How should I have described the model?

Date: Fri, 30 Jan 2015 13:09:40 -0500
From: gr...@nmr.mgh.harvard.edu
To: freesurfer@nmr.mgh.harvard.edu
Subject: Re: [Freesurfer] average values per cluster


  
    
  
  
    >>>I told him it the model is a GLM with age, gender and
    state as covariates

    

    This is not a sufficient description. Several design matrices could
    be derived from this description. 

    

    On 1/30/15 11:58 AM, maaike rive wrote:

    
    
      
      The p value from SPSS is 0.156. I checked with a
        statistician, just to be sure, but he says the SPSS model is
        correct... (he doesn't know anything about freesurfer and FSGD
        files, but I told him it the model is a GLM with age, gender and
        state as covariates).

        
          Date: Fri, 30 Jan 2015 11:46:37 -0500

          From: gr...@nmr.mgh.harvard.edu

          To: freesurfer@nmr.mgh.harvard.edu

          Subject: Re: [Freesurfer] average values per cluster

          

          

          You should report the clusterwise p-value. The p-value that
          you have computed is not interpretable. If it did not come out
          significant, then it would be worrisome, but it is only a
          check and cannot be used for anything. What p-value did you
          get from SPSS? I'd be curious to know what the source of the
          descrpancy is since this has happened several times now.

          

          doug

          

          On 1/30/15 3:25 AM, maaike
            rive wrote:

          
          
            
              
              
                Hi Douglas,
                

                
                I used the matlab code and the p value is
                  signifiant, although less so than the p-value I get
                  from the clusterwise statistics (0.0027 vs 0.00010). (Indeed 
I used an abs threshold for the clusterwise statistics). 
                

                  
                Which p-value should I report? 
                

                  
                Thanks,
                

                  
                Maaike
                

                  
                    From: r_maa...@hotmail.com

                    To: freesurfer@nmr.mgh.harvard.edu

                    Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2015 19:48:44 +0100

                    Subject: Re: [Freesurfer] average values per cluster

                    

                    
                    No not yet; I will do so!

                      

                      > Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2015 13:44:33 -0500

                        > From: gr...@nmr.mgh.harvard.edu

                        > To: freesurfer@nmr.mgh.harvard.edu

                        > Subject: Re: [Freesurfer] average values
                        per cluster

                        > 

                        > 

                        > The t is correct. When the contrast matrix
                        only has one row, then the F 

                        > is just an unsigned t. I don't know
                        anything about SPSS so I can't tell 

                        > from what you have sent whether it is the
                        same model or not. Try to get 

                        > SPSS to output the design matrix. Did you
                        try the matlab code below?

                        > 

                        > On 01/29/2015 01:40 PM, maaike rive wrote:

                        > > Hi Douglas,

                        > >

                        > > I checked but as far as I see it I
                        used the same models. I attached 

                        > > the SPSS model and output as wel as
                        the FSGD file and contrast file 

                        > > (to test a diagnosis x age
                        interaction). Now that I come to think of 

                        > > it, I think the reason for the
                        discrepant findings is that I used a 

                        > > t-contrast instead of an F-contrast
                        for the interaction in Freesurfer. 

                        > > Apologies I did not think about this
                        earlier. But maybe there is 

                        > > something else I did completely wrong.

                        > >

                        > > What do you think?

                        > >

                        > > If it is indeed the t vs F contrast,
                        than how should I specify that 

                        > > the contrast is an F-contrast? Is it
                        ok to just add another line to 

                        > > the contrastfile (so

                        > > 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 -1 -1 -1 -1

                        > > 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -1 -1 -1 1 1 1 1)?

                        > >

                        > > Thanks again,

                        > >

                        > > Maaike

                        > >

                        > > > Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2015 11:23:59
                        -0500

                        > > > From: gr...@nmr.mgh.harvard.edu

                        > > > To: freesurfer@nmr.mgh.harvard.edu

                        > > > Subject: Re: [Freesurfer] average
                        values per cluster

                        > > >

                        > > >

                        > > > We get these kind of reports
                        occasionally. When I ask people to confirm

                        > > > that they use exactly the same
                        design matrix in SPSS, I never hear 

                        > > back,

                        > > > so I assume that it gets
                        resolved. So please check. The other thing you

                        > > > can do is to run in matlab,
                        something like

                        > > >

                        > > > cd glmdir/contrast

                        > > > X = load('Xg.dat');

                        > > > y = load('ocn.dat');

                        > > > C = load('C.dat');

                        > > > [beta rvar] = fast_glmfit(y,X);

                        > > > [F p] =
                        fast_fratio(beta,X,rvar,C);

                        > > > p will be the p-value

                        > > >

                        > > > If you used an unsigned
                        cluster-forming threshold (ie, abs), then it is

                        > > > possible that some of the voxels
                        are pos and some are neg so that they

                        > > > average out

                        > > >

                        > > > doug

                        > > >

                        > > >

                        > > >

                        > > >

                        > > > On 01/26/2015 09:03 AM, maaike
                        rive wrote:

                        > > > > Dear Freesurfer experts,

                        > > > >

                        > > > > Sorry to bother you again,
                        but I have two more questions about

                        > > > > extracting
                        (thickness/surface/GI) values from a certain
                        cluster.

                        > > > >

                        > > > > As I understood, the
                        abs.y.ocn.dat file gives the average values 

                        > > for a

                        > > > > given significant cluster
                        (e.g. a cluster where there is a 

                        > > significant

                        > > > > AxB interaction).

                        > > > >

                        > > > > I may be completely
                        misunderstanding things, but if I use these 

                        > > values

                        > > > > in SPSS for further
                        statistics and test the same interaction (AxB),

                        > > > > than according to SPSS this
                        interaction is /not /significant

                        > > > > (corrected for the same
                        covariates as in the FSGD file).

                        > > > >

                        > > > > Could you tell me what is
                        going wrong here? I do not trust my 

                        > > results now.

                        > > > >

                        > > > > Furthermore, is it possible
                        (and if so, how?) to extract the average

                        > > > > values of exactly the same
                        cluster, but in an independent group not

                        > > > > used in the analysis, for
                        post-hoc comparisons in SPSS?

                        > > > >

                        > > > > Thanks,

                        > > > >

                        > > > > Maaike

                        > > > >

                        > > > >

                        > > > >
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