[FieldTrip] Defining a custom statfun for cluster statistics
Herring, J.D. (Jim)
j.herring at fcdonders.ru.nl
Mon Jun 2 10:51:38 CEST 2014
Hi Steve,
If I understand you correctly you basically want to test a one-sided
interaction effect, which boils down to doing a one-sided dependent samples
t-test between the difference scores of condition I vs the difference scores
of condition II.
So, first you would have to calculate the difference timeseries diff_I(Ia –
Ib) and diff_II(IIa-IIb). Then you run ft_timelockstatistics using
statfun_depsamplesT on diff_I vs diff_II testing one-sided only looking at
positive clusters (If you expect that diff_I > diff_II ).
Best,
Jim
From: fieldtrip-bounces at science.ru.nl
[mailto:fieldtrip-bounces at science.ru.nl] On Behalf Of Stephen Politzer-Ahles
Sent: maandag 2 juni 2014 9:40
To: fieldtrip at donders.ru.nl
Subject: [FieldTrip] Defining a custom statfun for cluster statistics
Hello all,
Are there any examples for defining a new statfun to use in
ft_timelockstatistics? I thought there were, but can't currently find them
on the wiki.
I am testing a 2x2 interaction (let's call the conditions Ia, Ib, IIa, and
IIb), and I an only interested in a certain kind of interaction, one where
abs(Ia-Ib) is large and abs(IIa-IIb) is small (i.e., an effect of the second
factor at just one level of the first factor, and not the other level). So
rather than using F as my test statistic for defining clusters, I would like
to use something like abs(ttest(Ia,Ib))-abs(ttest(IIa,IIb)). I just don't
know how to define the function to do this; if anyone could point me in the
right direction I would greatly appreciate it.
Thanks!
Steve
Stephen Politzer-Ahles
New York University, Abu Dhabi
Neuroscience of Language Lab
http://www.nyu.edu/projects/politzer-ahles/
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