[FieldTrip] Problem with ft_timelockstatistics, within subject comparison of two conditions (Clara A. Scholl)

Clara A. Scholl clara.scholl at gmail.com
Wed Oct 8 17:21:12 CEST 2014


Dear Barbara,

I think you are right, the clustering output should report  total number of
variables=2 (and the total # of measurements = 185 trials, number of
independent variables=1, and number of unit variables=1).

I think your design matrix should have two rows, rather than 1.  For
example, if you had 5 trials total (2 of 1 trial type, 3 of the other trial
type), you'd specify the design matrix:

    1     2     3     1     2
    1     1     1     2     2

Where cfg.uvar=1 and cfg.ivar=2.  Row two is what you are specifying for
design currently.  Row 1 counts the observations of each trials
(1:numTrialType1 1:numTrialType2).  Does that help?

Respectfully,
Clara

On Wed, Oct 8, 2014 at 7:31 AM, <barbara.schorr at uni-ulm.de> wrote:

> Dear Clara,
>
> thank you for your comments.
>
> I ran it as an independent samples Test (it is true, that this is the
> correct way).
> I also changed the design matrix to
> cfg.design = [ones(1,size(targetclean_tlt.trial,1))
> 2*ones(1,size(standardclean_tlt.trial,1))]
>
> It works and there are no more error messages. However, when it displays
> the progress of the calculation there is the field: total number of
> observations, total number of variables and number of independent
> variables. It recognizes correctly that there are 185 trials in total (both
> conditions together). But it only counts 1 variable and 1 independent
> variable. Shouldn't it recognize 2 variables as I have 2 conditions?
>
> Best regards,
> Barbara
>
>
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>>    2. Re: Problem with ft_timelockstatistics, within subject
>>       comparison of two conditions (Clara A. Scholl)
>>    3. Re: help for statistics on ERD/ERS (Tzvetan Popov)
>>    4. Re: help for statistics on ERD/ERS (Giuly)
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>> Message: 1
>> Date: Tue, 07 Oct 2014 15:42:53 +0200
>> From: barbara.schorr at uni-ulm.de
>> To: fieldtrip at science.ru.nl
>> Subject: [FieldTrip] Problem with ft_timelockstatistics,        within
>>         subject comparison of   two conditions
>> Message-ID: <20141007154253.1acx2qfvso4k4so4 at imap.uni-ulm.de>
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>>
>> Dear fieldtripers,
>>
>> I would like to compare to conditions of an auditory oddball paradigm
>> (target tones and standard tones).
>> For the identification of the electrodes which show the biggest P300,
>> I would like to use cluster based permutation test, i.e. I want to use
>> ft_timelockstatistics, to identify the clusters with a significant
>> difference between the target and the standardtones.
>> Important: I don't want to do a group statistic, but I want to compare
>> these two conditions within each subject, to identify interesting
>> clusters for each subject separately.
>>
>>
>> I wrote the script following the tutorials on the fieldtrip homepage.
>>
>> I already wrote a code but it does not work:
>> %%
>>
>> for i = 3:10 % subject number
>>      mypfad = 'G:\BackUp07.07.14_DatenPrepr\Daten1\P300'
>>      cd(mypfad)
>>      cd Kontrollen;
>>      List = dir
>>      cd (List(i).name);
>>      for j = 1:4 %session number
>>          cd (mypfad);
>>          cd Kontrollen;
>>          List = dir
>>          cd (List(i).name);
>>          eval(['cd M' num2str(j)]);
>>          load cleandata_tlt; %preprocessed timelocked data
>> standardclean_tlt  and targetclean_tlt
>>
>>          cfg = []
>>          cfg.neighbourdist = .09;
>>          cfg.layout= ulmegilay;
>>          cfg.method = 'distance';
>>
>>          Neighbours = ft_prepare_neighbours(cfg, standardclean_tlt)
>>
>>          cfg = []
>>          cfg.method = 'montecarlo' ; %significance probability
>>          cfg.statistic = 'ft_statfun_depsamplesT'
>>          cfg.correctm = 'cluster'
>>          cfg.clusteralpha = 0.05 %alpha level of the sample specific
>> test statistic that will
>>                                  % be used for thresholding
>>          cfg.clusterstatistic = 'maxsum'
>>          cfg.minnbchan = 4
