.
>> 
>> 
>>        Natasha
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>        On Tue, Jan 28, 2014 at 12:11 PM, Douglas N Greve
>>        <gr...@nmr.mgh.harvard.edu <mailto:gr...@nmr.mgh.harvard.edu>
>>        <mailto:gr...@nmr.mgh.harvard.edu
>>        <mailto:gr...@nmr.mgh.harvard.edu>>> wrote:
>> 
>> 
>>            Hi Natasha, please remember to post to the list! When you
>>        say a
>>            different set of blobs, do you mean that none of the original
>>            blobs are there? Or do some of the blobs just disappear?
>>        Note that
>>            the threshold you use in the simulation is not related to the
>>            "Threshold Min". In this case, the Threshold Min is the
>>        corrected
>>            threshold (clusterwise). The threshold used in the
>>        simulation is
>>            the "cluster forming threshold"
>> 
>>            doug
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>            On 01/28/2014 02:51 PM, Natasha Haris wrote:
>> 
>>                Thank you! Additionally, after running the clusterwise
>>        Monte
>>                carlo simulation with p<0.01 I get a blob. After
>>        placing this
>>                value in the threshold min box I get a different set
>>        of blobs
>>                on my image. Why is this?
>> 
>>                Natasha
>> 
>> 
>>                On Tue, Jan 28, 2014 at 11:41 AM, Douglas N Greve
>>                <gr...@nmr.mgh.harvard.edu
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>>                <mailto:gr...@nmr.mgh.harvard.edu
>>        <mailto:gr...@nmr.mgh.harvard.edu>>>> wrote:
>> 
>> 
>>                    Yes, when looking at the corrected images, the
>>        Threshold Min
>>                    because the clusterwise threshold. So if you want
>>        to see only
>>                    clusters that have a clusterwise p<.05, set that
>>        threshold
>>                to 1.3
>> 
>>                    doug
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>                    On 01/28/2014 02:24 PM, Natasha Haris wrote:
>> 
>>                        The clusterwise simulation runs with a p<0.05
>>                threshold value
>>                        and a blob appears. However, am I supposed to
>>        enter this
>>                        threshold value corresponding to p<0.05
>>        (namely 1.3)
>>                into the
>>                        box labeled threshold min= ?
>> 
>> 
>>                        On Mon, Jan 27, 2014 at 8:43 AM, Douglas N Greve
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>> 
>>                            On 01/24/2014 11:54 AM, Natasha Haris wrote:
>>                            > Dear Freesurfers,
>>                            >
>>                            > I am slightly confused about the monte carlo
>>                simulation.
>>                            >
>>                            > First off, I only find a blob when I run
>>        the p<0.05
>>                        threshold
>>                            level and don't see anything else when I run
>>                simulations
>>                        with p
>>                            less than that. What does this mean?
>>                            Which threshold level?
>>        clusterforming/voxelwise or
>>                        clusterwise? If
>>                            clusterwise, then it just means that you
>>        have a
>>                cluster
>>                        whose p
>>                            value is
>>                            just under .05 so you lose it by going to
>>        a more
>>                stringent
>>                        threshold.
>>                            >
>>                            > Additionally, when I click on any
>>        question of
>>                interest after
>>                            running this p<0.05 simulation (for ex.
>>        "Does the
>>                average
>>                            thickness, accounting for Group, differ
>>        between
>>                male and
>>                        female?"
>>                            I get the same blobs that I found before I
>>        ran this
>>                        precomputed
>>                            simulation. Is the simulation not running
>>                correctly? Am I
>>                        supposed
>>                            to enter this threshold value (1.3) into
>>        the area
>>                marked
>>                        Threshold
>>                            min= and max=5.
>>                            Are you sure it is exactly the same? Look
>>        to see
>>                if there
>>                        are some
>>                            very
>>                            small blobs that disappear. Otherwise, it
>>        may be
>>                that the
>>                        blobs
>>                            you have
>>                            are all significant.
>>                            >
>>                            > Thank you for your help!
>>                            > Natasha
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