Brainstorm workshop survey: Biomag 2014

Selected comments from attendees

• "Very good, great job :)"

• "Fast pace, but I prefer that!"

• "Good pace. Lots of discussion"

• "Wonderful course - so informative"

• "Francois has an excellent beard"

Survey results

Number of participants: 20
Number of returned documents: 20 (100%)
Link to the pdf document.

Summary

1. Before today's class, how would you describe your use of Brainstorm:

   • Never used: 55%

   • Some simulation work: 5%
   • Some experimental work: 30%
   • Experienced user: 10%
2. How helpful was the class in learning Brainstorm: 1(worst) to 5(best)
   • 1: 0%
   • 2: 0%
   • 3: 10%

   • 4: 45%

   • 5: 45%

3. Did you try the online tutorial before coming to class:
   • Yes: 65%
   • No: 30%
   • N/A: 5%
4. Interested in using Brainstorm for:
   • EEG: 40%
   • MEG: 75%
   • MEG+EEG: 40%
   • NIRS: 10%
   • sEEG/ECoG: 5%
   • Scripting: 40%
   • Pre-processing: 45%
   • Visualization of recordings: 65%
   • Source analysis: 65%
   • Time-frequency: 55%
   • Functional connectivity: 45%
   • Statistics: 35%
   • Research: 50%
   • Clinical applications: 45%
   • Epilepsy: 35%
   • Baby / infant studies: 20%

Comments and suggestions

The number indicates the number of participants who made similar comments.

Comments about the workshop

• Good pace and clarity: 11

• Too fast in general: 1

• Too fast in the afternoon: 2

• Screen was too small: 1
• Too many divergent discussions: 1
• Room too cold: 1

Missing topics and requests

• More on statistics: 2 (not covered in the training)
• More on scripting: 1
• Sensor-level analysis: 1
• Use of anatomical atlases: 1
• Granger causality: 1
• Less on methods, more on software tricks: 1
• Manipulating complex events/conditions: 1

Missing tools in Brainstorm

• Beamformers: 4
• Statistics: 4
• Import from other programs (MNE, SPM): 2
• Other TF methods: 1
• Connectivity tutorials: 1
• Statistical significance thresholds on connectivity results: 1
• Cerebellum imported by default: 1
• Annotated dipole fits: 1
• fMRI processing: 1
• NIRS: 1

Technical issues

• Scout not selected on the correct surface or not displayed: 1

• Out of memory while importing anatomy: 1

• Colors inverted in TF/PSD plots: 2

• Multiple interface glitches on Linux / compiled: 1

Results analysis

Results encoding

1. 1=Never used, 2=Some simulation work, 3=Some experimental work, 4=Experienced user, 0=NA
2. How helpful: 1(worst) to 5(best), 0=N/A
3. Online tutorials before coming: 1=No, 2=Yes, 0=N/A

Results values

1. 3 1 1 2 1 1 1 3 4 4 3 1 1 3 1 3 1 3 1 1
2. 4 4 5 3 5 4 4 4 5 5 4 5 4 4 5 4 5 3 5 5
3. 0 1 1 2 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 1 1