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First Steps with MATLAB
Find an upcoming session
You can find the calendar of StatLab workshops on the library instruction calendar. For most sessions, registration is required.
Workshop Description
This workshop is a first introduction to using MATLAB and covers common tasks in data analysis and numerical analysis.
It is not recommended for users already comfortable with the basics of MATLAB, but may provide a helpful review.
The workshop does not assume any experience with MATLAB, statistics or numerical analysis, other programs for analysis, or any programming experience at all. However, experience with any of these can make getting started in MATLAB easier.
The focus in this session is building familiarity with how one interacts with MATLAB by working through common scientific programming tasks.
Software Used: MATLAB
Topics
This workshop covers:
- why use MATLAB
- navigating the MATLAB interface
- importing data
- manipulating data and objects
- basic calculations and analysis with data
- basic data visualization
- saving your results, data, and visualizations
- a suggested workflow
Download materials from a previous session
Materials from a previous session are available though Yale's Box account. You can download them now. These are for reference only, as the materials are updated for each sessions.