comparing groups of different sizes

[Eric Maris]

Hi Andrew,





> I would like to compare a clinical group with a control group in one
condition using

> the cluster-

> based permuation test to see if there are significant differences between
the groups.

>

> I tried the following design matrix acting as if the control and clinical
group were

> two conditions,

> but get the error that the matrix is improperly specified:

>

> adhd=5;

> control=6;

>

> design=zeros(2,adhd+control);

>

> for i=1:adhd

>     design(1,i)=i;

> end

> for i=1:control

>     design(1,adhd+i)=i;

> end



Try this:



for i=1:control

    design(1,adhd+i)=i+adhd;

end



Or, even simpler:



design(1,:)=[1:(adhd+control)];





Good luck,



Eric Maris





dr. Eric Maris

NICI/Biological Psychology and

F.C. Donders Center for Cognitive NeuroImaging

University of Nijmegen

P.O. Box 9104

6500 HE Nijmegen

The Netherlands

T:+31 24 3612651 (NICI)

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E: maris at nici.ru.nl

MSc Cognitive Neuroscience : <http://www.ru.nl/master/cns/>
www.ru.nl/master/cns/









>

> design(2,1:adhd)=1;

> design(2,adhd+1:2*adhd+1) = 2;

>

> cfg.design   = design;

> cfg.uvar  = 1;

> cfg.ivar  = 2;

>

> [stat_controlvsadhd] = timelockstatistics(cfg,

> grandavgadhdnoise,grandavgcontrolnoise);

>

> Do you have any suggestions?

>

> Thank you

> Andrew

>

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