[FieldTrip] What is the purpose of ft_sourcedescriptives()?

[Harold Cavendish]

Dear Jan-Mathijs,

thank you for your answer and please accept my apologies for the delay.

I read that documentation but like I said, “computes descriptive parameters
of the source analysis results” doesn't provide a meaningful explanation.
What are those descriptive parameters? When should one use it?

As for not using the function as an option, I'm trying to understand how to
use FieldTrip and whether that function is important or not is beyond the
scope of my current knowledge, hence why I'm trying to find the answer
here. If I were to take your suggested approach every time, I don't think
I'd ever succeed. ;-)

Thank you and have a nice day!

Harold


On 4 May 2016 at 10:51, Schoffelen, J.M. (Jan Mathijs) <
jan.schoffelen at donders.ru.nl> wrote:

> Dear Harold,
>
> What extra documentation are you looking for? I think that a good start
> would be to read the description in the documentation part of the m-file
> itself (i.e. the stuff you get when typing ‘help ft_sourcedescriptives’).
> Note: if you don’t think you need the function, it’s alright not to use it
> :o).
>
>
> Best,
> Jan-Mathijs
>
>
> On 02 May 2016, at 15:14, Harold Cavendish <harold.cav89 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hello, could you please explain the purpose of ft_sourcedescriptives() in
> EEG source analysis?
>
> The documentation is very brief (“computes descriptive parameters of the
> source analysis results”) and I haven't found a single tutorial with proper
> explanation. I found it used here
> <http://www.fieldtriptoolbox.org/tutorial/minimumnormestimate#visualization> but
> without any explanation whatsoever.
>
> Thank you!
>
> Harold
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