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Statistical Parametric Mapping. SPM (Statistical Parametric Mapping) refers to the construction and assessment of spatially extended statistical processes used to test hypotheses about functional imaging data. These ideas have been instantiated in software that is called SPM.
It is the sophistication of the data analysis methods and the extensiveness of the underlying project data which determines the effectiveness of a modeling solution. Parametric methods are very useful for subjecting uncertain situations to the rigors of a pre-defined and proven mathematical model.