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.