>>          cfg.latency = [0.25 0.8]
>>          cfg.neighbours = Neighbours
>>          cfg.tail = 0
>>          cfg.clustertail = 0
>>          cfg.alpha = 0.025
>>          cfg.numrandomization = 1000
>>
>>          design = [ones(size(targetclean_tlt.trial,1),1);
>> 2*ones(size(standardclean_tlt.trial,1),1)]';
>>          design([1:size(targetclean_tlt.trial)
>> 1:size(standardclean_tlt.trial,1)])
>>
>>
>>          cfg.design = design
>>          cfg.ivar = [ones(size(targetclean_tlt.trial,1),1);
>> 2*ones(size(standardclean_tlt.trial,1),1)]'
>>          cfg.uvar = [1:size(targetclean_tlt.trial)
>> 1:size(standardclean_tlt.trial,1)]
>>
>>          tlt_statsnew = ft_timelockstatistics(cfg, targetclean_tlt,
>> standardclean_tlt )
>>
>>          cd 'G:\BackUp07.07.14_DatenPrepr\Daten1\P300';
>>          cd Kontrollen;
>>          List2 = dir
>>          cd (List2(i).name);
>>          eval(['cd M' num2str(j)]);
>>          save statnew tlt_statsnew
>>
>>      end
>> end
>>
>>
>> This is what gets displayed while running the script:
>>
>> selected 245 channels
>> selected 139 time bins
>> selected 1 frequency bins
>> using "ft_statistics_montecarlo" for the statistical testing
>> using "ft_statfun_depsamplesT" for the single-sample statistics
>> constructing randomized design
>> total number of measurements     = 189
>> total number of variables        = 1
>> number of independent variables  = 189
>> number of unit variables         = 189
>> number of within-cell variables  = 0
>> number of control variables      = 0
>> using a permutation resampling approach
>>
>> Then, this error occurs:
>>
>> Error using resampledesign (line 168)
>> A within-units shuffling requires a at least one unit variable and at
>> least
>> one independent variable
>>
>> Error in ft_statistics_montecarlo (line 241)
>> resample = resampledesign(cfg, design);
>>
>> Error in statistics_wrapper (line 310)
>>      [stat, cfg] = statmethod(cfg, dat, design);
>>
>> Error in ft_timelockstatistics (line 113)
>> [stat, cfg] = statistics_wrapper(cfg, varargin{:});
>>
>> I have no clue where I made a mistake. I have unit variables and
>> independent variables (189 if I understand it correctly).
>> Is there anything I am missing? Any additional information or is the
>> design matrix wrong?
>>
>>
>> I really appreciate your help.
>>
>> Best regards,
>> Barbara
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Barbara Schorr, MSc
>> Clinical and Biological Psychology
>> University of Ulm
>> Albert-Einstein-Allee 47
>> 89069 Ulm
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> ------------------------------
>>
>> Message: 2
>> Date: Tue, 7 Oct 2014 09:55:36 -0400
>> From: "Clara A. Scholl" <clara.scholl at gmail.com>
>> To: FieldTrip discussion list <fieldtrip at science.ru.nl>
>> Subject: Re: [FieldTrip] Problem with ft_timelockstatistics, within
>>         subject comparison of two conditions
>> Message-ID:
>>         <CAAHOyr7MU6npw9U4Wqkoo7OXxthQmsTrjBroWcxLe6qTeSkC=g at mail.
>> gmail.com>
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>>
>> Dear Barbara,
>>
>> Just three thoughts:
>>
>> 1) Should cfg.ivar and cfg.uvar both be single values, i.e. the dimension
>> of the design matrix that contains the independent and unit variables?
>> Then you'd have cfg.ivar=1 and cfg.uvar=2 (or vise versa, depending on the
>> design matrix).
>>
>> 2) I think the design matrix itself might be off, right now it just seems
>> to have dimensions of 1 x (# targets+standards).  It should have a second
>> dimension which counts the # of trials, something like:
>>
>> design(1,:) = [ones(size(targetclean_tlt.trial,1),1);
>> 2*ones(size(standardclean_tlt.trial,1),1)]';
>>  design(2,:)= ([1:size(targetclean_tlt.trial)
>> 1:size(standardclean_tlt.trial
>> ,1)])
>>
>> 3) Since this is a design where each trial is an observation, I think you
>> should be using indepsamplesT for cfg.statistic (the trials aren't paired
>> and there aren't necessarily identical #'s of trials for each condition.
>>
>> What do you think?
>> Respectfully,
>> Clara
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Oct 7, 2014 at 9:42 AM, <barbara.schorr at uni-ulm.de> wrote:
>>
>>  Dear fieldtripers,
>>>
