L function values

[Huimin721]

Dear team,

Thanks so much for developing the outstanding tool. I have a question regarding the L-function value estimate.
Does the input of the subject information have an impact on the L-function estimation, i.e., bind(res)?
If I ignore the information of subject and did not feed it to spicy, will I get the same L-function estimation,i.e., bind(res)?
Let me know if my question is not clear!

[ellispatrick]

Hi,

Thanks for reaching out. It shouldn't do. The only important parameter is imageID. You will only need subject if you have multiple images per person.

Do you have an example of it misbehaving?

Cheers,
Ellis

[Huimin721]

Thank you, I did not see misbehaving.
So I assume the L-function value estimation is for an image, so have the subject informtion or not, it will not change the L-values for image, is this correct?

[shreyarajeshrao]

That's right! You'd get one L-function value for each cell type pair/image combination. Having multiple images per subject only affects the final linear model that's built. Hope this clears things up!