yes, that looks good. I don't have a ton of experience with these nonlinear interactions between continuous variables, but it might be  a good idea to multiply the demeaned variables.

On 8/2/2021 6:08 PM, Avi Gharehgazlou wrote:

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Thank you so much for your reply. Will you please confirm that I am doing the below correctly now based on your reply?

I created a new variable called “product” that is the age and IQ multiplied together for each participant in my dataset. I then added this variable to my FSGD file as you can see below:

GroupDescriptorFile 1 Title TD_vs_NDDs_sex_age_SA_IQ_product Class TDM Class TDF Class NDDM Class NDDF Variables age SA IQ product Input 100092_01 TDM 0.060861784 1.747581397 0.386693428 1301.66758 Input 101031_01 TDM -0.76194239 -1.023635971 -1.50082873 747.1780822 ...

thus, now I also have 4 new regressors (regressor 17-20) as shown below:

In my data here, I have: • 2 discrete factors: Diagnosis, sex • 4 groups/levels/classes: TD M, TD F, NDD M, NDD F • 4 continuous covariates: age, SA, IQ, product

• Number of classes: 4 • Number of variables: 4

• NregressorsDODS= Nclasses*(Nvariables+1)= 4*(4+1)= 20 • Regressor 1: ones for TDM subjects, 0 otherwise. Codes intercept for TDM • Regressor 2: ones for TDF subjects, 0 otherwise. Codes intercept for TDF • Regressor 3: ones for NDDM subjects, 0 otherwise. Codes intercept for NDDM • Regressor 4: ones for NDDF subjects, 0 otherwise. Codes intercept for NDDF • Regressor 5: age for TDM subjects, 0 otherwise. Codes for TDM • Regressor 6: age for TDF subjects, 0 otherwise. Codes for TDF • Regressor 7: age for NDDM subjects, 0 otherwise. Codes for NDDM • Regressor 8: age for NDDF subjects, 0 otherwise. Codes for NDDF • Regressor 9: SA for TDM subjects, 0 otherwise. Codes for TDM • Regressor 10: SA for TDF subjects, 0 otherwise. Codes for TDF • Regressor 11: SA for NDDM subjects, 0 otherwise. Codes for NDDM • Regressor 12: SA for NDDF subjects, 0 otherwise. Codes for NDDF • Regressor 13: IQ for TDM subjects, 0 otherwise. Codes for TDM • Regressor 14: IQ for TDF subjects, 0 otherwise. Codes for TDF • Regressor 15: IQ for NDDM subjects, 0 otherwise. Codes for NDDM • Regressor 16: IQ for NDDF subjects, 0 otherwise. Codes for NDDF • Regressor 17: ones for product for TDM subjects, 0 otherwise. Codes intercept for TDM • Regressor 18: ones for product for TDF subjects, 0 otherwise. Codes intercept for TDF • Regressor 19: ones for product for NDDM subjects, 0 otherwise. Codes intercept for NDDM • Regressor 20: ones for product for NDDF subjects, 0 otherwise. Codes intercept for NDDF

Then, I tested to see whether the new regressor (product of age and IQ) across groups is 0 with the below contrast. Recall that I want to investigate age-by-IQ interaction effects across groups (TD and NDDs): 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.25 0.25 0.25 0.25

Will you please confirm if the above contrast (and all else) is the correct (of investigating age-by-IQ interaction effects across groups)?

Also, I multiplied age and IQ scores of each participant to get their "product" (my new variable above) BUT I uploaded demeaned age and IQ values in my FSGD file columns "age" and "IQ" - to control for them in my analyses. I think this is correct, but wanted to check with you as well, in case I have to calculate the product of demeaned age and IQ scores instead? please let me know.

Thank you so much,

Avi

On Mon, Aug 2, 2021 at 11:24 AM Douglas N. Greve <dgreve@mgh.harvard.edu mailto:dgreve@mgh.harvard.edu> wrote:

Hi Avi, if you want to compute an interaction between two
continuous variables, you have to create a new regressor where you
multiply them together. The contrast you have created would test
whether the age slope is different than the IQ slope. This
contrast does not make sense since the to variables have
inconsistent scaling (so the slopes can't be compared).

On 7/30/2021 9:42 AM, Avi Gharehgazlou wrote:

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Hi experts,

I am using the command line stream on Freesurfer for my analyses.
Although I have successfully designed all my contrasts, I wanted
confirmation from you regarding one contrast that I am unsure
about. Will you please check if the below contrast appropriately
investigates age-by-IQ interaction effects across my two groups
(TD and NDDs)?


I am also copying here information regarding my regressors and
the first few lines of my FSGD file for further detail.


*Contrast:* To examine age-by-IQ interaction effects across
groups (TD and NDDs): agexIQinteraction_acrossgroups.mtx

0 0 0 0 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0 0 0 0 -0.5 -0.5 -0.5 -0.5


My regressors:

·2 discrete factors: Diagnosis, sex

·4 groups/levels/classes: TD M, TD F, NDD M, NDD F

·3 continuous covariates: age, SA, IQ

**

·Number of classes: 4

·Number of variables: 3

**

·NregressorsDODS= Nclasses*(Nvariables+1)= 4*(3+1)= 16

·Regressor 1: ones for TDM subjects, 0 otherwise. Codes intercept
for TDM

·Regressor 2: ones for TDF subjects, 0 otherwise. Codes intercept
for TDF

·Regressor 3: ones for NDDM subjects, 0 otherwise. Codes
intercept for NDDM

·Regressor 4: ones for NDDF subjects, 0 otherwise. Codes
intercept for NDDF

·Regressor 5: age for TDM subjects, 0 otherwise. Codes for TDM

·Regressor 6: age for TDF subjects, 0 otherwise. Codes for TDF

·Regressor 7: age for NDDM subjects, 0 otherwise. Codes for NDDM

·Regressor 8: age for NDDF subjects, 0 otherwise. Codes for NDDF

·Regressor 9: SA for TDM subjects, 0 otherwise. Codes for TDM

·Regressor 10: SA for TDF subjects, 0 otherwise. Codes for TDF

·Regressor 11: SA for NDDM subjects, 0 otherwise. Codes for NDDM

·Regressor 12: SA for NDDF subjects, 0 otherwise. Codes for NDDF

·Regressor 13: IQ for TDM subjects, 0 otherwise. Codes for TDM

·Regressor 14: IQ for TDF subjects, 0 otherwise. Codes for TDF

·Regressor 15: IQ for NDDM subjects, 0 otherwise. Codes for NDDM

·Regressor 16: IQ for NDDF subjects, 0 otherwise. Codes for NDDF

My FSGD file:

GroupDescriptorFile 1

Title TD_vs_NDDs_sex_age_SA_IQ

Class TDM

Class TDF

Class NDDM

Class NDDF

Variables age SA IQ

Input 100092_01 TDM 0.060861784 1.747581397 0.386693428

…

I'd really appreciate your confirmation of my contrast,


Thanks so much,


Avi



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