Dear all,

I have a data set with a diagnosis factor (three groups) and four covariates, the fsgd.txt file is pasted below:

 

GroupDescriptorFile 1

Title Thickness-subj

Class control

Class EHM

Class NEHM

variables zAge zGender zCTlh zCFF

Input c_12 control 0.15 1 -0.66 0.24

Input c_13 control -0.64 1 1.02 -0.09

Input c_14 control 0.28 2 1.14 1.93

Input ehm_1 EHM 0.81 2 0.22 1.17

Input ehm_10 EHM 1.47 2 -0.34 -0.15

Input ehm_16 EHM 1.34 1 -2.18 -0.09

Input nehm_10 NEHM 0.81 2 -0.8 1.11

Input nehm_11 NEHM -0.77 1 -0.06 0.59

Input nehm_13 NEHM -0.64 1 0.63 0.09 ...

 

The contrast to test whether intercepts are different between groups (ANOVA) would be:


1 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

1 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

 

whereas if I want to test for slope differences between groups for the zCFF variable I should write:


0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 -1 0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 -1

 

An example of post hoc contrast for the former case would be


1 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

 

and for the latter


0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 -1 0

 

I just need confirmation that everything is fine (or wrong).

 

Thanks in advance for your help.


Best regards,

Jose


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Jose L. Cantero, Ph.D.
Laboratory of Functional Neuroscience
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