BIDS Stats Models
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*A specification for neuroimaging statistical models.*

*BIDS Stats Models* describe how to fit *statistical models for neuroimaging data* 
using *a machine-readable JSON document*.  
Its purpose is prescriptive (as in a recipe), 
rather than descriptive (as in summary of already fit models). 

A *BIDS Stats Models* — in combination with a preprocessed BIDS dataset — 
is sufficient to execute statistical models, 
with minimal configuration and intervention required from the user.

The **mission** of *BIDS Stats Models* is to promote scientific best practice 
by making neuroimaging models *transparent and reproducible*, 
as well as encouraging the development of *standardized and automated* statistical analysis pipelines.

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**📖 Learn more**
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**[](motivation.md)**: Why do we need *BIDS Stats Models*?

**[](walkthrough-1.md)**: Step-by-step introduction

**[Specification](reference.md)**: Dive into the technical reference
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**🚀 Get started**
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**[](model-zoo.md)**: View example models on public datasets, and modify them to your own data

**[Default model](default_model.md)**: How to create a simple model
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## Acknowledments

BIDS Stats Models is supported by by NIH award R01MH109682, 
and is part of the [Brain Imaging Data Standard (BIDS)](https://bids.neuroimaging.io/index.html) community.