Brainstorm workshop survey: Halifax 2013

Selected comments from attendees:

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Survey results

Number of participants: 40
Number of returned documents: 31 (78%)
Link to the pdf document.

Summary

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

   • Never used: 90%

   • Some simulation work: 3%

   • Some experimental work: 3%

   • Experienced user: 4%

   • N/A: 3%

2. How helpful was the class in learning Brainstorm: 1(worst) to 5(best)

   • 1: 0%

   • 2: 0%

   • 3: 6%

   • 4: 61%

   • 5: 32%

3. Did you try the online tutorial before coming to class:

   • Yes: 42%

   • No: 52%

   • N/A: 6%

4. Interested in using Brainstorm for:

   • EEG: 52%

   • MEG: 87%

   • MEG+EEG: 51%

   • NIRS: 0%

   • sEEG/ECoG: 0%

   • Scripting: 66%

   • Pre-processing: 58%

   • Visualization of recordings: 58%

   • Source analysis: 67%

   • Time-frequency: 58%

   • Functional connectivity: 71%

   • Statistics: 39%

   • Research: 74%

   • Clinical applications: 29%

   • Epilepsy: 13%

   • Baby / infant studies: 3%

Comments and suggestions

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

Comments about the workshop

Pace:

• Very good pace:

• A bit rushed in the afternoon: 1
• Too slow in the morning:
• Two-day workshop: 2

Missing topics and requests

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Missing tools in Brainstorm

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Planning to use Brainstorm specifically for:

• Connectivity: 10

• Source reconstruction: 5

• Pre-processing: 4

• EEG: 7
• MEG: 5
• Baby/infant: 3
• Epilepsy: 2
• Time-frequency: 2
• Comparison with Matti's MNE: 1

Technical issues

• Some bugs with the scouts: 5 people

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(best) to 5(worst), 0=N/A
3. Online tutorials before coming: 1=No, 2=Yes, 0=N/A

Results values

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