Hi VM,

They can stay all in the same .csv file. The "fwep" files will have
p-values corrected across all columns of this input.

All the best,

Anderson


On 2 February 2017 at 12:09, neuroimage analyst <
neuroimage.anal...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Thanks, Anderson. If there are several other measures such as volume,
> thickness, FA,  can I then put them in a single csv file and run the
> command or I have to create 3 csv files, one each for volume, thickness,and
> FA and also invoke -corrmod?
>
> Thanks
>
> Regards
> VM
>
> On Feb 2, 2017 1:01 AM, "Anderson M. Winkler" <wink...@fmrib.ox.ac.uk>
> wrote:
>
> Hi VM,
>
> Please see below:
>
>
> On 1 February 2017 at 02:38, neuroimage analyst <
> neuroimage.anal...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> We extracted volume measures from 7 ROIs in 2 groups and compared
>> a) Mean of each ROI volume between group, and compared independently such
>> as
>> i) whether mean of ROI 1 in group 1 is equal to mean of ROI1 in group 2
>> ii)whether mean of ROI 2 in group 1 is equal to mean of ROI2 in group 2
>>  and so on
>>
>
> This means 7 comparisons, or 14 if you test both directions (tails)
> separately.
>
>
>>
>> b) Plotted the mean ROI volume for 2 independent measures and compared
>> whether the slope between and within group is significantly different. such
>> as
>> i) Slope of ROI1 is positively associated with MoCA , age (grp1) ?
>> ii) Slope of ROI1 is negatively associated with MoCA, age (grp2) ?
>> iii) Slope of ROI1 vs MoCA (grp1) is significantly different
>> than slope of ROI1 vs MoCA (grp2) ?
>> iv) Slope of ROI1 vs MoCA (grp2) is significantly different than slope of
>> ROI2 vs MoCA (grp2) ?
>>
>
> These sound tests for main effects and interaction, with various
> combinations possible.
>
>
>>
>> Q1) Do we have to perform multiple comparisons for (a) and (b)?
>>
>
> Yes.
>
>
>
>> Q2) If yes, do we correct across 7 measurements for (a) and 2
>> measurements for (b) or 7 measurements for both (a) and (b)?
>>
>
> You could put the values for the 7 ROIs in a table in .csv format, with
> one column per ROI and one row per subject. This would be the input data.
> Create a design matrix as:
>
> EV1: 0 or 1 coding for group 1
> EV2: 0 or 1 coding for group 2
> EV3: MoCA group 1
> EV4: MoCA group 2
> EV5: Age group 1
> EV6: Age group 2
> etc
>
> Then define a set of contrasts such as:
>
> C1: [1 -1 0 0 0 0 ...] - This tests if mean for group 1 > mean for group 2
> C2: [-1 1 0 0 0 0 ...] - This tests if mean for group 1 < mean for group 2
> C3: [0 0 1 -1 0 0 ...] - This tests if the slope for MoCA for group 1 >
> slope for MoCA for group 2
> C4: [0 0 -1 1 0 0 ...] - This tests if the slope for MoCA for group 1 <
> slope for MoCA for group 2
> C5: [0 0 1 0 0 0 ...] - This tests if slope for MoCA for group 1 > 0
> C6: [0 0 -1 0 0 0 ...] - This tests if slope for MoCA for group 1 < 0
> etc
>
> You'd run this analysis in PALM with something as:
>
> *palm -i input.csv -d design.mat -t design.con -corrcon -o myresults -logp*
>
>
> Hope this helps!
>
> All the best,
>
> Anderson
>
>
>
>> There is evidence to both performing and nonperforming multiple
>> comparisons In the literature.
>>
>> Any response (hopefully pointing to a literature) will be greatly
>> appreciated.
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Regards
>>
>> --VM
>>
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