Brainstorm workshop survey: Halifax 2013
Selected comments from attendees:
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Survey results
Number of participants: 40
Number of returned documents: 30 (75%)
Link to the pdf document.
Summary
- Before today's class, how would you describe your use of Brainstorm:
- Never used: 45%
- Some simulation work: 10%
- Some experimental work: 31%
- Experience user: 7%
- N/A: 7%
- How helpful was the class in learning Brainstorm: 1(best) to 5(worst)
- 1: 52%
- 2: 26%
- 3: 12%
- 4: 7%
- 5: 0%
- N/A: 2%
- Did you try the online tutorial before coming to class:
- Yes: 52%
- No: 40%
- N/A: 7%
- Was today's presentation by other Brainstorm researchers useful in better understanding how to apply the software?
- Yes: 67%
- No: 24%
- N/A: 10%
- Immediate plans for using Brainstorm:
- Yes: 57%
- No: 0%
- N/A: 43%
- Particularly enthusiastic responses (explicit congratulations, encouragement messages, many exclamation marks, smileys):
- Yes: 26%
Results encoding
- 1=Never used, 2=Some simulation work, 3=Some experimental work, 4=Experienced user, 0=NA
- How helpful: 1(best) to 5(worst), 0=N/A
- Online tutorials before coming: 1=No, 2=Yes, 0=N/A
- User presentations are useful: 1=No, 2=Yes, 0=N/A
- Future use: 1=No, 2=Yes, 0=N/A
- Extra enthusiasm: 1=No, 2=Yes
Results values
- 2 4 1 1 3 3 1 1 3 1 3 4 1 1 3 1 1 3 2 2 1 3 0 1 1 3 3 3 2 3 1 1 1 3 0 3 1 1 0 1 4 1
- 3 1 3 2 1 4 1 1 1 2 1 0 1 4 1 2 2 3 2 1 1 1 3 1 2 1 2 4 1 2 3 1 1 2 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 1
- 2 1 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 2 2 1 2 2 2 1 2 1 1 1 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 0 1 0 2 0 1 2 2 1
- 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 2 0 2 2 1 1 2 2 2 2 0 2 2 2 2 0 2 1 2 2 1 0 2 1 1 1 1 2 2 2
- 0 2 0 2 2 2 0 0 2 2 2 2 0 0 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 0 0 2 0 2 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 2 2
- 1 2 1 2 2 1 1 2 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Comments and suggestions
The number indicates the number of participants who made similar comments.
Comments about the workshop
Pace:
Very good pace: 7
- A bit rushed at some moments: 2
- Too slow at some moments: 3
- Too much time spent on sensors overview / pre-processing: 2
- Questions from the audience should be taken at the end of each phase: 1
Structure:
- Two-day workshop: 2
- One-week workshop (SPM-like): 1
- Two groups for people with different backgrounds: 1
- Follow-up training with priority to today's participants: 1
- Some time for having people use their own data: 2
User presentations:
Should be more related to the software and methods, how the analysis were performed: 9
Waiting too long before starting the practice / presentations should be after the practice: 3
- Less presentations: 2
- Presentations are not necessary in a one-day workshop: 1
Technical issues:
- Graphic cards problems: 2
- Computer was too slow: 1
Missing topics and requests
More statistics / group analysis: 7
More methodological details, good practice & cooking recipes: 5
More connectivity: 3
- Scripting: 2
- Preparation of the MRI: 2
- EEG analysis: 2
- Medical applications: 1
- Baby/infant MEG analysis: 1
- More time-frequency: 1
- Forward and inverse modeling: 1
- Other source reconstruction methods: 1
- More scientific background for less experienced MEG users: 1
- How to handle multiple runs: 1
- Creating structure of data to plug in already processed data: 1
Missing tools in Brainstorm
- ANOVA, clustering analysis: 1
- Yokogawa MEG160 support: 1
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
Comments about the survey questions
- First question: 1(best) and 5(worst):
Very counter-intuitive given the amount of people who wrote 5 saying then "Amazing workshop!" => Converting to ones
- 4 values with no comments are difficult to interpret
- Question about the tutorials:
- Not easy to understand given the number off-subject responses
- Maybe we should add a question about the quality of the online tutorials, not the comparison with the class
- Question about the future use of Brainstorm:
- Too many people didn't write anything, it was probably too open
- Maybe we should offer a multiple choice. What are you planning to use Brainstorm for: EEG, MEG, pre-processing, source analysis, time-frequency, connectivity, clinical, research, simulation...