Everything you never wanted to know about circular analysis, but were afraid to ask.
| Title | Everything you never wanted to know about circular analysis, but were afraid to ask. |
| Publication Type | Journal Article |
| Year of Publication | 2010 |
| Authors | Kriegeskorte N, Lindquist MA, Nichols TE, Poldrack RA, Vul E |
| Journal | J Cereb Blood Flow Metab |
| Volume | 30 |
| Issue | 9 |
| Pagination | 1551-7 |
| Date Published | 2010 Sep |
| ISSN | 1559-7016 |
| Keywords | Brain, brain mapping, Data Interpretation, Statistical, Guidelines as Topic, Image Processing, Computer-Assisted, Neurosciences, Publications, Research Design, Selection Bias |
| Abstract | Over the past year, a heated discussion about 'circular' or 'nonindependent' analysis in brain imaging has emerged in the literature. An analysis is circular (or nonindependent) if it is based on data that were selected for showing the effect of interest or a related effect. The authors of this paper are researchers who have contributed to the discussion and span a range of viewpoints. To clarify points of agreement and disagreement in the community, we collaboratively assembled a series of questions on circularity herein, to which we provide our individual current answers in |
| DOI | 10.1038/jcbfm.2010.86 |
| Alternate Journal | J. Cereb. Blood Flow Metab. |
| PubMed ID | 20571517 |
| PubMed Central ID | PMC2949251 |
| Grant List | G0900908 / / Medical Research Council / United Kingdom MC_U105597120 / / Medical Research Council / United Kingdom |