mne.stats.permutation_cluster_1samp_test

mne.stats.permutation_cluster_1samp_test(X, threshold=None, n_permutations=1024, tail=0, stat_fun=None, adjacency=None, n_jobs=1, seed=None, max_step=1, exclude=None, step_down_p=0, t_power=1, out_type='indices', check_disjoint=False, buffer_size=1000, verbose=None)[source]

Non-parametric cluster-level paired t-test.

Parameters
Xarray, shape (n_observations, p[, q])

The data to be clustered. The first dimension should correspond to the difference between paired samples (observations) in two conditions. The subarrays X[k] can be 1D (e.g., time series) or 2D (e.g., time-frequency image) associated with the kth observation. For spatiotemporal data, see also mne.stats.spatio_temporal_cluster_1samp_test().

thresholdfloat | dict | None

If numeric, vertices with data values more extreme than threshold will be used to form clusters. If threshold is None, a t-threshold will be chosen automatically that corresponds to a p-value of 0.05 for the given number of observations (only valid when using a t-statistic). If threshold is a dict (with keys 'start' and 'step') then threshold-free cluster enhancement (TFCE) will be used (see the TFCE example and 1).

n_permutationsint | ‘all’

The number of permutations to compute. Can be ‘all’ to perform an exact test.

tailint

If tail is 1, the statistic is thresholded above threshold. If tail is -1, the statistic is thresholded below threshold. If tail is 0, the statistic is thresholded on both sides of the distribution.

stat_funcallable() | None

Function called to calculate the test statistic. Must accept 1D-array as input and return a 1D array. If None (the default), uses mne.stats.ttest_1samp_no_p().

adjacencyscipy.sparse.spmatrix | None | False

Defines adjacency between locations in the data, where “locations” can be spatial vertices, frequency bins, etc. If False, assumes no adjacency (each location is treated as independent and unconnected). If None, a regular lattice adjacency is assumed, connecting each location to its neighbor(s) along the last dimension of X (or the last two dimensions if X is 2D). If adjacency is a matrix, it is assumed to be symmetric (only the upper triangular half is used) and must be square with dimension equal to X.shape[-1] or X.shape[-1] * X.shape[-2] .

n_jobsint

The number of jobs to run in parallel (default 1). Requires the joblib package.

seedNone | int | instance of RandomState

If seed is an int, it will be used as a seed for RandomState. If None, the seed will be obtained from the operating system (see RandomState for details). Default is None.

max_stepint

Maximum distance along the second dimension (typically this is the “time” axis) between samples that are considered “connected”. Only used when connectivity has shape (n_vertices, n_vertices).

excludebool array or None

Mask to apply to the data to exclude certain points from clustering (e.g., medial wall vertices). Should be the same shape as X. If None, no points are excluded.

step_down_pfloat

To perform a step-down-in-jumps test, pass a p-value for clusters to exclude from each successive iteration. Default is zero, perform no step-down test (since no clusters will be smaller than this value). Setting this to a reasonable value, e.g. 0.05, can increase sensitivity but costs computation time.

t_powerfloat

Power to raise the statistical values (usually t-values) by before summing (sign will be retained). Note that t_power=0 will give a count of locations in each cluster, t_power=1 will weight each location by its statistical score.

out_type‘mask’ | ‘indices’

Output format of clusters within a list. If 'mask', returns a list of boolean arrays, each with the same shape as the input data (or slices if the shape is 1D and adjacency is None), with True values indicating locations that are part of a cluster. If 'indices', returns a list of tuple of ndarray, where each ndarray contains the indices of locations that together form the given cluster along the given dimension. Note that for large datasets, 'indices' may use far less memory than 'mask'. Default is 'indices'.

check_disjointbool

Whether to check if the connectivity matrix can be separated into disjoint sets before clustering. This may lead to faster clustering, especially if the second dimension of X (usually the “time” dimension) is large.

buffer_sizeint | None

Block size to use when computing test statistics. This can significantly reduce memory usage when n_jobs > 1 and memory sharing between processes is enabled (see mne.set_cache_dir()), because X will be shared between processes and each process only needs to allocate space for a small block of locations at a time.

verbosebool, str, int, or None

If not None, override default verbose level (see mne.verbose() and Logging documentation for more). If used, it should be passed as a keyword-argument only.

Returns
t_obsarray, shape (n_tests,)

T-statistic observed for all variables.

clusterslist

List type defined by out_type above.

cluster_pvarray

P-value for each cluster.

H0array, shape (n_permutations,)

Max cluster level stats observed under permutation.

Notes

From an array of paired observations, e.g. a difference in signal amplitudes or power spectra in two conditions, calculate if the data distributions in the two conditions are significantly different. The procedure uses a cluster analysis with permutation test for calculating corrected p-values. Randomized data are generated with random sign flips. See 2 for more information.

Because a 1-sample t-test on the difference in observations is mathematically equivalent to a paired t-test, internally this function computes a 1-sample t-test (by default) and uses sign flipping (always) to perform permutations. This might not be suitable for the case where there is truly a single observation under test; see Statistical inference.

If n_permutations >= 2 ** (n_samples - (tail == 0)), n_permutations and seed will be ignored since an exact test (full permutation test) will be performed.

If no initial clusters are found, i.e., all points in the true distribution are below the threshold, then clusters, cluster_pv, and H0 will all be empty arrays.

References

1

Stephen M. Smith and Thomas E. Nichols. Threshold-free cluster enhancement: addressing problems of smoothing, threshold dependence and localisation in cluster inference. NeuroImage, 44(1):83–98, 2009. doi:10.1016/j.neuroimage.2008.03.061.

2

Eric Maris and Robert Oostenveld. Nonparametric statistical testing of EEG- and MEG-data. Journal of Neuroscience Methods, 164(1):177–190, 2007. doi:10.1016/j.jneumeth.2007.03.024.

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