Brainstorm workshop survey: Neuro 2012

Survey results

Number of participants: 40
Number of returned documents: 15 (38%)
Link to the pdf document.

Summary

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

   • Never used: 87%

   • Some simulation work: 0%

   • Some experimental work: 13%

   • Experienced user: 0%

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

   • 1: 0%

   • 2: 0%

   • 3: 13%

   • 4: 40%

   • 5: 47%

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

   • Yes: 33%

   • No: 67%

4. Interested in using Brainstorm for:

   • EEG: 53%

   • MEG: 93%

   • MEG+EEG: 40%

   • NIRS: 13%

   • sEEG/ECoG: 7%

   • Scripting: 7%

   • Pre-processing: 20%

   • Visualization of recordings: 47%

   • Source analysis: 67%

   • Time-frequency: 73%

   • Functional connectivity: 60%

   • Statistics: 40%

   • Research: 80%

   • Clinical applications: 13%

   • Epilepsy: 13%

   • Baby / infant studies: 7%

Comments and suggestions

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

Comments about the workshop

• Very good pace: 9
• A bit slow: 1
• A bit fast: 4
• Too much info / split in two days: 4
• Should tell the people to bring a mouse: 1
• Give a printed version of the program / analysis steps: 1

Missing topics and requests

• Statistics: 1
• More EEG / ERPs: 3
• More example of studies: 1
• More connectivity: 1
• More about source localization techniques: 1
• Group analysis: 1

Missing tools in Brainstorm

• p-values in connectivity analysis: 2
• Video tutorials on the website: 1
• Phase-synchrony analysis: 1
• Multi-variate Granger causality: 1
• Multi-subject loops from the GUI: 1
• Intra-cranial EEG: 1
• Time-variant connectivity measures: 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(best) to 5(worst), 0=N/A
3. Online tutorials before coming: 1=No, 2=Yes, 0=N/A

Results values

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