cortex.dataset.Volume.random

classmethod Volume.random(subject, xfmname, **kwargs)

Create a random-valued VolumeData for the given subject and xfmname. Random values are from gaussian distribution with mean 0, s.d. 1. Often useful for testing purposes.

Parameters

subjectstr

Subject identifier. Must exist in the pycortex database.

xfmnamestr

Transform name. Must exist in the pycortex database.

**kwargs

Other keyword arguments are passed to the init function for this class.

Returns

VolumeData subclass

A VolumeData subclass object whose data is random.