I did that but it still does not work, it is almost the same error except
the condno is now 15521.8 before it was 27492.1, though I am not sure if
that tells something about the error. Could it be something else ?
Thank you.

Regards,
Nabin

On Thu, Feb 4, 2016 at 5:59 PM, Douglas Greve <gr...@nmr.mgh.harvard.edu>
wrote:

> I'm not sure what the difference is. Compute the mean of the 2nd column,
> then subtract that number from the values in the 2nd column.
> doug
>
>
> On 2/2/16 7:30 AM, Nabin Koirala wrote:
>
> Thank you for your response . Sorry but for my understanding, should i
> substract the mean from the data (demean) or you mean to remove the value
> which is equal to the mean ?
>
> Thank you.
>
> Regards,
> Nabin
>
> On Mon, Feb 1, 2016 at 5:21 PM, Douglas N Greve <gr...@nmr.mgh.harvard.edu
> > wrote:
>
>> Try removing the mean from your covariate
>>
>> On 01/30/2016 01:31 PM, Nabin Koirala wrote:
>> > Dear Freesurfer forum,
>> >
>> > 'I am trying to run qdec analysis for a group of subjects to see if
>> > correlation exists but I am getting this error only for this
>> >  particular set of data but could not figure out what is exactly wrong
>> > with it. Your suggestion would be greatly appreciated.
>> >
>> > Following is the terminal output for the process:
>> > ..........
>> > Saving design matrix to
>> /g/f/h/s/freesurfer/subjects/qdec/Untitled/Xg.dat
>> > Normalized matrix condition is 27492.1
>> > Design matrix ------------------
>> >  1.000   0.408;
>> >  1.000   0.417;
>> >  1.000   0.417;
>> >  1.000   0.405;
>> >  1.000   0.412;
>> >  1.000   0.412;
>> >  1.000   0.411;
>> >  1.000   0.417;
>> >  1.000   0.405;
>> >  1.000   0.406;
>> >  1.000   0.402;
>> >  1.000   0.419;
>> >  1.000   0.413;
>> >  1.000   0.413;
>> > --------------------------------
>> > ERROR: matrix is ill-conditioned or badly scaled, condno = 27492.1
>> > --------------------------------
>> > Possible problem with experimental design:
>> > Check for duplicate entries and/or lack of range of
>> > continuous variables within a class.
>> > If you seek help with this problem, make sure to send:
>> >   1. Your command line:
>> >     mri_glmfit --y /g/f/h/s/freesurfer/subjects/qdec/Untitled/y.mgh
>> > --fsgd /g/f/h/s/freesurfer/subjects/qdec/Untitled/qdec.fsgd dods
>> > --glmdir /g/f/h/s/freesurfer/subjects/qdec/Untitled --surf fsaverage
>> > lh --label /g/f/h/s/freesurfer/subjects/fsaverage/label/lh.aparc.label
>> > --C
>> >
>> /g/f/h/s/freesurfer/subjects/qdec/Untitled/contrasts/lh-Avg-Intercept-thickness.mat
>> > --C
>> >
>> /g/f/h/s/freesurfer/subjects/qdec/Untitled/contrasts/lh-Avg-thickness-alpha1-Cor.mat
>> >
>> >   2. The FSGD file (if using one)
>> >   3. And the design matrix above
>> > Error in Analyze: command failed: mri_glmfit --y
>> > /g/f/h/s/freesurfer/subjects/qdec/Untitled/y.mgh --fsgd
>> > /g/f/h/s/freesurfer/subjects/qdec/Untitled/qdec.fsgd dods --glmdir
>> > /g/f/h/s/freesurfer/subjects/qdec/Untitled --surf fsaverage lh --label
>> > /g/f/h/s/freesurfer/subjects/fsaverage/label/lh.aparc.label --C
>> >
>> /g/f/h/s/freesurfer/subjects/qdec/Untitled/contrasts/lh-Avg-Intercept-thickness.mat
>> > --C
>> >
>> /g/f/h/s/freesurfer/subjects/qdec/Untitled/contrasts/lh-Avg-thickness-alpha1-Cor.mat
>> >
>> > Many thanks in advance.
>> >
>> > Regards,
>> > Nabin
>> >
>> >
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