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Statistica Sinica 18(2008), 1519-1534





SCOPE OF RESAMPLING-BASED TESTS IN fNIRS

NEUROIMAGING DATA ANALYSIS


Archana K. Singh$^{1,2}$, Lester Clowney$^1$, Masako Okamoto$^1$,
James B. Cole$^2$ and Ippeita Dan$^1$


$^1$National Food Research Institute and $^2$University of Tsukuba, Japan
Abstract: Functional near infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) is an emerging non-invasive optical technique to monitor the cortical hemodynamic response. Generally, parametric statistical methods are used to analyze fNIRS data, requiring certain strong assumptions that may fail in fNIRS data. This paper illustrates the application of non-parametric alternatives, such as permutation and bootstrap methods, which require fewer and weaker assumptions. We demonstrate that the proposed methods can increase the statistical significance of results when compared to the equivalent parametric methods in controlling familywise error rate in fNIRS group studies.



Key words and phrases: Adjusted p-values, maximum t correction, multiple comparison, multiple testing problem, non-parametric test, exchangeability, Type I error, optical imaging.

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