Six Groups (Two Factors/Three Levels), No Covariates
This models the input as six separate intercepts/means/offsets, one for each group. The six groups groups can be thought of as three levels of a two discrete factors (eg, Gender (Male, Female), Handedness (Left, Right, Ambidextrous)). There are not continuous covariates. These results hold only for DODS or DOSS.
Contents
FSGD File (g6v0.fsgd)
GroupDescriptorFile 1 Title OSGM Class MaleRight Class MaleLeft Class MaleAmbi Class FemaleRight Class FemaleLeft Class FemaleAmbi
Nclasses = 6
Nvariables = 0
Regressors
NregressorsDODS = Nclasses*(Nvariables+1) = 6*(0+1) = 6
NregressorsDOSS = Nclasses + Nvariables = 6 + 0 = 6
Regressor1: ones for MaleRight subjects, 0 otherwise. Codes intercept for Group 1
Regressor2: ones for MaleLeft subjects, 0 otherwise. Codes intercept for Group 2
Regressor3: ones for MaleAmbi subjects, 0 otherwise. Codes intercept for Group 3
Regressor4: ones for FemaleRight subjects, 0 otherwise. Codes intercept for Group 4
Regressor5: ones for FemaleLeft subjects, 0 otherwise. Codes intercept for Group 5
Regressor6: ones for FemaleAmbi subjects, 0 otherwise. Codes intercept for Group 6
Contrasts
The number of columns in each contrast matrix must be the same as the number of regressors (Nregressors). If there is only one row in the contrast matrix, then the result will be a t-test and will have a sign. Reversing the signs in the contrast matrix will only change the sign of the output, not its magnitude. If there is more than one row, the result will be an F-test and will be unsigned.
Contrast 1 male.right-vs-left.mtx
Null Hypothesis: is there a difference between the Male Righthanders and Male Lefthanders?
1 -1 0 0 0 0
This is a t-test with MR>ML being positive (red/yellow).
Contrast 2 male.right-vs-ambi.mtx
Null Hypothesis: is there a difference between the Male Righthanders and Male Ambidextrous?
1 0 -1 0 0 0
This is a t-test with MR>ML being positive (red/yellow).
Contrast 3 female.right-vs-ambi.mtx
Null Hypothesis: is there a difference between the Female Righthanders and Female Ambidextrous?
0 0 0 1 0 -1
This is a t-test with MR>ML being positive (red/yellow).
Contrast 4 male-female.mtx
Null Hypothesis: is there a difference between Males and Females regressing out the effects of handedness?
0.5 0.5 0.5 -0.5 -0.5 -0.5
This is a t-test with M>F being positive (red/yellow). This could also have been [1 1 1 -1 -1 -1] without effecting the significance. But using 0.5 makes the gamma.mgh output volume have the same scale. Eg, if the input is thickness in mm, then the output will be the mean MF difference in thickness also meausred in mm.
Contrast 5 right-left.mtx
Null Hypothesis: is there a difference between Righties and Lefties regressing out the effects of gender?
0.5 -0.5 0 0.5 -0.5 0
This is a t-test with R>L being positive (red/yellow). See Contrast 4 for notes on scale.
Contrast 6 gender-x-handedness.mtx
Null Hypothesis: is there an interaction between gender and handedness?
0.5 -0.5 -0.5 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.5 -0.5 -0.5 0.5
This is an F-test.
mri_glmfit command
This is an example invocation of mri_glmfit. Depending upon your application, you may have other options as well.
mri_glmfit \ --glmdir g6v0 \ --y y.mgh \ --fsgd g6v0.fsgd \ --C male.right-vs-left.mtx \ --C male.right-vs-ambi.mtx \ --C female.right-vs-ambi.mtx \ --C male-female.mtx \ --C right-left.mtx \ --C gender-x-handedness.mtx