People claiming that cos I said Matlab isn't the best to teach younglings that therefore I'm saying work done in Matlab isn't good are wrong.
Some did great science before #openscience movement started, it doesn't alter the fact we now have a better way.http://neuroplausible.com/matlab
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I remember watching a grad student try to code a response time experiment using matlab. She'd been at it for weeks. I showed her how to do what she needed in an hour using psyscript (open source, now defunct) but her supervisor insisted on matlab. pointless.
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It's so important to share these stories. Thank you.
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:-). I remember being completely perplexed. Why waste someone's time with a suboptimal tool? Yes, it can be done, but why?pic.twitter.com/WRQzWpL06E
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in general, it's good for a team to standardize on a small set of shared tools so that team members can understand each other's work product and (hopefully) so that the product remains useful after the person who created it has left and thus "COBOL programmer" is still a thing
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agreed. the key phrase is 'a small set of shared tools', presumably the best for a group of tasks. I've never heard of matlab being considered even vaguely optimal for human online experiments. There are much better options, on many dimensions.
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A lab is not just a team like in industry though. We do not have to comply with shareholders' requests and we certainly should (in theory) try to teach useful skills.
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By useful I mean useful in more contexts than just the current lab set-up!
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I started out in Matlab but I’ve ported over most experiments/analysis to R and PsychoPy... we are changing our undergrad course from SPSS to R in the near future too! Also... you are the power!

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Thank you so much. Wow. I'm so heartened and honored.

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I must admit, yourself and a few others have given me the kick to get out and make time to make the transition over the past few years. Thank you :)
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You are so welcome and genuinely thank you too!
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On a more serious note tho, Matlab is not