Foundations of Matlab Programming for Behavioral Sciences - With Applications

Assuming no prior knowledge of computer programming, this textbook begins with the fundamentals and reinforces skill development with exercises and projects. Difficult topics are explained with real-world examples, and students are supported in-text with explainer boxes. Example code and data are provided online.

List of contents

Preface; To the Student; Part I. MATLAB Programming: 1. Basic MATLAB; 2. Data Structures and Indexing; 3. Functions; 4. Logical Values; 5. Conditionals and Loops; 6. Problem Solving with Conditionals and Loops; 7. Text; 8. Other Data Structures; 9. Loading and Saving Data; 10. User-Defined Functions; 11. Graphing in MATLAB; Part II. Applications of MATLAB Programming in Behavioral Sciences: 12. Computational Modeling; 13. Data Analysis; 14. Computerized Experiments; Glossary; Index.

About the author

Maxwell Mansolf is an Assistant Professor of Team Science at Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine, and teaches for University of California, Los Angeles. He has taught MATLAB to undergraduate students fifteen times over six years, using a curriculum developed from scratch, implemented in textbook form in this book. In his research, Maxwell uses cutting-edge statistical methods, including some of his own creation and/or modification, to investigate child health, neurodevelopment, cognitive aging, and early childhood education in multi-site research projects.

Product details

• Authors: Maxwell Mansolf, Maxwell (Northwestern University Mansolf
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Release: 30.09.2025
• EAN: 9781009350297
• ISBN: 978-1-0-0935029-7
• No. of pages: 253
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Psychology, esoterics, spirituality, anthroposophy > Psychology: general, reference works; PSYCHOLOGY / Research & Methodology, Psychological methodology, Cognitive and behavioural neuroscience, Social research and statistics, Mathematical and statistical software, Computer applications in the social and behavioural sciences, For undergraduate education and equivalents