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Hi,
I have a question regarding interpreting results from QDEC. I am investigating lGI in individuals with ASD and controls (which I will refer to as 'TD' here).
I understand from the archives that when "TD" is listed first and "ASD" is listed second in my "diagnosis.levels" file, when I select the question "Does average lGI, accounting for sex, differ between TD and ASD?" results would be interpreted as: Yellow regions = greater lGI in TD; blue regions = reduced lGI in TD.
Assuming the same order, I thought that since I listed "females" first and "males" second on my "sex.levels" file, then results from selecting question "Does average lGI, accounting for diagnosis, differ between females and males?" would be interpreted as: Yellow regions= greater lGI in females; blue regions = reduced lGI in females. Is this correct?
The reason I'm asking is that when I extract mean lGI values of significant clusters (between females and males in the latter case above) and plot the mean lGIs for males and females separately, I see that the yellow regions show greater lGI in males instead of females!
Will you please clarify for me how I have to interpret these results
Thanks so much
Avi