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Thank you very much.

On Wed, 28 Aug 2019 at 00:01, Greve, Douglas N.,Ph.D. <
dgr...@mgh.harvard.edu> wrote:

> correct
>
> On 8/27/2019 11:28 AM, Zhi Li wrote:
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> I see. Hence I cannot set the contrast of interaction between two
> covariates if I do not create the interaction term by myself, right?
>
> On Tue, 27 Aug 2019 at 10:53, Greve, Douglas N.,Ph.D. <
> dgr...@mgh.harvard.edu> wrote:
>
>>
>> Actually, the wiki page is not quite right. For a simple interaction
>> between age and weight, you would need to create a new regressor =
>> age*weight, then set the contrast to [0 0 0 0 0 0 1]. If you want an
>> interaction between group, age, and weight, then you would need two new
>> regressors, age*weight for group1 and age*weight for group2, then the
>> contrast will be [0 0 0 0 0 0 1 -1]. I would suggest demeaning both age and
>> weight prior to computing the product.
>>
>>
>> On 8/27/2019 10:12 AM, Zhi Li wrote:
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>> Dear Freesurfer experts,
>>
>> May I ask how to understand the contrast of interaction between
>> covariates in the example
>> https://surfer.nmr.mgh.harvard.edu/fswiki/Fsgdf2G2V? The interaction of
>> group x age x weight is:
>>
>> [0 0 1 -1 0 0
>>  0 0 0 0 1 -1]
>>
>> Why the interaction between group and weight should be put in the second
>> row (what does each row mean in the F-contrast matrix)?
>>
>>
>>
>> If there are three levels in the factor one (three groups), I guess the
>> interaction of group x age x weight should be:
>>
>> [0 0 0 1 -1 0 0 0 0
>>  0 0 0 0 1 -1 0 0 0
>>  0 0 0 0 0 0 1 -1 0
>>  0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 -1]
>>
>> Is this correct? If not how should I set this contrast?
>>
>> In addition, if I would like to know the interaction between age and
>> weight without group, how should I set the contrast then?
>>
>> Looking forward to your kind suggestions.
>>
>> Thanks and best wishes,
>>
>> Lizhi
>>
>>
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