>>> I would like to compare to conditions of an auditory oddball paradigm
>>> (target tones and standard tones).
>>> For the identification of the electrodes which show the biggest P300, I
>>> would like to use cluster based permutation test, i.e. I want to use
>>> ft_timelockstatistics, to identify the clusters with a significant
>>> difference between the target and the standardtones.
>>> Important: I don't want to do a group statistic, but I want to compare
>>> these two conditions within each subject, to identify interesting
>>> clusters
>>> for each subject separately.
>>>
>>>
>>> I wrote the script following the tutorials on the fieldtrip homepage.
>>>
>>> I already wrote a code but it does not work:
>>> %%
>>>
>>> for i = 3:10 % subject number
>>>     mypfad = 'G:\BackUp07.07.14_DatenPrepr\Daten1\P300'
>>>     cd(mypfad)
>>>     cd Kontrollen;
>>>     List = dir
>>>     cd (List(i).name);
>>>     for j = 1:4 %session number
>>>         cd (mypfad);
>>>         cd Kontrollen;
>>>         List = dir
>>>         cd (List(i).name);
>>>         eval(['cd M' num2str(j)]);
>>>         load cleandata_tlt; %preprocessed timelocked data
>>> standardclean_tlt  and targetclean_tlt
>>>
>>>         cfg = []
>>>         cfg.neighbourdist = .09;
>>>         cfg.layout= ulmegilay;
>>>         cfg.method = 'distance';
>>>
>>>         Neighbours = ft_prepare_neighbours(cfg, standardclean_tlt)
>>>
>>>         cfg = []
>>>         cfg.method = 'montecarlo' ; %significance probability
>>>         cfg.statistic = 'ft_statfun_depsamplesT'
>>>         cfg.correctm = 'cluster'
>>>         cfg.clusteralpha = 0.05 %alpha level of the sample specific test
>>> statistic that will
>>>                                 % be used for thresholding
>>>         cfg.clusterstatistic = 'maxsum'
>>>         cfg.minnbchan = 4
>>>         cfg.latency = [0.25 0.8]
>>>         cfg.neighbours = Neighbours
>>>         cfg.tail = 0
>>>         cfg.clustertail = 0
>>>         cfg.alpha = 0.025
>>>         cfg.numrandomization = 1000
>>>
>>>         design = [ones(size(targetclean_tlt.trial,1),1);
>>> 2*ones(size(standardclean_tlt.trial,1),1)]';
>>>         design([1:size(targetclean_tlt.trial) 1:size(standardclean_tlt.
>>> trial,1)])
>>>
>>>
>>>         cfg.design = design
>>>         cfg.ivar = [ones(size(targetclean_tlt.trial,1),1);
>>> 2*ones(size(standardclean_tlt.trial,1),1)]'
>>>         cfg.uvar = [1:size(targetclean_tlt.trial)
>>> 1:size(standardclean_tlt.
>>> trial,1)]
>>>
>>>         tlt_statsnew = ft_timelockstatistics(cfg, targetclean_tlt,
>>> standardclean_tlt )
>>>
>>>         cd 'G:\BackUp07.07.14_DatenPrepr\Daten1\P300';
>>>         cd Kontrollen;
>>>         List2 = dir
>>>         cd (List2(i).name);
>>>         eval(['cd M' num2str(j)]);
>>>         save statnew tlt_statsnew
>>>
>>>     end
>>> end
>>>
>>>
>>> This is what gets displayed while running the script:
>>>
>>> selected 245 channels
>>> selected 139 time bins
>>> selected 1 frequency bins
>>> using "ft_statistics_montecarlo" for the statistical testing
>>> using "ft_statfun_depsamplesT" for the single-sample statistics
>>> constructing randomized design
>>> total number of measurements     = 189
>>> total number of variables        = 1
>>> number of independent variables  = 189
>>> number of unit variables         = 189
>>> number of within-cell variables  = 0
>>> number of control variables      = 0
>>> using a permutation resampling approach
>>>
>>> Then, this error occurs:
>>>
>>> Error using resampledesign (line 168)
>>> A within-units shuffling requires a at least one unit variable and at
>>> least
>>> one independent variable
>>>
>>> Error in ft_statistics_montecarlo (line 241)
>>> resample = resampledesign(cfg, design);
>>>
>>> Error in statistics_wrapper (line 310)
>>>     [stat, cfg] = statmethod(cfg, dat, design);
>>>
>>> Error in ft_timelockstatistics (line 113)
>>> [stat, cfg] = statistics_wrapper(cfg, varargin{:});
>>>
>>> I have no clue where I made a mistake. I have unit variables and
>>> independent variables (189 if I understand it correctly).
>>> Is there anything I am missing? Any additional information or is the
>>> design matrix wrong?
>>>
>>>
>>> I really appreciate your help.
>>>
