Hi Jeff,
> the categorical variables are all between-subjects factors.
In that case you can even use 3dttest++ for the analysis by dummy coding those between-subjects factors as covariates. Plus it does provide the masking option.
> I was hoping for a masking option to speed up my analysis--
> it sounds like the program must be spending most of its run time
> analyzing all-zero response vectors. I can understand that that
> might be a low priority for AFNI, though.
Two comments:
1) 3dRegAna should be very fast already. The masking probably does not save much computational time.
2) The functionality of 3dRegAna is better implemented in other programs such as 3dttest++, 3dMEMA and 3dMVM. So there is no point for us to continue to improve it.
Gang