MEG@McGill Training Program 2015: Survey

Full week training to learn everything about MEG: paradigm design, acquisition and advanced data analysis.

Survey results

Number of participants: 12
Number of returned documents: 11 (90%)

Summary

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

   • Never used: 78%

   • Some simulation work: 4%
   • Some experimental work: 18%
   • Experienced user: 0%
2. How helpful was the class in learning Brainstorm: 1(worst) to 5(best)
   • 1: 0%
   • 2: 0%
   • 3: 11%

   • 4: 63%

   • 5: 18%
3. Did you try the online tutorial before coming to class:
   • Yes: 37%
   • No: 51%
   • N/A: 11%
4. Interested in using Brainstorm for:
   • EEG: 89%
   • MEG: 41%
   • MEG+EEG: 18%
   • NIRS: 18%
   • sEEG/ECoG: 11%
   • Scripting: 26%
   • Pre-processing: 37%
   • Visualization of recordings: 41%
   • Source analysis: 86%
   • Time-frequency: 63%
   • Functional connectivity: 44%
   • Statistics: 22%
   • Research: 59%
   • Clinical applications: 7%
   • Epilepsy: 0%
   • Baby / infant studies: 0%
   • BCI: 4%

Comments and suggestions

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

Comments about the workshop

• Good clarity: 12

• Too fast at moments: 8

• Too fast in general: 6

• Good pace: 5

• Too much for one day: 5

• Good structure: 1
• More exercices, less demo: 1

Missing topics and requests

• More discussions on the methods/parameters: 4
• Introduction to MEG: 1
• Theoretical background for all the steps: 1
• Importing pre-processed data: 2
• Export data to other programs: 1
• Combined MEG+EEG: 1
• More on statistics: 3
• More on scripting: 1
• More on source localization: 1
• Better overview of the software interface: 1
• Shorter software introduction: 1

Missing tools in Brainstorm

• Interpolation of bad channels: 1
• Real-time analysis: 1
• Statistics: 4
• ICA : 1
• NIRS: 1
• Source estimation of TF data: 1

Technical issues

• Out of memory errors with Win 32bit

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