>>> Best regards,
>>> Barbara
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Barbara Schorr, MSc
>>> Clinical and Biological Psychology
>>> University of Ulm
>>> Albert-Einstein-Allee 47
>>> 89069 Ulm
>>>
>>>
>>>
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>> Message: 3
>> Date: Tue, 7 Oct 2014 21:07:37 +0200
>> From: Tzvetan Popov <tzvetan.popov at uni-konstanz.de>
>> To: FieldTrip discussion list <fieldtrip at science.ru.nl>
>> Subject: Re: [FieldTrip] help for statistics on ERD/ERS
>> Message-ID: <D25CE622-A81C-493D-8905-8536BB51023C at uni-konstanz.de>
>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252
>>
>> Hi Giulia,
>>
>>
>>  Dear Fieldtrippers
>>> I'm writing to ask you some help on data in a single subject study.
>>> I did a time frequency decomposition and I would like to do a  statistic
>>> to state whether the average TFR has significant ERD/ERS  or not.
>>> I'm not sure how to proceed
>>>
>> What you are referring to is a ?between trial experiment? which is
>> described in this tutorial:
>> http://fieldtrip.fcdonders.nl/tutorial/cluster_permutation_freq
>> One possible way to go is to compute the TFR?s with cfg.keeptrials =
>> ?yes?. Next you?d treat the baseline and the task interval as two
>> conditions by separating them using ft_selectdata. After this you  can
>> compute the statistical comparison in a similar fashion as  described in
>> the tutorial.
>> Keep in mind that you have to cut the data into equal lengths.  Please
>> have a look at this post :
>> http://mailman.science.ru.nl/pipermail/fieldtrip/2007-July/001303.html
>>
>>> , as a first step I compared the single trial baseline with the
>>> respective event, with a t-test for each condition and band of  interest
>>> but I'm not really sure if this is enough and anyway if it  is the correct
>>> way.
>>>
>> Also please type ?actvsblT? in the search bar and then click on  ?Search
>> the FieldTrip mailing list?. There you?ll find some info  about this.
>>
>> best
>> tzvetan
>>
>>
>>
>>
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>>
>> Message: 4
>> Date: Wed, 08 Oct 2014 10:45:23 +0200
>> From: Giuly <giulia.rizza at tiscali.it>
>> To: FieldTrip discussion list <fieldtrip at science.ru.nl>
>> Subject: Re: [FieldTrip] help for statistics on ERD/ERS
>> Message-ID: <eeebb8a2bf90ed8099aea3a3e21a7a38 at tiscali.it>
>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"
>>
>>   Hi Tzvetan
>> Thank you so much for your reply
>> I will try these
>> functions keeping in mind your explanation
>> Best regards
>> Giulia
>>
>> Il
>> 07.10.2014 21:07 Tzvetan Popov ha scritto:
>>
>>  Hi Giulia,
>>>
>>>  Dear
>>>>
>>> Fieldtrippers I'm writing to ask you some help on data in a single
>> subject study. I did a time frequency decomposition and I would like to
>> do a statistic to state whether the average TFR has significant ERD/ERS
>> or not. I'm not sure how to proceed
>>
>>>
>>> What you are referring to is a
>>>
>> "between trial experiment" which is described in this tutorial:
>>
>>>
>>>  http://fieldtrip.fcdonders.nl/tutorial/cluster_permutation_freq [1]
>>
>>>
>>>  One possible way to go is to compute the TFR's with cfg.keeptrials =
>> 'yes'. Next you'd treat the baseline and the task interval as two
>> conditions by separating them using ft_selectdata. After this you can
>> compute the statistical comparison in a similar fashion as described in
>> the tutorial.
>>
>>> Keep in mind that you have to cut the data into equal
>>>
>> lengths. Please have a look at this post :
>>
>>>
>>>  http://mailman.science.ru.nl/pipermail/fieldtrip/2007-July/001303.html
>> [2]
>>
>>>
>>>  , as a first step I compared the single trial baseline with
>>>>
>>> the respective event, with a t-test for each condition and band of
>> interest but I'm not really sure if this is enough and anyway if it is
>> the correct way.
>>
>>>
>>> Also please type "actvsblT" in the search bar and
>>>
>> then click on "Search the FieldTrip mailing list". There you'll find
>> some info about this.
>>
>>>
>>> best
>>> tzvetan
>>>
>>>
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> University of Ulm
> Albert-Einstein-Allee 47
> 89069 Ulm
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